Lot of 27 items, each signed by a different recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music.
William Schuman, 1943 Pulitzer for Secular Cantata No. 2, A Free Song. Two items: 8 x 10 photo signed in black felt tip; and AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8 x 3.75, dated August 11, 1987, a few notes of an unidentified work, signed under the quote.
Howard Hanson, 1944 Pulitzer for Symphony No. 4, Op. 34. AMQS on an off-white, 5 x 3 card. One bar of music, signed and inscribed under the quote, “Introduction to the opera ‘Merry Mount.’”
Aaron Copeland, 1945 Pulitzer for Appalachian Spring. Black felt tip signature and inscription on a 5 x 3 card.
Walter Piston, 1948 Pulitzer for Symphony No. 3. Blue ink signature and inscription on a 5 x 4 slip.
Virgil Thomson, 1949 Pulitzer for Louisiana Story. Two items: ANS on the reverse of a postcard, signed “Virgil T” in black ballpoint; 8.5 x 11 magazine photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip.
Gian-Carlo Menotti. 1950 Pulitzer for The Consul and 1955 Pulitzer for The Saint of Bleecker Street. Black felt tip signature on a 5.75 x 3.5 pink page.
Ernest Toch, 1956 Pulitzer for Symphony No. 3. Printed flyer for an appearance, signed in pencil.
Norman Dello Joio, 1957 Pulitzer for Meditations on Ecclesiastes. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8.5 x 3.25, two lines of music entitled “Meditations” at the top of the page and signed under the quote.
Samuel Barber, 1958 Pulitzer for Vanessa and 1963 Pulitzer for Piano Concerto No. 1. Program page signed and inscribed in pencil.
Elliott Carter, 1960 Pulitzer for Second String Quartet and 1973 Pulitzer for String Quartet No. 3. ANS on one page of lined music paper, 8.75 x 5.5, signed in red felt tip, stating he has sold all of his manuscripts and “hence cannot legally comply with your requests.”
Leslie Bassett, 1966 Pulitzer for Variations for Orchestra. 1989 TLS, signed in blue fountain pen, stating he has no autobiography but does have a few CDs In print. Accompanying is the mailing envelope.
George Crumb, 1968 Pulitzer for Echoes of Time and The River. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 9 x 3.5, one bar of Spiral Galaxy, signed in black felt tip under the quote.
Karel Husa, 1969 Pulitzer for String Quartet No. 3. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8.75 x 5.5, one bar of music from String Quartet No. 3, signed in blue ballpoint.
Charles W. Wuorinen, 1970 Pulitzer for Time’s Encomium. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 11 x 8.5, seven bars of music signed and inscribed in pencil
Jacob Druckman, 1972 Pulitzer for Windows. Blue felt tip signature on an off-white 5 x 3 card.
Donald Martino, 1974 Pulitzer for Notturno. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 9 x 5.5, two lines of music signed in red felt tip under the quote.
Dominick Argento, 1975 Pulitzer for From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8.5 x 4.25, two bars of music from The Dream of Valentino, signed in black felt tip.
Ned Rorem, 1976 Pulitzer for Air Music. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 9 x 4, one line of music signed in black ink under the quote.
David Del Tredici, 1980 Pulitzer for In Memory of a Summer Day. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8.5 x 3.5, one bar of music from In Memory of a Summer Day, signed in blue ballpoint under the quote.
Ellen T. Zwilich, 1983 Pulitzer for Three Movements for Orchestra. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8 x 3.25, one bar of music, signed and inscribed in black felt tip under the quote.
William Bolcom, 1988 Pulitzer for 12 New Etudes for Piano. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8.75 x 3.5, one bar of music from In Memory of a Summer Day, signed in blue ballpoint under the quote.
Gunther Schuller, 1994 Pulitzer for Of Reminiscences and Reflections. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 8 x 4, two bars of music from Horn Concerto No. 2, signed in black felt tip under the quote.
Morton Gould, 1995 Pulitzer for Stringmusic. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 7.75 x 5, two bars of music from Theme from 2nd Movement of 3rd Symphony, signed in black ballpoint under the quote.
John Corigliano, 2001 Pulitzer for Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 9 x 4.25, one bar of music from Ghost of Versailles, signed in black ballpoint under the quote.
John Coolidge Adams, 2003 Pulitzer for On the Transmigration of Souls. AMQS on one page of lined music paper, 9 x 4, one bar of music entitled Violin Concerto, signed in black felt tip under the quote.
In fine condition. overall RRAuction COA.
