| 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)
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| 1946 |
Leo Sowerby |
The Canticle of the Sun
|
| 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)
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| 1951 |
Douglas Stuart Moore |
Giants in the Earth (opera)
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| 1952 |
Gail Kubik |
Symphony Concertante
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| 1953 |
(no award)
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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)
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| 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
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| 1964 |
(no award)
|
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| 1965 |
(no award)
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| 1966 |
Leslie Bassett |
Variations for Orchestra
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| 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
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| 1972 |
Jacob Druckman |
Windows
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| 1973 |
Elliott Carter |
String quartet No. 3
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| 1974 |
Donald Martino |
Notturno
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| 1975 |
Dominick Argento |
From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
|
| 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
|
| 1980 |
David Del Tredici |
In Memory of a Summer Day
|
| 1981 |
(no award)
|
|
| 1982 |
Roger Sessions |
Concerto for Orchestra
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| 1983 |
Ellen Zwilich |
Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1)
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| 1984 |
Bernard Rands |
Canti del Sole
|
| 1985 |
Stephen Albert |
Symphony RiverRun
|
| 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
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| 1990 |
Mel D. Powell |
Duplicates |
| 1991 |
Shulamit Ran |
Symphony
|
| 1992 |
Wayne Peterson |
The Face of the Night
|
| 1993 |
Christopher Rouse |
Trombone Concerto
|
| 1994 |
Gunther Schuller |
Of Reminiscences and Reflections
|
| 1995 |
Morton Gould |
Stringmusic
|
| 1996 |
George Walker |
Lilacs, for soprano and orchestra
|
| 1997 |
Wynton Marsalis |
Blood on the Fields (oratorio)
|
| 1998 |
Aaron Jay Kernis |
String Quartet No. 2, Musica Instrumentalis
|
| 1999 |
Melinda Wagner |
Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion
|
| 2000 |
Lewis Spratlan |
Life is a Dream (opera, for concert version of Act II)
|
| 2001 |
John Corigliano |
Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra
|
| 2002 |
Henry Brant |
Ice Field
|
| 2003 |
John Adams |
On the Transmigration of Souls
|
| 2004 |
Paul Moravec |
Tempest Fantasy
|
| 2005 |
Steven Stucky |
Second Concerto for Orchestra
|
| 2006 |
Yehudi Wyner |
Chiavi in Mano
|
| 2007 |
Ornette Coleman |
Sound Grammar
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| 2008 |
David Lang |
The Little Match Girl Passion |
