| Joseph
Pulitzer (1847-1911) bequested $2 million in his will to establish a
graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University (currently the
site where the Pulitzer announcements are made each April). The
Pulitzer Prizes were created with part of this money and were first
awarded in 1917. The first Pulitzer Prize in music was awarded in 1943. Although he had a passion for music, his will did not call for a prize in that area, but only a scholarship for a music student. Instead, he bequeathed $500,000 to the New York Philharmonic Society--an amount equal to the entire Pulitzer Prize bequest. In 1943 the Pulitzer Board converted the scholarship to a prize. The requirements were stated: "For distinguished musical composition in the larger forms of chamber, orchestral, or choral work, or for an operatic work (including ballet), first performed or published by a composer of established residence in the United States, Five hundred dollars ($500)." The first recipient was William Schuman for his "Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song" for full chorus of mixed voices, with accompaniment of orchestra. Beginning in 1980, the list of Finalists for each year was also made public. |
Composer Joan Tower (Spring, 2001) [Pulitzer Finalist, 1993] Composer Easley Blackwood (Summer, 2001) Composer Brian Fennelly (Fall, 2001) Composer Karel Husa (Winter, 2001) [Pulitzer Prize, 1969] Composer Robert Carl (Spring, 2002) Composer/Critic Virgil Thomson (Summer, 2002) [Pulitzer Prize, 1949] Composer Elizabeth Austin (Fall, 2002) Pianist David Holzman (Summer, 2003) Composer Ruth Schonthal (Fall/Winter, 2003) Composer George Walker (Spring, 2004) [Pulitzer Prize, 1996] Composer Alan Hovhaness (Spring/Summer, 2005) Composer William Mayer (Summer/Fall, 2006) Soprano Elsa Charlston (Fall/Winter, 2006) Composer Leo Kraft (Spring/Summer, 2008) Composer Elliott Carter (Winter/Spring, 2008-09) [Pulitzer Prize, 1960 & 1973] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1996 & 2005] Composer George Flynn Violinist Jennifer Koh Composer Aaron Jay Kernis [Pulitzer Prize, 1998] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1994] Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio Composer Lowell Liebermann Oboist Alex Klein Conductor Carlos Kalmar Pianist Ursula Oppens Composer John Corigliano [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2001] Composer Pozzi Escot Composer/Author Paul Bowles Composer Arnold Rosner Composer/Pianist John La Montaine [Pulitzer Prize, 1959] Composer Eric Ewazen Composer Lou Harrison Composer/Conductor/Pianist/Administrator Morton Gould [Pulitzer Prize, 1995] Composer/Pianist Robert Helps Composer/Pianist/Technician David Tudor Composer Chou Wen-Chung Composer/Conductor Carlos Surinach Composer Johan Franco Composer Conlon Nancarrow Composer Romeo Cascarino Composer Hayden Wayne Composer Gian Carlo Menotti [Three Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1950 & 1955] Composer Elie Siegmeister Composer David Raksin Composer/Conductor Alfred Reed Composer/Pianist Frederic Rzewski Composer Irwin Bazelon Composer Morten Lauridsen Composer Marga Richter Composer Otto Luening Composer George Crumb [Pulitzer Prize, 1968] Composer Andrew Imbrie [Pulitzer Finalist, 1995] Composer Stephen Albert [Pulitzer Prize, 1985] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1987] Composer Miriam Gideon Composer Richard Wernick [Pulitzer Prize, 1977] Composer Ursula Mamlok Composer Vincent Persichetti Composer Libby Larsen Composer Robert Starer Composer Ulysses Kay Composer/Administrator Francis Thorne Composer Leslie Bassett [Pulitzer Prize, 1966] Composer John Lessard Composer Donald Martino [Pulitzer Prize, 1974] [Pulitzer Finalist, 2000] Composer Christopher Rouse [Pulitzer Prize, 1993] Composer Louise Talma Composer Alexei Haieff Composer/Percussionist William Kraft Composer Gardner Read Composer Benjamin Lees Microtonal Composer Ezra Sims Composer Roger Reynolds [Pulitzer Prize, 1989] Composer Gloria Coates Composer James Cohn Composer Steve Reich [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2009] [Pulitzer Finalist, 2003, 2004, 2005] Composer Wayne Barlow Composer Maurice Wright Composer/Conductor Lalo Schifrin [Two Interviews] Composer John Harbison [Pulitzer Prize, 1987] Composer/Inventor Cecil Effinger [Inventor of the Musicwriter and the Tempowatch] Composer Robert Erickson Composer/Conductor Lukas Foss [Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1942] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1980] Composer/Pianist David Del Tredici [Pulitzer Prize, 1980] Composer Norman Dello Joio [Pulitzer Prize, 1957] Composer/Conductor Gunther Schuller [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1994] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1988] Composer/Pianist Yehudi Wyner [Pulitzer Prize, 2006] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1998] Composer Vaclav Nelhybel Composer/Administrator William Schuman [Pulitzer Prize, 1943; Pulitzer Special Citation, 1985] Composer Vivian Fine [Pulitzer Finalist, 1983] Composer/Conductor David Van Vactor Composer Daniel Pinkham Composer Julia Smith Composer Charles Wuorinen [Pulitzer Prize, 1970] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1994] Composer Samuel Adler Microtonal Composer Ben Johnston Composer Pauline Oliveros Composer Ernst Krenek Composer/Humorist Peter Schickele Composer Ned Rorem [Pulitzer Prize, 1976] Composer John Cage Composer Ron Nelson Composer Richard Wilson Composer Normand Lockwood Composer Paul Fetler Composer Earl Kim Composer David Diamond Composer Olly Wilson Composer Chen Yi Composer Mel Powell [Pulitzer Prize, 1990] Composer/Conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Composer Isang Yun Composer/Radio Producer Robert Simpson Composer Henryk-Mikołaj Górecki Composer Karlheinz Essl Composer Krzysztof Penderecki Composer Malcolm Williamson Composer Arne Nordheim Composer Rodion Shchedrin Composer William Mathias Composer Sir Malcolm Arnold Composer Giya Kancheli Composer Iain Hamilton Composer/Conductor Leif Segerstam Composer Betsy Jolas Composer Antanas Rekaius Composer Iannis Xenakis Composer Geoffrey Bush Composer Peter Sculthorpe Composer Alun Hoddinott Composer Sofia Gubaidulina Composer Luciano Berio Composer Thea Musgrave Composer Edison Denisov Composer György Ránki Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara Composer Mauricio Kagel Composer Tera de Marez Oyens Conductor James DePreist Conductor Charles Dutoit Conductor Antal Doráti Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli Conductor Leonard Slatkin [Two Interviews] Conductor Raymond Leppard Conductor Christopher Keene Conductor Riccardo Chailly Conductor Frederick Fennell Conductor Jane Glover Conductor Bernard Haitink Conductor Jorge Mester Conductor Erich Leinsdorf [Two Interviews] Conductor Capt. William J. Phillips [Leader of the Navy Band] Conductor JoAnn Falletta Conductor Robert Spano Conductor John Nelson Conductor Nicholas McGegan Conductor Neeme Järvi Conductor Margaret Hillis [Founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus] Conductor Kurt Masur Conductor Jesús López-Cobos Conductor Lorin Maazel Conductor Maxim Shostakovich Conductor Valery Gergiev Conductor Christian Thielemann Conductor/Composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski Conductor Zubin Mehta [Two Interviews] Conductor Herbert Blomstedt Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Conductor Vittorio Negri Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor Andrew Schenck Conductor Kenneth Jennings [St. Olaf Choir, 1968-1990] Conductor Marin Alsop Conductor Eduardo Mata Conductor Donato Renzetti Conductor Günter Wand Conductor Leopold Hager Conductor John Pritchard [First of three interviews; links to the others are included] Conductor Fiora Contino Conductor Ferdinand Leitner Conductor William Revelli [Director of Bands, University of Michigan, 1935-1971] Conductor Matthias Bamert Pianist Maurizio Pollini Pianist John Browning Pianist/Composer Noël Lee Pianist/Conductor Mikhail Pletnev Pianist Alfred Brendel Pianist Rudolf Firkuný Pianist Gilbert Kalish Pianist Paul Badura-Skoda Pianist György Sándor Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes Pianist Murray Perahia Pianist Cristina Ortiz Pianist Ruth Laredo Pianist Abbey Simon Pianist Stephen Hough Pianist Richard Goode Pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva Pianist Misha Dichter Pianist Janina Fialkowska Harpsichordist Igor Kipnis Harpsichordist/Organist David Schrader Organist Peter Hurford Piano Technician Franz Mohr [Chief Concert Technician, Steinway & Sons, 1968-1992] Violinist Isaac Stern Violinist/Conductor Yehudi Menuhin Violinists Irvine Arditti and David Alberman [Arditti Quartet] Violist/Conductor Yuri Bashmet Violist Kim Kashkashian Cellist Janos Starker Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis Guitarist Angel Romero Guitarist David Russell Lutenist Paul O'Dette Lutenist Hopkinson Smith Flutist Samuel Baron Flutist Carol Wincenc Recorder Player Michala Petri Oboist Ingo Goritzki Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman Saxophonist David Pituch Bassoonist Milan Turkovic Contrabassoonist Susan Nigro Trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins Trumpeter Timofei Dokshizer Horn Player Dale Clevenger Trombonist Christian Lindberg Tubist Harvey Phillips Percussionist Evelyn Glennie Accordionist Robert Davine Soprano Evelyn Lear Soprano Phyllis Curtin Soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Regina Resnik Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Anja Silja Soprano Pierrette Alarie and Tenor Léopold Simoneau [Two Interviews with both singers together] Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa and Conductor Sir John Pritchard Mezzo-Soprano Risë Stevens Mezzo-Soprano Dolora Zajick Tenor Carlo Bergonzi Tenor Rockwell Blake Tenor Ian Bostridge Baritone Hermann Prey Bass Nicola Zaccaria Director Sir Peter Ustinov Critic/Professor Thomas Willis [Chicago Tribune] Radio Host Karl Haas [Adventures in Good Music] Musicologist Stanley Sadie [Editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians] Publisher Hans Heinsheimer [Universal Edition; Boosey & Hawkes; G. Schirmer] Lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky [Editor of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians] Critic/Translator Andrew Porter [The New Yorker, and various British publications] Recording Producer Wilma Cozart Fine [Mercury Records] Replica Builder J. Paul Barnett [Cannons and mechanism used in the 1812 Overture] Patron Paul Fromm [Fromm Music Foundation]
CSO Brass Buddies Concert COT Good Soldier Schweik Interview with Conductor Nicholas Cleobury Woodstock Mozart Festival Interview with Violinist Maxim Vengerov Interview with Pianist Alexander Toradze Interview with Mezzo-Soprano Vesselina Kasarova Interview with Tenor Ramón Vargas Mezzo-Soprano Teresa Berganza [September, 1985] Bass Terry Cook [December, 1985] Soprano Marilyn Zschau [March, 1986] Director Nathaniel Merrill [June, 1986]* Quizmaster Edward Downes [September, 1986] Tenor Vasile Moldoveanu [March, 1987]* Conductor Max Rudolf [June, 1987]* Prompter Jane Klaviter [December, 1987]* The Earl of Harewood [March, 1988] Producer Boris Goldovsky [June, 1988] Soprano Ellen Shade [September, 1988] Producer Robert Gay [December, 1988] Manager Marc Belfort [June, 1989] Manager Ardis Krainik [September, 1989] Bass William Warfield [March, 1990] Manager Martin Feinstein [March, 1991] Conductor Emerson Buckley [June, 1991] Director Robert Wilson [December, 1991] Tenor Neil Rosenshein [March, 1993] Conductor/Director Sarah Caldwell [March, 1994] Librettist Harvey Hess [June, 1994]* Bass Jerome Hines [September, 1994] Captain of Supers Ken Recu [December, 1994] Soprano Gianna Rolandi [June, 1995] Counter-Tenor Jeffrey Gall [September, 1995] Bass Eric Halfvorson [September, 1996] Tenor Paul Groves [June/September, 1998] Lighting Designer Duane Schuler [December, 1998] Soprano Laura Aikin [March, 1999] Bass Mark S. Doss [June, 1999] Tenor Thomas Moser [September, 2000] Composer Robert Ward [December, 2000] [Pulitzer Prize, 1962] Soprano Patricia Racette [March, 2001] Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham [June, 2001] Chorus Master Donald Palumbo [September, 2001] Baritone Alexandru Agache [December, 2001] Tenor George Shirley [March, 2002] Conductor Yakov Kreizberg [June, 2002] Soprano Leontina Vaduva [September, 2002] Baritone Rodney Gilfry [June, 2003] Tenor David Cangelosi [September/December, 2003] Soprano Sheryl Woods [March, 2004] Mezzo-Soprano Gillian Knight [June, 2004] Bass-Baritone John Del Carlo [December, 2005] Tenor Robin Leggate [June, 2006] Ballet Master Maria Tallchief [September, 2006] Soprano Andrea Gruber [March, 2007] Conductor Emmanuel Villaume [June, 2007] Designer John Conklin [September, 2007] Bass Franz Hawlata [March, 2008] Conductor Antonio Pappano [June, 2008] Director Hal Prince [September, 2008] Mezzo-Soprano Michelle DeYoung [December, 2008] Soprano June Anderson [2010 #1 & #2 (Double Issue)] Tenor Donald Kaasch [2010 #3 & #4 (Double Issue)] Soprano Barbara Bonney [2011 #1 & #2 (Double Issue)] Soprano Régine Crespin (Also in 2011 #1 & #2) Basso Buffo Paolo Montarsolo (Also in 2011 #1 & #2) Conductor Lorin Maazel [2011 #3 & #4 (Double Issue)] Baritone/Director Tito Gobbi [2012 #1] Soprano Margaret Harshaw [2012 #2] Composer Hugo Weisgall [2012 #3] Soprano Leonie Rysanek [2012 #4] Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Grace Bumbry [2013 #1] Tenor James King [2013 # ] Tenor James McCracken [2013 # ] Baritone Theodor Uppman [2013 # ] Mezzo-Soprano Marilyn Horne [2014 # ] Composer Jack Beeson All Mozart, All the Time (January 26, 2001) The Heifetz Centennial (February 2, 2001) The Trojans at Orchestra Hall (February 9, 2001) Love & Music (February 16, 2001) Schubert Celebration on WFMT (February 23, 2001) Presenting Lawrence Rapchak (March 2, 2001) The Death of WNIB (March 9, 2001) Alfred Brendel at Orchestra Hall (April 13, 2001) Verdi Requiem at Orchestra Hall (April 20, 2001) Boulez and Uchida at Orchestra Hall (April 27, 2001) Bach Week in Evanston (May 4, 2001) Tenor Hermann Winkler [September, 1981] "The First Digital Tristan; A Talk with the Maestro, the Hero and the Boss" [February, 1982] Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom [August, 1983] Conductor Erich Leinsdorf [Two Interviews] [June, 1984] Bass Don Garrard [March, 1986] "Seattle and the New Ring" [Summer, 1986] Tenor Jon Vickers [October, 1986] Conductor Sir John Pritchard [February, 1987] Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Martha Mödl [March, 1987] Baritone Julian Patrick [July, 1987] Conductor Edwin McArthur [September, 1987] Soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow [December, 1987] Bass Giorgio Tozzi [March, 1988] Bass Kurt Moll [May, 1988] Conductor Christopher Keene [September, 1988] Director August Everding [October, 1988] Soprano Birgit Nilsson [Summer, 1989] Bass-Baritone Archie Drake [April, 1990] Tenor Jean Cox [January, 1992] Conductor Julius Rudel [July, 1983] Conductor/Composer Manuel Rosenthal [January, 1987] Historian Anne Bessand-Massenet [January 1988] Soprano Licia Albanese [July 1989] Soprano Joan Sutherland and Conductor Richard Bonynge [July, 1990] Soprano Renata Scotto [July, 1991] Soprano Jarmila Novotna [June, 1992] Tenor Jacque Trussel [January, 1993] Soprano Faith Esham [July, 1993] Baritone Benjamin Luxon [January, 1986] Director/Manager Lotfi Mansouri [November, 1986] Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas [March, 1987] Composer Donald Erb [1987, but unpublished due to the demise of this magazine] Director Sonja Frisell [1987, but unpublished due to the demise of this magazine] Conductor Sir Georg Solti [Two Interviews] [October, 1993] Soprano Josephine Barstow [November, 1982] Baritone Sesto Bruscantini [December, 1982] Soprano Elena Mauti-Nunziata [January, 1983] Mezzo-Soprano Claudine Carlson [May, 1983]
