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Pulitzer Prize Winners
In Music
2005
Winner
(Nominated Finalists)
2004 - Tempest Fantasy by Paul Moravec
Written for & premiered by the Trio Solisti & clarinet soloist
David Krakauer on May 2, 2003 at the Morgan Library, New York
City.
(Nominated Finalists)
Cello Counterpoint by Steve Reich
Premiered on October 18, 2003 at The Krannert Center,
Champaign-Urbana, Ill. (Boosey & Hawkes)
Piano Concerto No. 3 by Peter Lieberson
Premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra on November 26, 2003 in
Minneapolis, Minn. (G. Schirmer, Inc.)
2003 - On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams (Boosey
& Hawkes)
Premiered by the New York Philharmonic on September 19, 2002 at
Avery Fisher Hall.
(Nominated Finalists)
Three Tales by Steve Reich (Boosey & Hawkes)
Premiered on May 31, 2002, at the Spoleto Festival USA,
Charleston, S.C.
Camp Songs by Paul Schoenfeld
Commissioned by Music of Remembrance & premiered on April 7,
2002 at MOR's Holocaust Remembrance concert, Not In Vain!, at
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Wash.
2002 - Ice Field by Henry Brant
Premiered by the San Francisco Symphony on December 12, 2001 at
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA.
(Nominated Finalists)
Rilke Songs by Peter Lieberson
Premiered on July 18, 2001, in Santa Fe, NM.
Ten
of a Kind (Symphony No.2) by David Rakowski
Premiered on May 20, 2001 at George Mason University, Fairfax,
VA.
2001 - Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra by John
Corigliano
Premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on November 30, 2000
at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA.
(Nominated Finalists)
Tituli by Stephen Hartke
Premiered on January 15, 2001 at Alfred Newman Recital Hall,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Time After Time by Fred Lerdahl
Premiered on December 12, 2000 at Merkin Hall, New York City.
2000 - Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert
Version by Lewis Spratlan
Premiered on January 28, 2000 by Dinosaur Annex in Amherst,
Mass. Libretto by James Maraniss.
(Nominated Finalists)
Serenata Concertante by Donald Martino
Premiered on April 19, 1999 at Merkin Concert Hall, New York
City
contes de fees by John Zorn
Premiered on February 17, 2000 at the Society for Ethical
Culture, New York City
1999 - Concerto for Flute, Strings & Percussion by Melinda
Wagner
Premiered on May 30, 1998 in Purchase, New York by the
Westchester Philharmonic, & commissioned by that orchestra for
Paul Lustig Dunkel.
(Nominated Finalists)
Persistent Memory by David Rakowski
Premiered on March 7, 1998 by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at
Carnegie Hall.
Concerto for Orchestra by Stanislav Skorwaczewski
Premiered on November 19, 1998 by the Curtis Symphony at the
Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.
1998 - String Quartet #2 (musica instrumentalis) by Aaron
Jay Kernis
Premiered on January 19, 1990, at Merkin Concert Hall, New York
City, by The Lark Quartet
(Nominated Finalists)
Century Rolls by John Adams
Premiered on September 25, 1997, at Severance Hall, Cleveland,
Ohio, by The Cleveland Orchestra.
Horntrio by Yehudi Wyner
Premiered on December 7, 1997, at several locations..
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1997 - Blood on the Fields by Wynton Marsalis
premiered on January 28, 1997 at Woolsey Hall, Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.
(Nominated Finalists)
Dove Sta Amore by John Musto
Premiered on March 2, 1996, by the Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Passacaglia Immaginaria by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Premiered on April 12, 1996, by the Minnesota Orchestra,
Minneapolis.
1996 - Lilacs, for voice & orchestra by George Walker
Premiered on February 1, 1996, in Boston by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, & was commissioned by that orchestra.
(Nominated Finalists)
Variations for Violin & Piano by Peter Lieberson
Premiered on May 28, 1995, at the Spoleto Festival in
Charleston, S.C.
Adagio Tenebroso by Elliott Carter
Premiered on October 15, 1995, in Birmingham, Ala., by the BBC
Symphony Orchestra.
1995 - Stringmusic by Morton Gould
Premiered on March 10, 1994 by the National Symphony Orchestra
at The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
(Nominated Finalists)
Evensong by Donald Erb
Premiered on May 5, 1994 by The Cleveland Orchestra in
Youngstown, Ohio
Adam, a cantata for mixed chorus with soprano solo & small
orchestra by Andrew Imbrie
Premiered on November 4, 1994, at the New England Conservatory
in Boston
1994 - Of Reminiscences & Reflections by Gunther Schuller
Premiered on December 2, 1993, in Louisville, Ky. Performed &
commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra.
(Nominated Finalists)
Still Movement with Hymn by Aaron Jay Kernis
Premiered on November 11, 1993, at Princeton University &
commissioned by American Public Radio.
Microsymphony by Charles Wuorinen
Premiered on March 19, 1993, in Philadelphia & commissioned by
the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
1993 - Trombone Concerto by Christopher Rouse
Premiered December 30, 1992, in New York by the New York
Philharmonic.
(Nominated Finalists)
Music for Cello & Orchestra by Leon Kirchner
Premiered on October 16, 1992, in Philadelphia by the
Philadelphia Orchestra & commissioned by that orchestra
Violin Concerto by Joan Tower
Premiered on April 24, 1992, in Salt Lake City by the Utah
Symphony.
1992 - The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark by Wayne
Peterson
Premiered on October 17, 1991, by the San Francisco Symphony
(Nominated Finalists)
Concerto Fantastique by Ralph Shapey
Premiered on November 21, 1992, by The Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
1991 - Symphony by Shulamit Ran
Commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra & premiered by that
orchestra on October 19, 1990
(Nominated Finalists)
Four Movements for Piano by Bright Sheng
Premiered in New York City on April 24, 1990 by the Peabody
Trio.
Wilde: A Symphony in Three Movements by Charles Fussell
Premiered on November 4, 1990, in Newton, Mass., by the Newton
Symphony Orchestra; text by Will Graham.
1990 - "Duplicates": A Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra
by Mel Powell
Premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on January 26, 1990.
(Nominated Finalists)
Concerto for Cello, Piano & String Orchestra by Ralph Shapey
Premiered on July 31, 1989 at Tanglewood Music Center.
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1989 - Whispers Out of Time by Roger Reynolds
Premiered on December 11, 1988, at Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst
College, Massachusetts.
(Nominated Finalists)
H'un (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-1976 by Bright Sheng
Premiered on April 17, 1988, at the 92nd Street Y, New York City
Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky
Premiered on October 27, 1988, in Philadelphia.
1988 - 12 New Etudes for Piano by William Bolcom
First complete performance by Marc-Andre Hamelin, pianist, on
March 30, 1987 at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa
(Nominated Finalists)
Concerto For String Quartet & Orchestra by Gunther Schuller
Premiered on February 20, 1988, by the Pro Arte Quartet & the
Madison Symphony Orchestra at the Oscar Mayer Theatre in
Madison, Wisc.
1987 - The Flight Into Egypt by John Harbison
Premiered by the Cantata Singers & Ensemble on November 21,
1986, at the New England Conservatory in
Boston.
(Nominated Finalists)
Flower of the Mountain by Stephen Albert
Premiered on May 17, 1986, at the 92nd Street Y in New York City
by the Y Chamber Orchestra.
1986. - Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black & White by
Joseph Lelyveld (Times Books)
Wind Quintet IV by George Perle
Premiered on October 2, 1985 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York
City
(Nominated Finalists)
Symphony No. 5 by George Rochberg
Premiered on March 13, 1986 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
1985 - Symphony, RiverRun by Stephen Albert
Premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra on January 17,
1985.
(Nominated Finalists)
Songs of Innocence & Experience, a Musical Illumination of the
Poems of William Blake by William Bolcom
Premiered at the University of Michigan on April 11, 1984.
1984 - "Canti del Sole" for Tenor & Orchestra by Bernard
Rands
Premiered by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on June 8,
1983.
(Nominated Finalists)
Piano Concerto by Peter Lieberson
Premiered on April 21, 1983 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1983 - Symphony No. I (Three Movements for Orchestra) by
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra & premiered by
that orchestra on May 5, 1982 in Alice Tully Hall, New York
City.
(Nominated Finalists)
Drama for Orchestra by Vivian Fine
Premiered on January 5, 1983 by the San Francisco Symphony, at
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.
1982 - Concerto for Orchestra by Roger Sessions
First performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on October 23,
1981, Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
(Nominated Finalists)
1980 - In Memory of a Summer Day by David Del Tredici
A work for soprano solo & orchestra, commissioned by the St.
Louis Symphony for its 100th anniversary & premiered by that
orchestra on February 23, 1980.
(Nominated Finalists)
Quintets for Orchestra by Lukas Foss
Premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra
After the Butterfly by Morton Subotnick
Premiered at the Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles County
Museum
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1979 - Aftertones of Infinity by Joseph Schwantner
First performed by the American Composers Orchestra on January
29, 1979 in Alice Tully Hall New York City.
(Nominated Finalists)
1978 - Deja Vu for Percussion Quartet & Orchestra by Michael
Colgrass
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic & premiered by that
orchestra October 20, 1977.
(Nominated Finalists)
1977 - Visions of Terror & Wonder by Richard Wernick
For mezzo-soprano & 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.
(Nominated Finalists)
1976 - Air Music by Ned Rorem
First performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on December
5, 1975. It is subtitled "Ten Etudes of Orchestra."
(Nominated Finalists)
1975 - From the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Dominick Argento
For medium voice & piano, commissioned by the Schubert Club of
St. Paul, & premiered January 5, 1975 in Orchestra Hall,
Minneapolis.
(Nominated Finalists)
1974 - Notturno by Donald Martino
A chamber music piece commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg
Foundation & first performed May 15, 1973 a Alice Tully Hall,
New York City, by Speculum Musicae.
1973 - String Quartet No. 3 by Elliott Carter
Premiered by the Juilliard String Quartet at Tully Hall, Lincoln
Center, New York City, on January 23, 1973
1972 - Windows by Jacob Druckman
Premiered by the Chicago Symphony on March 16, 1972 at Orchestra
Hall, Chicago
1971 - Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano & Electronic Sound
(1970) by Mario Davidovsky
Premiered August 19, 1970 at the Berkshire Music Festival
1970 - Time's Encomium by Charles Wuorinen
Premiered in its entirety at the Berkshire Music Festival on
August 16, 1969.
1969 - String Quartet No. 3 by Karel Husa
First performed at the Goodman Theater, Chicago, on October 14,
1968 by the Fine Arts Quartet.
1968 - Echoes of Time & the River by George Crumb
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
First performed by the Beaux Arts Quartet in Town Hall, January
27, 1967
1966 - Variations for Orchestra by Leslie Bassett
It was first performed in the United States by Eugene Ormandy &
the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music in
Philadelphia on October 22, 1965.
1963 - Piano Concerto No. 1 by Samuel Barber
Premiered with the Boston Symphony at Philharmonic Hall on
September 24, 1962.
1962 - The Crucible by Robert Ward
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.
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1961 - Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston
First performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10,
1961, & commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
1960 - Second String Quartet by Elliott Carter
First performed at the Juilliard School of Music, March 25,
1960.
1959 - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra by John LaMontaine
First performed in Washington, D.C. by the National Symphony
Orchestra on November 25, 1958.
1958 - Vanessa by Samuel Barber
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
First performed at the Juilliard School of Music on April 20,
1956.
1956 - Symphony No. 3 by Ernst Toch
First performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, December
2, 1955.
1955 - The Saint of Bleecker Street by Gian-Carlo Menotti
An opera first performed at the Broadway Theater, New York,
December 27, 1954
1954 - Concerto For Two Pianos & Orchestra 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 & orchestra
1952 - Symphony Concertante by Gail Kubik
Performed at Town Hall, January; 7, 1952.
Winner
1951 - Music in "Giants in the Earth" by Douglas S. Moore
Produced by Columbia Opera Workshop, March 28, 1951.
1950 - Music in The Consul by Gian-Carlo Menotti
Produced at the Barrymore Theater, New York.
1949 - Music for the film Louisiana Story by Virgil Thomson
Released in 1948 by Robert Flaherty Productions.
1948 - Symphony, No. 3 by Walter Piston
First performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston,
January, 1948.
1947 - Symphony No. 3 by Charles Ives
First performed by Lou Harrison & Chamber Orchestra in New York,
April, 1946.
1946 - The Canticle of the Sun by Leo Sowerby
Commissioned by the Alice M Ditson Fund, first performed by the
Schola Cantorum in New
1945 - Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland
A ballet written for & presented by Martha Graham & 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
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on December 3, 1943.
1943 - Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song by William Schuman
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra & published by G.
Schirmer, Inc., New York
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