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George Walker (Composer)George Walker (born 1922) is an African-American composer. He is the first African-American winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music with his work Lilacs in 1996. He has also written two overtures, two symphonies, one concert piece, three concerti (for cello, violin, and trombone), and two string quartets. Walker was first exposed to music at the age of five when he began to play the piano. He was admitted to the Oberlin Conservatory at eighteen and received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music. Walker taught composition to Samuel Barber and others. Walker, George Walker
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