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).
Concerto For Two Pianos and Orchestra , by Quincy Porter
First performed by the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, March 17, 1954. This was one of the works commissioned under a grant of the Rockefeller Foundation for new American compositions for orchestra, or soloists and orchestra.
The Jury
The Jury
Winners in Music
Gail Kubik
Performed at Town Hall, January, 7, 1952.
Douglas S. Moore
Produced by Columbia Opera Workshop, March 28, 1951.
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Produced at the Barrymore Theater, New York.
1954 Prize Winners
Herbert L. Block (Herblock)
For a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, "You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph."
Don Murray
For a series of editorials on the "New Look" in National Defense which won wide attention for their analysis of changes in American military policy.