Pulitzer Prize / Music
The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer originally had no such award, but scholarships were awarded for outstanding musical achievements and compositions. The scholarships were then converted to a separate award, "for remarkable musical compositions of particular rank, by an American that premiered in the United States during the year."
Because the performance of the world premiere had to take place in the USA during the year in order to win the award, works of which there had not yet been recorded often won. As a result, the name was changed in 2004 to read: "For a remarkable musical performance by an American that premiered or was recorded in the United States during the year."
particularities
In 1965, jazz composer Duke Ellington was selected by the jury. However, the official committee refused to award the award and suspended the award. Ellington (67 years old at the time) commented, “Fate is kind to me. It doesn't want me to get famous too young. ”In 1999 Ellington received the Special Award posthumously.
In 1953, 1964 and 1981 there were also no winners.
Award winners
1943-1949
- 1943: William Schuman , Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song
- 1944: Howard Hanson , Symphony No. 4. Opus 34
- 1945: Aaron Copland , Appalachian Spring
- 1946: Leo Sowerby , The Canticle of the Sun
- 1947: Charles Ives , Symphony No. 3
- 1948: Walter Piston , Symphony No. 3
- 1949: Virgil Thomson , Music for the film Louisiana Story
1950-1959
- 1950: Gian Carlo Menotti , Music in The Consul
- 1951: Douglas Stuart Moore , Music in "Giants in the Earth"
- 1952: Gail Kubik , Symphony Concertante
- 1953: not awarded
- 1954: Quincy Porter , Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
- 1955: Gian Carlo Menotti , The Saint of Bleecker Street, Opera
- 1956: Ernst Toch , Symphony No. 3
- 1957: Norman Dello Joio , Meditations on Ecclesiastes
- 1958: Samuel Barber , Vanessa
- 1959: John La Montaine , Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1960-1969
- 1960: Elliott Carter , Second String Quartet
- 1961: Walter Piston , Symphony No. 7th
- 1962: Robert Ward , The Crucible
- 1963: Samuel Barber , Piano Concerto No. 1
- 1964: not awarded
- 1965: not awarded
- 1966: Leslie Bassett , Variations for Orchestra
- 1967: Leon Kirchner , Quartet No. 3
- 1968: George Crumb , Echoes of Time and the River
- 1969: Karel Husa , String Quartet No. 3
1970-1979
- 1970: Charles Wuorinen , Time's Encomium
- 1971: Mario Davidovsky , Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electric Sound
- 1972: Jacob Druckman , Windows
- 1973: Elliott Carter , String quartet No. 3
- 1974: Donald Martino , Notturno
- 1975: Dominick Argento , From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
- 1976: Ned Rorem , Air Music
- 1977: Richard Wernick , Visions of Terror and Wonder
- 1978: Michael Colgrass , Deja Vu for Percussion, Quartet and Orchestra
- 1979: Joseph Schwantner , Aftertones of Infinity
1980-1989
- 1980: David Del Tredici , In Memory of a Summer Day
- 1981: not awarded
- 1982: Roger Sessions , Concerto for Orchestra
- 1983: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich , Symphony No. 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra)
- 1984: Bernard Rands , "Canti del Sole" for Tenor and Orchestra
- 1985: Stephen Albert , Symphony RiverRun
- 1986: George Perle , Wind Quintet No. 4th
- 1987: John Harbison , The Flight into Egypt
- 1988: William Bolcom , 12 New Etudes for Piano
- 1989: Roger Reynolds , Whispers Out of Time
1990-1999
- 1990: Mel Powell , Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
- 1991: Shulamit Ran , Symphony
- 1992: Wayne Peterson , The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark
- 1993: Christopher Rouse , Trombone Concerto
- 1994: Gunther Schuller , Of Reminiscences and Reflections
- 1995: Morton Gould , string music
- 1996: George Walker , Lilacs for voice and orchestra
- 1997: Wynton Marsalis , Blood on the Fields
- 1998: Aaron Jay Kernis , String Quartet No. 2 (musica instrumentalis)
- 1999: Melinda Wagner , Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion
2000-2009
- 2000: Lewis Spratlan , Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version
- 2001: John Corigliano , Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
- 2002: Henry Brant , Ice Field
- 2003: John Adams , On the Transmigration of Souls
- 2004: Paul Moravec , Tempest Fantasy
- 2005: Steven Stucky , Second Concerto for Orchestra
- 2006: Yehudi Wyner , Chiavi in Mano, (piano concert)
- 2007: Ornette Coleman , Sound Grammar
- 2008: David Lang , The Little Match Girl Passion
- 2009: Steve Reich , Double Sextet (Boosey & Hawkes)
2010-2019
- 2010: Jennifer Higdon , Violin Concerto
- 2011: Zhou Long , Madame White Snake
- 2012: Kevin Puts , Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts
- 2013: Caroline Shaw , Partita for 8 Voices
- 2014: John Luther Adams , Become Ocean
- 2015: Julia Wolfe , Anthracite Fields
- 2016: Henry Threadgill , In for a Penny, In for a Pound
- 2017: You Yun , Angel's Bone
- 2018: Kendrick Lamar , DAMN.
- 2019: Ellen Reid , prism
2020-2029
- 2020: Anthony Davis , The Central Park Five
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Kaplan: Sour Note When will the Pulitzer Prize in music get it right?
- ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Jazz-Network.com
- ↑ Official website
Web links
- Official website for the Pulitzer Prize for Music with the winners and finalists