Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s, she had shifted to a postmodernist, neoromantic style. She has been called "one of America's most frequently played and genuinely popular living composers." She was a 1994 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Zwilich has served as the Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor at Florida State University.

I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.
All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life and living.
If you're a composer, there's never a moment you're not working. — © Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
If you're a composer, there's never a moment you're not working.
Composition can't really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.
When you try to do something you've never done before, you risk falling on your face.
This site uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. More info...
Got it!