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For distinguished musical composition by an American in any of the larger forms including chamber, orchestral, choral, opera, song, dance, or other forms of musical theatre, which has had its first performance in the United States during the year, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, by Dominick Argento

For medium voice and piano, commissioned by the Schubert Club of St. Paul, and premiered January 5, 1975 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.

Winning Work

From the Diary of Virginia Woolf is presented here in a 1992 Centaur Records recording by Linn Maxwell (vocals) and William Huckaby (piano).

 

The Jury

Robert E. Ward(Chair)*

Professor of Music, North Carolina School of the Arts

Miriam Gideon

Composer

Irving Lowens

Music Critic, The Washington Star-News

Winners in Music

Donald Martino

A chamber music piece commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation and first performed May 15, 1973 at Alice Tully Hall, New York City, by Speculum Musicae.

Elliott Carter

Premiered by the Juilliard String Quartet at Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, on January 23, 1973.

Jacob Druckman

Premiered by the Chicago Symphony on March 16, 1972 at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.

1975 Prize Winners