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).
Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song, by William Schuman
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York.
The Jury
The Jury
Chalmers Clifton(Chair)
Quincy Porter
Alfred Wallenstein
1943 Prize Winners
Hanson W. Baldwin of The New York Times
For his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific.
Jay Norwood Darling of The Des Moines Register & Tribune
For "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign."