George Winston, pianist who tried to echo nature, dies at 74
George Winston, a pianist and composer whose unadorned melodies sought to evoke seasonal rhythms of nature and became a signature style of New Age music in the 1980s with popular albums such as “Autumn” and “December,” died June 4 in Williamsport, Pa. He was 74. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Jesse Cutler. Mr….