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Pulitzer Prize for Music
The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer did not call for such a prize in his will, but had arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year. This was eventually converted into a full fledged prize.
The winners in this category have been:
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1943: William Schuman, Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song
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1944: Howard Hanson, Symphony No. 4
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1945: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring, ballet
- 1946: Leo Sowerby , The Canticle of the Sun
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1947: Charles Ives, Symphony No. 3
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1948: Walter Piston, Symphony No. 3
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1949: Virgil Thomson, Louisiana Story, film score
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1950: Gian-Carlo Menotti, The Consul , opera
- 1951: Douglas Moore , Giants in the Earth, opera
- 1952: Gail Kubik , Symphony Concertante
- 1953: no prize awarded
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1954: Quincy Porter , Concerto Concertante for two pianos and orchestra
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1955: Gian-Carlo Menotti, The Saint of Bleecker Street, opera
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1956: Ernst Toch, Symphony No. 3
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1957: Norman Dello Joio, Meditations on Ecclesiastes
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1958: Samuel Barber, Vanessa, opera
- 1959: John La Montaine , Piano Concerto
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1960: Elliott Carter, String Quartet No. 2
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1961: Walter Piston, Symphony No. 7
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1962: Robert Ward, The Crucible, opera
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1963: Samuel Barber, Piano Concerto No. 1
- 1964: no prize awarded
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1965: no prize awarded (See Duke Ellington)
- 1966: Leslie Bassett , Variations for Orchestra
- 1967: Leon Kirchner , Quartet No. 3 for strings and electronic tape
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1968: George Crumb, Echoes of Time and the River
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1969: Karel Husa, String Quartet No. 3
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1970: Charles Wuorinen, Time's Encomium
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1971: Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms No. 6
- 1972: Jacob Druckman , Windows
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1973: Elliott Carter, String quartet No. 3
- 1974: Donald Martino , Notturno
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1975: Dominick Argento, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
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1976: Ned Rorem, Air Music
- 1977: Richard Wernick , Visions of Terror and Wonder
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1978: Michael Colgrass , Deja Vu for percussion and orchestra
- 1979: Joseph Schwantner , Aftertones of Infinity
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1980: David Del Tredici, In Memory of a Summer Day
- 1981: no prize awarded
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1982: Roger Sessions, Concerto for Orchestra
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1983: Ellen Zwilich, Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1)
- 1984: Bernard Rands , Canti del Sole
- 1985: Stephen Albert , Symphony RiverRun
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1986: George Perle, Wind Quintet No. 4, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon
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1987: John Harbison, The Flight into Egypt
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1988: William Bolcom, 12 New Etudes for Piano
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1989: Roger Reynolds, Whispers Out of Time
- 1990: Mel D. Powell , Duplicates: A Concerto
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1991: Shulamit Ran, Symphony
- 1992: Wayne Peterson , The Face of the Night
- 1993: Christopher Rouse , Trombone Concerto
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1994: Gunther Schuller, Of Reminiscences and Reflections
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1995: Morton Gould, Stringmusic
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1996: George Walker, Lilacs, for soprano and orchestra
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1997: Wynton Marsalis, Blood on the Fields, oratorio
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1998: Aaron Jay Kernis, String Quartet No. 2, Musica Instrumentalis
- 1999: Melinda Wagner , Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion
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2000: Lewis Spratlan , Life is a Dream, opera (awarded for concert version of Act II)
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2001: John Corigliano, Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra
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2002: Henry Brant, Ice Field
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2003: John Adams, On the Transmigration of Souls
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2004: Paul Moravec, Tempest Fantasy
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2005: Steven Stucky, Second Concerto for Orchestra
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