Editing Pulitzer Prize for Music (section)

==Winners==
In its first 71 years, the Music Pulitzer was awarded 67 times; it was never split, and no prize was given in 1953, 1964, 1965, or 1981.<ref name=prize>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Music "Music"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 20, 2013.</ref>

===1940s===
* 1943: [[William Schuman]], ''[[Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song]]''
* 1944: [[Howard Hanson]], [[Symphony No. 4 (Hanson)|Symphony No. 4]], ''Requiem''
* 1945: [[Aaron Copland]], ''[[Appalachian Spring]]'', [[ballet]]
* 1946: [[Leo Sowerby]], ''[[The Canticle of the Sun (Sowerby)|The Canticle of the Sun]]''
* 1947: [[Charles Ives]], [[Symphony No. 3 (Ives)|Symphony No. 3]]
* 1948: [[Walter Piston]], [[Symphony No. 3 (Piston)|Symphony No. 3]]
* 1949: [[Virgil Thomson]], ''[[Louisiana Story]]'', film score

===1950s===
* 1950: [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], ''[[The Consul]]'', [[opera]] 
* 1951: [[Douglas Stuart Moore]], ''[[Giants in the Earth (opera)|Giants in the Earth]]'', opera
* 1952: [[Gail Kubik]], ''[[Symphony Concertante]]''
* 1953: no prize awarded
* 1954: [[Quincy Porter]], ''Concerto Concertante'' for two [[piano]]s and [[orchestra]]
* 1955: [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], ''[[The Saint of Bleecker Street]]'', opera
* 1956: [[Ernst Toch]], Symphony No. 3
* 1957: [[Norman Dello Joio]], ''Meditations on Ecclesiastes''
* 1958: [[Samuel Barber]], ''[[Vanessa (opera)|Vanessa]]'', opera
* 1959: [[John La Montaine]], Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 9.

===1960s===
* 1960: [[Elliott Carter]], [[String Quartet No. 2 (Carter)|String Quartet No. 2]]
* 1961: [[Walter Piston]], [[Symphony No. 7 (Piston)|Symphony No. 7]]
* 1962: [[Robert Ward (composer)|Robert Ward]], ''[[The Crucible (opera)|The Crucible]]'', opera
* 1963: [[Samuel Barber]], [[Piano Concerto (Barber)|Piano Concerto]]
* 1964: no prize awarded
* 1965: no prize awarded (See [[Duke Ellington]])
* 1966: [[Leslie Bassett]], ''[[Variations for Orchestra (Bassett)|Variations for Orchestra]]''
* 1967: [[Leon Kirchner]], Quartet No. 3 for [[string instrument|strings]] and [[electronic music|electronic tape]]
* 1968: [[George Crumb]], ''[[Echoes of Time and the River]]''
* 1969: [[Karel Husa]], [[String Quartet No. 3 (Husa)|String Quartet No. 3]]

===1970s===
* 1970: [[Charles Wuorinen]], ''[[Time's Encomium]]''
* 1971: [[Mario Davidovsky]], ''[[Synchronisms No. 6]]'' for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970)
* 1972: [[Jacob Druckman]], ''[[Windows (Druckman)|Windows]]''
* 1973: [[Elliott Carter]], [[String Quartet No. 3 (Carter)|String Quartet No. 3]]
* 1974: [[Donald Martino]], ''Notturno''
* 1975: [[Dominick Argento]], ''[[From the Diary of Virginia Woolf]]''
* 1976: [[Ned Rorem]], ''[[Air Music]]''
* 1977: [[Richard Wernick]], ''Visions of Terror and Wonder''
* 1978: [[Michael Colgrass]], ''Deja Vu'' for [[percussion instrument|percussion]] and [[orchestra]]
* 1979: [[Joseph Schwantner]], ''[[Aftertones of Infinity]]''

===1980s===
Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.
* 1980: [[David Del Tredici]], ''In Memory of a Summer Day''
** [[Morton Subotnick]], ''After the Butterfly''
** [[Lukas Foss]], ''Quintets for Orchestra'' 
* 1981: no prize awarded
* 1982: [[Roger Sessions]], ''[[Concerto for Orchestra (Sessions)|Concerto for Orchestra]]''
* 1983: [[Ellen Zwilich]], ''[[Three Movements for Orchestra]]'' (Symphony No. 1)
** [[Vivian Fine]], ''[[Drama for Orchestra]]''
* 1984: [[Bernard Rands]], ''[[Canti del Sole]]''
** [[Peter Lieberson]], ''[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Lieberson)|Piano Concerto]]'',
* 1985: [[Stephen Albert]], [[Symphony No. 1 (Albert)|Symphony No. 1 ''RiverRun'']]
** [[William Bolcom]], ''[[Songs of Innocence and of Experience|Songs of Innocence and Experience]], a Musical Illumination of the Poems of William Blake''
* 1986: [[George Perle]], ''[[Wind Quintet No. 4 (Perle)|Wind Quintet No. 4]]'', for [[flute]], [[oboe]], [[clarinet]], [[French horn|horn]], and [[bassoon]]
**[[George Rochberg]], ''[[Symphony No. 5 (Rochberg)|Symphony No. 5]]''
* 1987: [[John Harbison]], ''[[The Flight into Egypt (Harbison)|The Flight into Egypt]]''
** [[Stephen Albert]], ''Flower of the Mountain''
* 1988: [[William Bolcom]], ''[[Twelve New Etudes for Piano|12 New Etudes for Piano]]''
** [[Gunther Schuller]], ''[[Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (Schuller)|Concerto For String Quartet and Orchestra]]''
* 1989: [[Roger Reynolds]], ''[[Whispers Out of Time]]''
** [[Steven Stucky]], ''[[Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 (Stucky)|Concerto for Orchestra]]''
** [[Bright Sheng]], ''H'un (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966–1976''

===1990s===
* 1990: [[Mel Powell|Mel D. Powell]], ''[[Duplicates: A Concerto]]''
** [[Ralph Shapey]], ''[[Concerto for Cello, Piano, and String Orchestra]]'' 
* 1991: [[Shulamit Ran]], ''[[Symphony (Ran)|Symphony]]''
** [[Bright Sheng]], ''Four Movements for Piano''
** [[Charles Fussell]],  ''Wilde''
* 1992: [[Wayne Peterson]], ''[[The Face of the Night, the Heart of the Dark]]''
** [[Ralph Shapey]], ''[[Concerto Fantastique]]'' 
* 1993: [[Christopher Rouse (composer)|Christopher Rouse]], ''[[Trombone Concerto (Rouse)|Trombone Concerto]]''
** [[Leon Kirchner]], ''[[Music for Cello and Orchestra]]''
**[[Joan Tower]], ''[[Violin Concerto (Tower)|Violin Concerto]]'' 
* 1994: [[Gunther Schuller]], ''[[Of Reminiscences and Reflections]]''
** [[Aaron Jay Kernis]], ''[[Still Movement with Hymn]]'' 
** [[Charles Wuorinen]], ''[[Microsymphony]]'' 
* 1995: [[Morton Gould]], ''[[Stringmusic]]''
** [[Donald Erb]], ''Evensong''
** [[Andrew Imbrie]], ''Adam'' 
* 1996: [[George Walker (composer)|George Walker]], ''[[Lilacs (Walker)|Lilacs]]'', for [[soprano]] and orchestra
** [[Peter Lieberson]], ''Variations for Violin and Piano'' 
** [[Elliott Carter]], ''[[Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei|Adagio tenebroso]]''
* 1997: [[Wynton Marsalis]], ''[[Blood on the Fields]]'', [[oratorio]]
** [[John Musto]], ''Dove Sta Amore''
** [[Stanisław Skrowaczewski]], ''Passacaglia Immaginaria''
* 1998: [[Aaron Jay Kernis]], [[String Quartet No. 2, Musica Instrumentalis|String Quartet No. 2, ''Musica Instrumentalis'']]
** [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]], ''[[Century Rolls]]''
** [[Yehudi Wyner]], ''Horntrio''
* 1999: [[Melinda Wagner]], ''[[Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion]]''
** [[David Rakowski]], ''Persistent Memory'' 
** [[Stanisław Skrowaczewski]], ''[[Concerto for Orchestra (Skrowaczewski)|Concerto for Orchestra]]''

===2000s===
* 2000: [[Lewis Spratlan]], ''[[Life Is a Dream (opera)|Life Is a Dream]]'', [[opera]] (awarded for concert version of Act II)
** [[Donald Martino]]: ''Serenata Concertante''
** [[John Zorn]]: ''contes de fees''
* 2001: [[John Corigliano]], ''Symphony No. 2'', for string orchestra
** [[Stephen Hartke]], ''Tituli''
** [[Fred Lerdahl]], ''Time After Time''
* 2002: [[Henry Brant]], ''[[Ice Field]]''
** [[Peter Lieberson]], ''[[Rilke Songs]]''
** [[David Rakowski]], ''Ten of a Kind''
* 2003: [[John Coolidge Adams|John Adams]], ''[[On the Transmigration of Souls]]''
** [[Steve Reich]]: ''[[Three Tales (opera)|Three Tales]]''
** [[Paul Schoenfield]]: ''Camp Songs''
* 2004: [[Paul Moravec]], ''[[Tempest Fantasy]]''
** [[Steve Reich]]: ''[[Cello Counterpoint]]''
** [[Peter Lieberson]]: ''[[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Lieberson)|Piano Concerto No. 3]]''
* 2005: [[Steven Stucky]], ''[[Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (Stucky)|Second Concerto for Orchestra]]''
** [[Steve Reich]]: ''You Are (Variations)''
** [[Elliott Carter]]: ''[[Dialogues (Carter)|Dialogues]]''
* 2006: [[Yehudi Wyner]], ''[[Chiavi in Mano]]'' ([[piano concerto]])
** [[Peter Lieberson]]: ''[[Neruda Songs]]''
** [[Chen Yi (composer)|Chen Yi]]: ''Si Ji (Four Seasons)''
* 2007: [[Ornette Coleman]], ''[[Sound Grammar]]''
** [[Elliot Goldenthal]]: ''Grendel''
** [[Augusta Read Thomas]]: ''[[Astral Canticle]]''
* 2008: [[David Lang (composer)|David Lang]], ''[[The Little Match Girl Passion]]''
** [[Stephen Hartke]]: ''Meanwhile''
** [[Roberto Sierra]]: ''Concerto for Viola''
* 2009: [[Steve Reich]], ''[[Double Sextet]]''
** [[Don Byron]]: ''7 Etudes for Solo Piano''
** [[Harold Meltzer]]: ''Brion''

===2010s===
* 2010: [[Jennifer Higdon]], ''[[Violin Concerto (Higdon)|Violin Concerto]]''
** [[Fred Lerdahl]]: ''String Quartet No. 3''
** [[Julia Wolfe]]: ''[[Steel Hammer]]''
* 2011: [[Zhou Long]], ''[[Madame White Snake (Long)|Madame White Snake]]'', opera
** [[Fred Lerdahl]]: ''[[Arches (Lerdahl)|Arches]]''
** [[Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon]]: ''Comala''
* 2012: [[Kevin Puts]], ''[[Silent Night (opera)|Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts]]''
** [[Tod Machover]]: ''Death and the Powers''
** [[Andrew Norman (composer)|Andrew Norman]]: ''[[The Companion Guide to Rome]]''
* 2013: [[Caroline Shaw]], ''[[Partita for 8 Voices]]''
** [[Aaron Jay Kernis]]: ''[[Pieces of Winter Sky]]''
** [[Wadada Leo Smith]]: ''[[Ten Freedom Summers]]''
* 2014: [[John Luther Adams]], ''[[Become Ocean]]''
** [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]: ''[[The Gospel According to the Other Mary]]''
** [[Christopher Cerrone]]: ''Invisible Cities''
* 2015: [[Julia Wolfe]], ''[[Anthracite Fields]]''
** [[Lei Liang]]: ''Xiaoxiang''
** [[John Zorn]]: ''The Aristos''
* 2016: [[Henry Threadgill]], ''[[In for a Penny, In for a Pound]]''
** [[Timo Andres]]: ''The Blind Banister''
** [[Carter Pann]]: ''The Mechanics: Six from the Shop Floor''
* 2017: [[Du Yun]], ''[[Angel's Bone]]'', opera 
** [[Ashley Fure]]: ''Bound to the Bow''
** [[Kate Soper (composer)|Kate Soper]]: ''Ipsa Dixit''
* 2018: [[Kendrick Lamar]], ''[[Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)|Damn]]'', album
** [[Michael Gilbertson (composer)|Michael Gilbertson]]: ''Quartet''
** [[Ted Hearne]]: ''Sound from the Bench''
* 2019: [[Ellen Reid (composer)|Ellen Reid]], ''[[Prism (opera)|Prism]]'', opera
**[[James Romig]], ''Still''
** [[Andrew Norman (composer)|Andrew Norman]], [[Sustain (composition)|''Sustain'']]

===2020s===
* 2020: [[Anthony Davis (composer)|Anthony Davis]], ''[[The Central Park Five (opera)|The Central Park Five]]'', opera<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/anthony-davis |title=The Central Park Five, by Anthony Davis – The Pulitzer Prizes |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref>
**[[Alex Weiser]], ''and all the days were purple''
**[[Michael Torke]], ''Sky: Concerto for Violin''
* 2021: [[Tania León]], ''[[Stride (composition)|Stride]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/legit/news/katori-hall-pulitzer-drama-george-floyd-darnella-frazier-1234994613/|title=Katori Hall Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama, George Floyd Videographer Darnella Frazier Receives Special Citation|first1=Cynthia|last1=Littleton|date=June 11, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Maria Schneider (musician)|Maria Schneider]], ''[[Data Lords]]''
**[[Ted Hearne]], ''Place''
* 2022: [[Raven Chacon]], ''[[Voiceless Mass]]''<ref name=2022Pulitzer>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2022|title=2022 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists|website = [[The Pulitzer Prizes|Pulitzer Prize]]|date=May 9, 2022|accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref>
**[[Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti]], ''with eyes the color of time''
**[[Andy Akiho]], ''Seven Pillars''
* 2023: [[Rhiannon Giddens]] and [[Michael Abels]], ''[[Omar (opera)|Omar]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2023 |website=Pulitzer.org |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref><ref>Barone, Joshua, [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/arts/music/rhiannon-giddens-michael-abels-pulitzer-prize-for-music-omar.html "Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels Win the Pulitzer Prize for Music"], ''New York Times'', May 8, 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-14.</ref>
**[[Tyshawn Sorey]], ''Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)''
**[[Jerrilynn Patton]], ''Perspective''
* 2024: [[Tyshawn Sorey]], ''Adagio (for [[Wadada Leo Smith]])''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=May 7, 2024 |title=Tyshawn Sorey wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in music for 'Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)' |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249559785/tyshawn-sorey-wins-2024-pulitzer-prize-in-music-for-adagio-for-wadada-leo-smith |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=NPR}}</ref>
** [[Felipe Lara]], ''Double Concerto for [[Esperanza Spalding|esperanza spalding]], [[Claire Chase]], and large orchestra''
** [[Mary Kouyoumdjian]], ''Paper Pianos''
* 2025: [[Susie Ibarra]], ''Sky Islands''<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-05-05 |title=Sky Islands, by Susie Ibarra |url=https://pulitzer.org/winners/22744 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |language=en}}</ref>
** [[George E. Lewis]], ''The Comet''
** [[Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson]], ''Jim is Still Crowing''

===Additional citations===
* 1974: [[Roger Sessions]] (1896–1985)
* 1976: [[Scott Joplin]] (1868–1917, posthumous)
* 1982: [[Milton Babbitt]] (1916–2011)
* 1985: [[William Schuman]] (1910–1992)
* 1998: [[George Gershwin]] (1898–1937, posthumous)
* 1999: [[Duke Ellington]] (1899–1974, posthumous)
* 2006: [[Thelonious Monk]] (1917–1982, posthumous)
* 2007: [[John Coltrane]] (1926–1967, posthumous)
* 2008: [[Bob Dylan]] (born 1941)
* 2010: [[Hank Williams]] (1923–1953, posthumous)
* 2019: [[Aretha Franklin]] (1942–2018, posthumous)