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==Musical works== {{see also| List of compositions by Paul Moravec}} His best-known pieces include the Pulitzer-winning, [[Shakespeare]]-inspired ''[[Tempest Fantasy]]'', a 30-minute chamber work scored for [[clarinet]], [[violin]], [[cello]], and [[piano]], which was premiered on May 2, 2003, at the [[Morgan Library]] in [[New York City]] by [[David Krakauer (musician)|David Krakauer]] and Trio Solisti, for whom it was written;<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Moravec Wins Pulitzer Prize For Tempest Fantasy |work=[[NewMusicBox]] |date=April 5, 2004 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/Paul-Moravec-Wins-Pulitzer-Prize-for-Tempest-Fantasy/ |accessdate=May 9, 2015}}</ref> ''Northern Lights Electric'', a 1994 work that combines a musical illustration of the Northern Lights with a musical depiction of electric light; and the 1998 cantata ''Fire/Ice/Air'', which contrasts the journeys of Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]], on his expedition to the Antarctic, and [[Charles Lindbergh]], on his trans-Atlantic flight.<ref name="grove"/> An oratorio, ''Blizzard Voices'', about the [[Schoolhouse Blizzard]] of 1888, was commissioned by [[Opera Omaha]] and was premiered there in September 2008. He collaborated with [[Terry Teachout]] on ''[[The Letter (opera)|The Letter]]'', an opera based on [[The Letter (play)|the 1927 play]] by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] that was premiered in 2009 by the [[Santa Fe Opera]].<ref>[http://www.paulmoravec.com/bio.html Biography at Paul Moravec's official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514003340/http://www.paulmoravec.com/bio.html |date=2008-05-14 }}, retrieved 8 April 2008.</ref>
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