Notturno is presented here in a 2005 Albany Records recording (released in 2006) by The New Millennium Ensemble.
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).
Notturno, by 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.
Winning Work
The Jury
The Jury
Gunther Schuller(Chair)*
President, New England Conservatory of Music
Ulysses Kay
Professor of Music, Lehman College
Hugo Weisgall
Professor of Music, Queens College
Winners in Music
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.
Mario Davidovsky
Premiered August 19, 1970 at the Berkshire Music Festival.
Charles Wuorinen
Premiered in its entirety at the Berkshire Music Festival on August 16, 1969.
1974 Prize Winners
Edwin A. Roberts Jr.
For his commentary on public affairs during 1973.
Emily Genauer
For her critical writing about art and artists.
Paul Szep
For his editorial cartooning during 1973.