Editing Paul Moravec (section)

{{Short description|American composer (born 1957)}}
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'''Paul Moravec''' (born November 2, 1957) is an American [[composer]] and a university professor at [[Adelphi University]] on [[Long Island, New York]] and also a member of the composition department of the [[Mannes School of Music]].  Already a prolific composer, he has been described as a "new tonalist."<ref name="grove">Page, Tim.  "Paul Moravec."  ''Grove Music Online'', ed. L. Macy. (Accessed 15 January 2007). http://www.grovemusic.com.</ref>  He is best known for his work ''[[Tempest Fantasy]]'', which received the 2004 [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]]. Among [[List of compositions by Paul Moravec|his compositions]] are two operas: ''[[The Letter (opera)|The Letter]]'' (2009) and ''[[The Shining (opera)|The Shining]]'' (2016).