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Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
This prize has been awarded annually since 1943 for composition by an American in opera, ballet, or chamber, orchestral or choral music.
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Aaron Copland (born 1900, died 1990)
American composer.
- 1945 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Bernard Rands
- 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Charles W. Wuorinen (born 1938)
American composer.
- 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Christopher Rouse
- 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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David Del Tredici
- 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Dominick Argento
- 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Donald Martino
- 1974 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Douglas Moore
- 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Elliott Carter
- 1960 and 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Ernest Toch
- 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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George Crumb
- 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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George Perle
- 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Gian-Carlo Menotti (born 1911)
American composer.
- 1950 and 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Gunther Schuller
- 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Howard Hanson (born 1896, died 1981)
American composer.
- 1944 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Jacob Druckman
- 1972 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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John La Montaine
- 1959 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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John Harbison
- 1987 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Joseph Schwantner
- 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Karel Husa
- 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Leo Sowerby
- 1946 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Leon Kirchner
- 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Leslie Bassett
- 1966 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Mario Davidovsky
- 1971 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Mel Powell
- 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Michael Colgrass
- 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Ned Rorem
- 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Norman Dello Joio (born 1913)
American composer.
- 1957 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Quincy Porter
- 1954 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Richard Wernick
- 1977 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Robert Ward
- 1962 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Roger Sessions
- 1982 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Roger Reynolds
- 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Stephen Albert
- 1985 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Virgil Thomson (born 1896, died 1989)
American composer, musician and critic.
- 1949 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Walter Piston
- 1948 and 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Wayne Peterson
- 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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William Bolcom
- 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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William Schuman (born 1910, died 1992)
American composer and educator.
- 1943 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Samuel Barber (born 1910, died 1981)
American composer.
- 1958 and 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Wynton Marsalis (born 1961)
American jazz musician and composer.
- 1997 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music
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Charles Ives (born 1874, died 1954)
American composer.
- 1947 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music
This prize has been awarded annually since 1943 for composition by an American in opera, ballet, or chamber, orchestral or choral music.
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
American composer.
- 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Gail Kubik
- 1952 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition
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Shulamit Ran
- 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition