Edgar Warren Williams

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Edgar Warren Williams (born June 12, 1949) is an American composer, conductor, and music theorist.

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Williams obtained a bachelor's degree in composition from Duke University in 1971, then obtained a master's degree at Columbia University in 1973, studying with Charles Wuorinen, Mario Davidovsky, and Harvey Sollberger. He then matriculated at Princeton, where he received a Master's in Fine Arts in 1977 and a Ph.D. in 1982 and studied with Milton Babbitt and James K. Randall. He was a faculty member and orchestral conductor at the College of William & Mary from 1979. Williams's compositional work is noted for its orchestrational and timbral complexity, and its use of pitch collections as melodic and thematic elements. [1]

Compositions

Orchestral

For concert band

Musicals

Choral

Vocal music

Chamber music

Piano

Guitar

Electronic music

Publications

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References

  1. Richard Swift, "Edgar Warren Williams". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . via Grove Music Online.