Pulitzer Prize for Music

Other Awards

The Pulitzer Prizes, started by New York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), are awarded each year for letters (books), works in journalism, music, and the arts produced during the previous calendar year. The prizes are normally announced in May of each year. Winners receive a cash prize, a medal and/or a certificate.

During some years no award was given.

The Music category was created in 1943. The winner is the most distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance in the United States, as recognized by the Nominating Juries and The Pulitzer Prize Board.

Listed below are winners, with catalog links provided to those titles owned by Jacksonville Public Library.

1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s

2000s

2008		*The Little Match Girl Passion* by David Lang
2007		*Sound Grammar* by Ornette Coleman
2006		Piano Concerto: ‘Chiavi in Mano’ by Yehudi Wyner Score available only through RENTAL FROM THE PUBLISHER No recording available Other works by Yehudi Wyner Premiered February 17, 2005 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
2005		Second Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #62676845) No recording available Other works by Steven Stucky Premiered March 12, 2004 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Calif.
2004		Tempest Fantasy by Paul Moravec RECORDING & SCORE ON ORDER Other works by Paul Moravec Written for and premiered by the Trio Solisti and clarinet soloist David Krakauer on May 2, 2003 at the Morgan Library, New York City.
2003		On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams Score not available (unpublished) Recording Premiered by the New York Philharmonic on September 19, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall.
2002		Ice Field by Henry Brant Score ON ORDER Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #52089262) No recording available Other works by Henry Brant Premiered by the San Francisco Symphony on December 12, 2001 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, Calif.
2001		Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra by John Corigliano Score ON ORDER Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #56580264) Recording Premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on November 30, 2000 at Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass.
2000		Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: ACT II, Concert Version by Lewis Spratlan Score not available (unpublished) No recording available Premiered on January 28, 2000 by Dinosaur Annex in Amherst, Mass. Libretto by James Maraniss.

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1990s

1999		Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion by Melinda Wagner Score (Solo with Piano reduction) Recording Premiered on May 30, 1998 in Purchase, New York by the Westchester Philharmonic, and commissioned by that orchestra for Paul Lustig Dunkel.
1998		String Quartet No. 2, Musica Instrumentalis by Aaron Jay Kernis Score not available (unpublished) Recording Premiered on January 19, 1990, at Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, by The Lark Quartet.
1997		Blood on the Fields. Oratorio by Wynton Marsalis Score not available (unpublished) Recording Premiered on January 28, 1997 at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1996		Lilacs, for voice and orchestra by George Walker Vocal score Recording Premiered on February 1, 1996, in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was commissioned by that orchestra.
1995		Stringmusic by Morton Gould Score No recording available Premiered on March 10, 1994 by the National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
1994		Of Reminiscences and Reflections by Gunther Schuller Score Recording Premiered on December 2, 1993, in Louisville, Ky. Performed and commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra.
1993		Trombone Concerto by Christopher Rouse Score (Solo with Piano Reduction) Recording Premiered December 30, 1992, in New York by the New York Philharmonic.
1992		The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark by Wayne Peterson Score No recording available Premiered on October 17, 1991, by the San Francisco Symphony.
1991		Symphony by Shulamit Ran Score No recording available Commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra and premiered by that orchestra on October 19, 1990.
1990		"Duplicates": A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra by Mel Powell Score not available (unpublished) Recording Premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on January 26, 1990.

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1980s

1989		Whispers Out of Time by Roger Reynolds Score Recording Premiered on December 11, 1988, at Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College, Mass.
1988		12 New Etudes for Piano by William Bolcom Score Recording First complete performance by Marc-Andre Hamelin, pianist, on March 30, 1987 at Temple University, Philadelphia, Penn.
1987		The Flight Into Egypt by John Harbison Score Recording Premiered by the Cantata Singers and Ensemble on November 21, 1986, at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
1986		Wind Quintet IV by George Perle Score Recording Premiered on October 2, 1985 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.
1985		Symphony, RiverRun by Stephen Albert Score Recording Premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra on January 17, 1985.
1984		"Canti del Sole" for Tenor and Orchestra by Bernard Rands Score (chamber version) available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #24840920) Recording (Reduced instrumentation) Premiered by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on June 8, 1983.
1983		Symphony No. I (Three Movements for Orchestra) by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Score Recording Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered by that orchestra on May 5, 1982 in Alice Tully Hall, New York City.
1982		Concerto for Orchestra by Roger Sessions Score Recording First performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on October 23, 1981, Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
1981		(No award)
1980		In Memory of a Summer Day by David Del Tredici Score ON ORDER Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC# 18856358) Recording not available (out of print) Other works by David Del Tredici A work for soprano solo and orchestra, commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony for its 100th anniversary and premiered by that orchestra on February 23, 1980.

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1970s

1979		Aftertones of Infinity by Joseph Schwantner Score Recording First performed by the American Composers Orchestra on January 29, 1979 in Alice Tully Hall New York City.
1978		Deja Vu for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra by Michael Colgrass Score Recordings Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and premiered by that orchestra October 20, 1977.
1977		Visions of Terror and Wonder by Richard Wernick Score No recording available For mezzo-soprano and orchestra, premiered at the Aspen Music Festival, July 19, 1976. It was commissioned by the Festival's Conference on Contemporary Music, with assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts.
1976		Air Music by Ned Rorem Score Recording First performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on December 5, 1975. It is subtitled "Ten Etudes of Orchestra. "
1975		From the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Dominick Argento Score Recordings For medium voice and piano, commissioned by the Schubert Club of St. Paul, and premiered January 5, 1975 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.
1974		Notturno by Donald Martino Score Recordings A chamber music piece commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation and first performed May 15, 1973 a Alice Tully Hall, New York City, by Speculum Musicae.
1973		String Quartet No. 3 by Elliott Carter Score Recording Premiered by the Juilliard String Quartet at Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, on January 23, 1973.
1972		Windows by Jacob Druckman Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #1028240) Recording Premiered by the Chicago Symphony on March 16, 1972 at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
1971		Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky Score Recording Premiered August 19, 1970 at the Berkshire Music Festival.
1970		Time's Encomium by Charles Wuorinen Score Recording Premiered in its entirety at the Berkshire Music Festival on August 16, 1969.

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1960s

1969		String Quartet No. 3 by Karel Husa Score Recording First performed at the Goodman Theater, Chicago, on October 14, 1968 by the Fine Arts Quartet.
1968		Echoes of Time and the River by George Crumb Score Recordings An orchestral suite first performed on May 26, 1967 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, having been commissioned by the University in connection with the celebration of its 75th anniversary.
1967		Quartet No. 3 by Leon Kirchner Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #411609) Recordings For strings and electronic tape. First performed by the Beaux Arts Quartet in Town Hall, January 27, 1967.
1966		Variations for Orchestra by Leslie Bassett Study score ON ORDER Study score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #1019757) Recording It was first performed in the United States by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on October 22, 1965.
1965		(No Award)
1964		(No Award)
1963		Piano Concerto No. 1 by Samuel Barber Scores Recordings Premiered with the Boston Symphony at Philharmonic Hall on September 24, 1962.
1962		The Crucible by Robert Ward Vocal Score Recording An opera in three acts, Libretto by Bernard Stambler, based on the play by Arthur Miller. First performed at New York City Center, on October 26, 1961 by the New York City Opera Company.
1961		Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston Score Recording First performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
1960		Second String Quartet by Elliott Carter Score Recordings First performed at the Juilliard School of Music, March 25, 1960.

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1950s

1959		Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by John LaMontaine 2-piano reduction available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #5737726) Recording First performed in Washington, D.C. by the National Symphony Orchestra on November 25, 1958.
1958		Vanessa by Samuel Barber Vocal Score Recordings An opera in four acts, libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti. First presented January 15,1958, at the Metropolitan Opera House.
1957		Meditation on Ecclesiastics by Norman Dello Joio Score Recording First performed at the Juilliard School of Music on April 20, 1956.
1956		Symphony No. 3 by Ernst Toch Study score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #22396365) Recording First performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, December 2, 1955.
1955		The Saint of Bleecker Street by Gian-Carlo Menotti Vocal Score Recording An opera first performed at the Broadway Theater, New York, December 27, 1954.
1954		Concerto For Two Pianos and Orchestra by Quincy Porter Facsimile of score ms. may be available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #8108820) No available recording Other works by Quincy Porter First performed by the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, March 17, 1954. This was one of the works commissioned under a grant of the Rockefeller Foundation for new American compositions for orchestra, or soloists and orchestra.
1953		(No Award)
1952		Symphony Concertante by Gail Kubik Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #2046776) No available recording Other works by Gail Kubik Performed at Town Hall, January; 7, 1952.
1951		Giants in the Earth by Douglas S. Moore Score not available (unpublished) No available recording Other works by Douglas Moore Produced by Columbia Opera Workshop, March 28, 1951.
1950		The Consul by Gian-Carlo Menotti Vocal Score Recording DVD Produced at the Barrymore Theater, New York.

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1940s

1949		Louisiana Story (film score) by Virgil Thomson Score Recordings DVD For film production released by Robert Flaherty Productions in 1948.
1948		Symphony, No. 3 by Walter Piston Score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #927170) Recording First performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston, January, 1948.
1947		Symphony No. 3 by Charles Ives Score Recordings Recording (complete symphonies) First performed by Lou Harrison and Chamber Orchestra in New York, April, 1946.
1946		The Canticle of the Sun by Leo Sowerby Vocal score available through Interlibrary Loan (REF: OCLC #498940) No available recording Other works by Sowerby Commissioned by the Alice M Ditson Fund, first performed by the Schola Cantorum in New York, April 1945.
1945		Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland Scores Recordings DVD A ballet written for and presented by Martha Graham and group, commissioned by Mrs. E. S. Coolidge, first presented at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. October, 1944.
1944		Symphony No. 4. Opus 34 by Howard Hanson Score Recording Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on December 3, 1943.
1943		Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song by William Schuman Vocal Score No available recording Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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