Charles Fussell

Charles Clement Fussell (born February 14, 1938, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His symphony Wilde for solo baritone and orchestra, based on the life of Oscar Wilde and premiered by the Newton Symphony Orchestra and the baritone Sanford Sylvan in 1990, was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[1][2] He was an assistant and close friend of the composer Virgil Thomson.[3]

For the American landscape painter, see Charles Lewis Fussell.

References
  1. Dyer, Richard (October 2, 2004). "Modern Orchestra is in fine voice". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  2. Valdes, Lesley (May 18, 1992). "Whitman's 'Days' Given Spin As Cantata "We Wanted This To Be A Portrait Of The Whole Man," Says Composer Charles Fussell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  3. "Rustic Streams Hiding Complicated Traditions". The New York Times. January 14, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2016.


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