Pulitzer-Winning San Francisco Composer Wayne Peterson Dies At 93

San Francisco CA

23 April, 2021

2:35 PM

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By CBS San Francisco Staff: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Composer, pianist and educator Wayne Peterson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for music that was hotly contested because judges had chosen another composer, has died. He was 93. Peterson died on April 7 at his San Francisco home, his son Grant Peterson told the San Francisco Chronicle. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.