For distinguished musical composition in the larger forms of chamber, orchestral or choral music, or for an operatic work (including ballet), performed or published during the year by a composer of established residence in the United States, Five hundred dollars ($500).
Appalachian Spring , by Aaron Copland
A ballet written for and presented by Martha Graham and group, commissioned by Mrs. E. S. Coolidge, first presented at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. October, 1944.
The Jury
The Jury
Chalmers Clifton(Chair)
Henry Cowell
Otto Luening
Winners in Music
Howard Hanson
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on December 3, 1943.
William Schuman
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York.
1945 Prize Winners
Harold V. (Hal) Boyle
For distinguished war correspondence during the year 1944.
Sergeant Bill Mauldin
For distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, "Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners," in the series entitled, "Up Front With Mauldin."