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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).

Symphony No. 4. Opus 34 , by Howard Hanson

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on December 3, 1943.

The Jury

Chalmers Clifton(Chair)

Philip James

Otto Luening

Winners in Music

William Schuman

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York.

1944 Prize Winners

Byron Price

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