Lewis Spratlan (b. 1940, Miami, United States) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He studied composition with Mel Powell at Yale University, where he was a member of the Yale Spizzwinks(?).
Spratlan joined the faculty of Amherst College in 1970 and retired in 2006; he is now Professor of Music Emeritus. He also conducted the Amherst College Orchestra for several years.
He won the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2000 for his one-a...
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Date of birth:
- 1940 (age 70 years)
