Chou Wen-chung

Chou Wen-chung (; July 28, 1923 – October 25, 2019) was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He was seen as one of the first Chinese composers who tried to translate authentic oriental melo-rhythms into the terms of modern Western music.Peter Chang, Chou Wen-Chung: the Life and Work of a Contemporary Chinese-born American Composer (Oxford, U.K: The Scarecrow Press, 2006), 34.

Chou died in New York City on October 25, 2019 at the age of 96.

References

Other websites
Chou Wen-chung official site
Chou Wen-chung: Composer of Confluence by Michelle Vosper, Spiralis Music Trust, 2018
Chou Wen-chung interview by Bruce Duffie, 1995
"Chou Wen-chung: Living with History"  NewMusicBox, 2013
"An interview with Chou Wen Chung", Preston Wright, American Public Media, with Philip Blackburn, American Composers Forum, July 2002
Chou Wen-Chung video interview by Thomas Crampton 2007
Art of the States: Chou Wen-chung three works by the composer, Chou Wen-chung
Chou Wen-chung going strong at 91 NYTimes, October 1, 2014

Category:1923 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Chinese composers
Category:20th-century American composers
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Writers from New York City