ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, February 22, 1996 TAG: 9602220057
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: NEW YORK
TYPE: NEWS OBIT
SOURCE: Associated Press
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Morton Gould, who wrote for the concert hall and the marching band alike, imbuing his music with the sounds and spirit of America, has died at 82.
Gould died overnight in his sleep while in Orlando, Fla., to give seminars there, his son David said Wednesday. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Like his older contemporary Aaron Copland, who died in 1990, Gould used American folk and popular themes in his symphonic compositions.
The titles of some of Gould's works reflect these themes: ``Cowboy Rhapsody,'' ``Boogie Woogie Etude,'' ``Foster Gallery'' (based on Stephen Foster melodies), ``Lincoln Legend,'' ``Chorale and Fugue for Jazz,'' ``Spirituals for Orchestra.''
He won a Pulitzer in music last year for ``Stringmusic,'' a piece commissioned by Mstislav Rostropovich.
A child prodigy who published his first composition, ``Just Six,'' at age 6, Gould remained active until his death. From 1986 to 1994, he was president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
``I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people,'' Gould said in 1953. ``It's not a special taste. An
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