All Winners and Finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Music
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| Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song, by William Schuman | ||||
| 1943 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 4 [The Requiem], by Howard Hanson | ||||
| 1944 Winner | ||||
| Appalachian Spring Ballet, by Aaron Copland | ||||
| 1945 Winner | ||||
| The Canticle of the Sun, by Leo Sowerby | ||||
| 1946 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 3 [The Camp Meeting], by Charles Ives | ||||
| 1947 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 3, by Walter Piston | ||||
| 1948 Winner | ||||
| Music for the film Louisiana Story, by Virgil Thomson | ||||
| 1949 Winner | ||||
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| Music in The Consul, by Gian Carlo Menotti | ||||
| 1950 Winner | ||||
| Music in "Giants in the Earth", by Douglas Moore | ||||
| 1951 Winner | ||||
| Symphony Concertante, by Gail Kubik | ||||
| 1952 Winner | ||||
| No prize awarded for 1953. | ||||
| Concerto For Two Pianos and Orchestra, by Quincy Porter | ||||
| 1954 Winner | ||||
| The Saint of Bleecker Street, by Gian Carlo Menotti | ||||
| 1955 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 3, by Ernst Toch | ||||
| 1956 Winner | ||||
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| Meditations on Ecclesiastes, by Norman Dello Joio | ||||
| 1957 Winner | ||||
| Vanessa, by Samuel Barber | ||||
| 1958 Winner | ||||
| Concerto No. 1 [In Time of War], by John La Montaine | ||||
| 1959 Winner | ||||
| String Quartet No. 2, by Elliott Carter | ||||
| 1960 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 7, by Walter Piston | ||||
| 1961 Winner | ||||
| The Crucible, by Robert Ward | ||||
| 1962 Winner | ||||
| Piano Concerto, by Samuel Barber | ||||
| 1963 Winner | ||||
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| No prize awarded for 1964. | ||||
| No prize awarded for 1965. | ||||
| Variations, by Leslie Bassett | ||||
| 1966 Winner | ||||
| String Quartet No. 3, by Leon Kirchner | ||||
| 1967 Winner | ||||
| Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II), by George Crumb | ||||
| 1968 Winner | ||||
| String Quartet No. 3, by Karel Husa | ||||
| 1969 Winner | ||||
| Time's Encomium, by Charles Wuorinen | ||||
| 1970 Winner | ||||
| Synchronisms No. 6, by Mario Davidovsky | ||||
| 1971 Winner | ||||
| Windows, by Jacob Druckman | ||||
| 1972 Winner | ||||
| String Quartet No. 3, by Elliott Carter | ||||
| 1973 Winner | ||||
| Notturno, by Donald Martino | ||||
| 1974 Winner | ||||
| From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, by Dominick Argento | ||||
| 1975 Winner | ||||
| Air Music, by Ned Rorem | ||||
| 1976 Winner | ||||
| Visions of Terror and Wonder, by Richard Wernick | ||||
| 1977 Winner | ||||
| Déjà vu, by Michael Colgrass | ||||
| 1978 Winner | ||||
| Aftertones of Infinity, by Joseph Schwantner | ||||
| 1979 Winner | ||||
| In Memory of a Summer Day, by David Del Tredici | ||||
| 1980 Winner | ||||
| After the Butterfly, by Morton Subotnick | ||||
| 1980 Finalist | ||||
| Quintets for Orchestra, by Lukas Foss | ||||
| 1980 Finalist | ||||
| No prize awarded for 1981. | ||||
| Concerto for Orchestra, by Roger Sessions | ||||
| 1982 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 1, by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | ||||
| 1983 Winner
Note: First female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. | ||||
| Drama for Orchestra, by Vivian Fine | ||||
| 1983 Finalist | ||||
| Canti del sole, by Bernard Rands | ||||
| 1984 Winner | ||||
| Piano Concerto, by Peter Lieberson | ||||
| 1984 Finalist | ||||
| Symphony No. 1 [RiverRun], by Stephen Albert | ||||
| 1985 Winner | ||||
| Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Bolcom | ||||
| 1985 Finalist | ||||
| Wind Quintet No. 4, by George Perle | ||||
| 1986 Winner | ||||
| Symphony No. 5, by George Rochberg | ||||
| 1986 Finalist | ||||
| The Flight Into Egypt, by John Harbison | ||||
| 1987 Winner | ||||
| Flower of the Mountain, by Stephen Albert | ||||
| 1987 Finalist | ||||
| Twelve New Etudes, by William Bolcom | ||||
| 1988 Winner | ||||
| Concerto For String Quartet and Orchestra, by Gunther Schuller | ||||
| 1988 Finalist | ||||
| Whispers Out of Time, by Roger Reynolds | ||||
| 1989 Winner | ||||
| Concerto for Orchestra, by Steven Stucky | ||||
| 1989 Finalist | ||||
| H'un [Lacerations], by Bright Sheng | ||||
| 1989 Finalist | ||||
| "Duplicates": A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, by Mel Powell | ||||
| 1990 Winner | ||||
| Concerto for Cello, Piano and String Orchestra, by Ralph Shapey | ||||
| 1990 Finalist | ||||
| Symphony, by Shulamit Ran | ||||
| 1991 Winner | ||||
| 4 Movements for Piano Trio, by Bright Sheng | ||||
| 1991 Finalist | ||||
| Wilde: A Symphony in Three Movements, by Charles Fussell | ||||
| 1991 Finalist | ||||
| The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark, by Wayne Peterson | ||||
| 1992 Winner | ||||
| Concerto Fantastique, by Ralph Shapey | ||||
| 1992 Finalist | ||||
| Trombone Concerto, by Christopher Rouse | ||||
| 1993 Winner | ||||
| Music for Cello and Orchestra, by Leon Kirchner | ||||
| 1993 Finalist | ||||
| Violin Concerto, by Joan Tower | ||||
| 1993 Finalist | ||||
| Of Reminiscences and Reflections, by Gunther Schuller | ||||
| 1994 Winner | ||||
| Microsymphony, by Charles Wuorinen | ||||
| 1994 Finalist | ||||
| Still Movement With Hymn, by Aaron Jay Kernis | ||||
| 1994 Finalist | ||||
| Stringmusic, by Morton Gould | ||||
| 1995 Winner | ||||
| Adam, by Andrew Imbrie | ||||
| 1995 Finalist | ||||
| Evensong, by Donald Erb | ||||
| 1995 Finalist | ||||
| Lilacs, for voice and orchestra, by George Walker | ||||
| 1996 Winner Note: First African American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. | ||||
| Adagio Tenebroso, by Elliott Carter | ||||
| 1996 Finalist | ||||
| Variations for Violin and Piano, by Peter Lieberson | ||||
| 1996 Finalist | ||||
 | Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz OrchestraBlood on the Fields (1997) | |||
| 1997 Winner | ||||
| Dove Sta Amore, by John Musto | ||||
| 1997 Finalist | ||||
| Passacaglia Immaginaria, by Stanisław Skrowaczewski | ||||
| 1997 Finalist | ||||
| String Quartet No. 2 [Musica instrumentalis], by Aaron Jay Kernis | ||||
| 1998 Winner | ||||
| Century Rolls, by John Adams | ||||
| 1998 Finalist | ||||
| Horntrio, by Yehudi Wyner | ||||
| 1998 Finalist | ||||
| Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion, by Melinda Wagner | ||||
| 1999 Winner | ||||
| Concerto for Orchestra, by Stanisław Skrowaczewski | ||||
| 1999 Finalist | ||||
| Persistent Memory, by David Rakowski | ||||
| 1999 Finalist | ||||
| Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version, by Lewis Spratlan | ||||
| 2000 Winner | ||||
| Contes de fées, by John Zorn | ||||
| 2000 Finalist | ||||
| Serenata Concertante, by Donald Martino | ||||
| 2000 Finalist | ||||
| Symphony No. 2, by John Corigliano | ||||
| 2001 Winner | ||||
| Time After Time, by Fred Lerdahl | ||||
| 2001 Finalist | ||||
| Tituli, by Stephen Hartke | ||||
| 2001 Finalist | ||||
| Ice Field, by Henry Brant | ||||
| 2002 Winner | ||||
| Rilke Songs, by Peter Lieberson | ||||
| 2002 Finalist | ||||
| Ten of a Kind (Symphony No.2), by David Rakowski | ||||
| 2002 Finalist | ||||
| On the Transmigration of Souls, by John Adams | ||||
| 2003 Winner | ||||
| Camp Songs, by Paul Schoenfield | ||||
| 2003 Finalist | ||||
| Three Tales, by Steve Reich | ||||
| 2003 Finalist | ||||
| Tempest Fantasy, by Paul Moravec | ||||
| 2004 Winner | ||||
| Cello Counterpoint, by Steve Reich | ||||
| 2004 Finalist | ||||
| Piano Concerto No. 3, by Peter Lieberson | ||||
| 2004 Finalist | ||||
| Second Concerto for Orchestra, by Steven Stucky | ||||
| 2005 Winner | ||||
| Dialogues, by Elliott Carter | ||||
| 2005 Finalist | ||||
| You Are (Variations), by Steve Reich | ||||
| 2005 Finalist | ||||
| Piano Concerto [Chiavi in mano], by Yehudi Wyner | ||||
| 2006 Winner | ||||
| Neruda Songs, by Peter Lieberson | ||||
| 2006 Finalist | ||||
| Si Ji (Four Seasons), by 陈怡 [Chen Yi] | ||||
| 2006 Finalist | ||||
| Ornette ColemanSound Grammar (2006) | |||
| 2007 Winner | ||||
| Astral Canticle, by Augusta Read Thomas | ||||
| 2007 Finalist | ||||
| Grendel, by Elliot Goldenthal | ||||
| 2007 Finalist | ||||
| The Little Match Girl Passion, by David Lang | ||||
| 2008 Winner | ||||
| Concerto for Viola, by Roberto Sierra | ||||
| 2008 Finalist | ||||
| Meanwhile: Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays, by Stephen Hartke | ||||
| 2008 Finalist | ||||
| Double Sextet, by Steve Reich | ||||
| 2009 Winner | ||||
| 7 Etudes for Solo Piano, by Don Byron | ||||
| 2009 Finalist | ||||
| Brion, by Harold Meltzer | ||||
| 2009 Finalist | ||||
| Violin Concerto, by Jennifer Higdon | ||||
| 2010 Winner | ||||
| Steel Hammer, by Julia Wolfe | ||||
| 2010 Finalist | ||||
| String Quartet No. 3, by Fred Lerdahl | ||||
| 2010 Finalist | ||||
| Madame White Snake, by 周龍 [Zhou Long] | ||||
| 2011 Winner | ||||
| Arches, by Fred Lerdahl | ||||
| 2011 Finalist | ||||
| Comala, by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon | ||||
| 2011 Finalist | ||||
| Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts, by Kevin Puts | ||||
| 2012 Winner | ||||
| Death and the Powers, by Tod Machover | ||||
| 2012 Finalist | ||||
| Companion Guide to Rome, by Andrew Norman | ||||
| 2012 Finalist | ||||
| Partita for 8 Voices, by Caroline Shaw | ||||
| 2013 Winner | ||||
| Pieces of Winter Sky, by Aaron Jay Kernis | ||||
| 2013 Finalist | ||||
| Wadada Leo SmithTen Freedom Summers (2012) | |||
| 2013 Finalist | ||||
| Become Ocean, by John Luther Adams | ||||
| 2014 Winner | ||||
| Invisible Cities, by Christopher Cerrone | ||||
| 2014 Finalist | ||||
| The Gospel According to the Other Mary, by John Adams | ||||
| 2014 Finalist | ||||
| Anthracite Fields, by Julia Wolfe | ||||
| 2015 Winner | ||||
| The Aristos, by John Zorn | ||||
| 2015 Finalist | ||||
| Xiaoxiang, by Liang Lei | ||||
| 2015 Finalist | ||||
| Henry Threadgill ZooidIn for a Penny, In for a Pound (2015) | |||
| 2016 Winner | ||||
| The Blind Banister, by Timo Andres | ||||
| 2016 Finalist | ||||
| The Mechanics: Six from the Shop Floor, by Carter Pann | ||||
| 2016 Finalist | ||||
| Angel's Bone, by 杜韻 [Du Yun] | ||||
| 2017 Winner | ||||
| Bound to the Bow, by Ashley Fure | ||||
| 2017 Finalist | ||||
| Ipsa Dixit, by Kate Soper | ||||
| 2017 Finalist | ||||
| Kendrick LamarDAMN. (2017) | |||
| 2018 Winner | ||||
| Quartet, by Michael Gilbertson | ||||
| 2018 Finalist | ||||
| Ted Hearne & The CrossingSound from the Bench (2017) | |||
| 2018 Finalist | ||||
| Prism, by Ellen Reid | ||||
| 2019 Winner | ||||
| Still, by James Romig | ||||
| 2019 Finalist | ||||
| Sustain, by Andrew Norman | ||||
| 2019 Finalist | ||||
| The Central Park Five, by Anthony Davis | ||||
| 2020 Winner | ||||
| Alex WeiserAnd All the Days Were Purple (2019) | |||
| 2020 Finalist | ||||
| Sky, by Michael Torke | ||||
| 2020 Finalist | ||||
| Stride by Tania León | ||||
| 2021 Winner | ||||
| Maria Schneider OrchestraData Lords (2020) | |||
| 2021 Finalist | ||||
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