Richard Wernick, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Penn music professor emeritus, has died at 91

Richard Wernick, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Penn music professor emeritus, has died at 91

Richard Wernick, 91, of Haverford, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, acclaimed conductor, retired Irving Fine Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, and former consultant to conductor Ricardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, died Friday of age-associated decline at his home. Professor Wernick was prolific and celebrated as a composer. He wrote hundreds of scores over six decades and appeared on more than a dozen records, and hi…

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Music Composer. He was best known to music enthusiasts for composing the musical work "Visions of Terror and Wonder," which earned him the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music. He studied under renowned musicians such as Irving Fine, Harold Shapero, and Leonard Bernstein, and later taught at institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a professor from 1968 to 1996. During his career, he composed many works of music including "Vi…