Music Library & Listening Center

Pulitzer Prizes in Music

with University of Washington call numbers

1943 Schuman, William
A Free Song - Secular Cantata no. 2
M 782.82 Sch86f1
1944 Hanson, Howard
Symphony no. 4
M 785.11 H198s no.4
1945 Copland, Aaron
Appalachian Spring
M1003.C778 A6 1945
Compact disc CD 1144
1946 Sowerby, Leo
Canticle of the Sun (chorus and orch.)
1947 Ives, Charles
Symphony no. 3
M1001 .I66 no.3, 1990
Compact disc CD 4278
1948 Piston, Walter
Symphony no. 3
M1001 .P68 no.3
1949 Thomson, Virgil
Louisiana Story
Videorecord HOV 041 (OUGL)

1950 Menotti, Gian-Carlo
The Consul
M1503.M5494 C6
Phonodisc 11 H 1
1951 Moore, Douglas
Giants in the Earth
1952 Kubik, Gail
Symphony Concertante for trumpet, viola, piano and orch.
1953
NO AWARD
1954 Porter, Quincy
Concerto Concertante (for 2 pianos and orch.)
1955 Menotti, Gian-Carlo
The Saint of Bleeker Street
M1503.M5494 S3 1955
1956 Toch, Ernest
Symphony no. 3
M1001 .T6 op.75, 1957a
1957 Dello Joio, Norman
Meditations on Ecclesiastes (for string orch.)
M1103.D333 M4 1959a
Phonodisc 18 U 1
1958 Barber, Samuel
Vanessa
M1503.B226 V3 1958
Phonodisc 9 B 6
1959 LaMontaine, John
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Phonodisc 18 U 21

1960 Carter, Elliott
String Quartet no. 2
M452.C327 Q32 1989
1961 Piston, Walter
Symphony no. 7
M 785.11 P67sg
1962 Ward, Robert
The Crucible
M 782.1 W216c1
Compact disc CD 4780
1963 Barber, Samuel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Phonodisc 18 W 3
M 785.6 B233cp
1964
No Award
1965
No Award
1966 Bassett, Leslie
Variations for Orchestra
M1003.B337 V4 1966
Compact disc CD 3764
1967 Kirchner, Leon
Quartet no. 3 for Strings and Electronic tape
M452 .K57 no.3, 1971
Phonodisc 7 C 3
1968 Crumb, George
Echoes of Time and the River: Four Processions for Orchestra
M1045.C92 E3
Phonodisc 20 P 10
1969 Husa, Karel
String Quartet no. 3
M452 .H95 no.3
Compact disc CD 1476

1970 Wuorinen, Charles
Time's Encomium (for synthesized and processed synthesized sound)
M1473.W857 T5 1969
1971 Davidovsky, Mario
Synchronisms #6 for piano and electronic sound
M25 .D39
Compact disc CD 3125
1972 Druckman, Jacob
Windows
M1045.D78 W6
Phonodisc 20 P 10
1973 Carter, Elliott
String quartet #3
M452.C327 Q33
Compact disc CD 959
1974 Martino, Donald
Notturno
M647.M37 N6 1998
Phonotape C67 1991 3-11
1975 Argento, Dominick
From the diary of Virginia Wolff
M1621 .A73
CD 2271
1976 Rorem, Ned
Air Music
M1003.R785 A4
Phonodisc 19 MB 8
1977 Wernick, Richard
Visions of terror and wonder
M2103.W47 V5
1978 Colgrass, Michael
Deja Vu for percussion quartet and orchestra
M1038.C64 D4 1979
Phonodisc 21 NW 318
1979 Schwantner, Joseph
Aftertones of infinity
M1045.S394 A394 1979
Phonodisc 21 NW 381

1980 Del Tredici, David
Child Alice. In memory of a summer day
Phonodisc 13 B 8
1981
No Award
1982 Sessions, Roger
Concerto for orchestra
M1042.S48 C6 1983
1983 Zwilich, Ellen
Three movements for orchestra
1984 Rands, Bernard
Canti del Sole
M1613.3.R19 C36 1991
1985 Albert, Stephen
Symphony, River run
M1045.A42 R5 1989
1986 Perle, George
Wind quintet IV
1987 Harbison, John
Flight into Egypt
M2023.H37 F6 1986
Compact disc CD 2401
1988 Bolcom, William
12 new etudes for piano
M25.B66 N48 1988
Phonodisc 21 NW 354
1989 Reynolds, Roger
Whispers out of time
M1145.R49 W4 1989
Compact disc CD 1245

1990 Powell, Mel
Duplicates
1991 Ran, Shulamit
Symphony
M1001 .R16 1997
1992 Peterson, Wayne
The Face of the Night, the Heart of the Dark
1993 Rouse, Christopher
Trombone Concerto
M1033.R68 C6 2000
Compact disc CD 3230
1994 Schuller, Gunther
Of Reminiscences and Reflections
Compact disc CD 2423
1995 Gould, Morton
Stringmusic
M1103.G68 S8 1995
1996 Walker, George
Lilacs
M1611.W35 L5 1996
1997 Marsalis, Wynton
Blood on the Fields
Compact disc CD 3180
1998 Kernis, Aaron Jay
String Quartet No. 2. "Musica Instrumentalis"
1998 Special Citation: George Gershwin, on the centennial of his birth.
1999 Wagner, Melinda
Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion
M1121.W28 C6 2000
COmpact disc CD 9267
1999 Special Citation: Duke Ellington, on the centennial of his birth.

2000 Spratlan, Lewis
Life Is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act Two, Concert Version
2001 Corigliano, John
Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
M1101 .C65 no.2 2004
2002 Brant, Henry
Ice Field
M1045.B83 I2 2003
2003 Adams, John
On the Transmigration of Souls
CD7676
2004 Moravec, Paul
Tempest Fantasy
M422.M84 T45 2004
2005 Stucky, Steven
Second Concerto for Orchestra
2006 Yehudi Wyner
Chiavi in mano
2006 Special Citation Thelonius Monk
2007Ornette Coleman
Sound Grammar
2008 David Lang
The Little Match Girl Passion
2008 Special Citation Bob Dylan
Back to Awards
for commentary and bibliography we recommend consulting James Heintze. The Pulitzer Prize in Music 1943-2002.
mail comments to: Music Library
Last modified: Tuesday April 08, 2008