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Handel Medallion

L'Handel Medallion è un premio americano assegnato dalla città di New York. È il più alto riconoscimento della città dato alle persone per il loro contributo alla vita intellettuale e culturale della città.

Handel Medallion
Città di New York, Stati Uniti d'America
TipoRiconoscimento per Meriti speciali
Statusattivo
IstituzioneNew York City, 1959

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Il premio fu rilasciato per la prima volta nel 1959 a Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown, in occasione del 200º anniversario della morte di Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), il compositore barocco tedesco-britannico, noto per le sue opere, oratori, inni e concerti per organo. Il premio fu istituito dal sindaco di New York Robert F. Wagner Jr.[1]

Vincitori del premio modifica

Anno Destinatario Note
1959 Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown (1901–1990)
1964 Sidney Poitier (1927–) [2]
1965 Joseph B. Martinson (1914–1970) [3][4]
1966 David Sarnoff, Justino Diaz, e Lionel Hampton [1][5][6]
1967 Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), William Schuman
1968 Janet D. Schenck [7]
1969 Claire Raphael Reis
1970 Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Aaron Copland, Alice Tully
1971 Joseph Papp
1972 Harold Arlen, Charlie Chaplin, Elia Kazan, Dizzy Gillespie [8]
1973 Duke Ellington, Melissa Hayden, Lincoln Kirstein, Beverly Sills
1974 Oratorio Society of New York [9]
1975 Joshua Logan [10]
1976 George Abbott, Margot Fonteyn, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins
1977 Marian Anderson, Leonard Bernstein [11][12]
1978 Elliott Carter
1980 Marilyn Horne [13]
1981 Lena Horne
1982 John Lennon
1985 Leontyne Price
1986 Alexandra Danilova, Antony Tudor
1988 Alvin Ailey [14]
1989 Charles Wadsworth
1993 Robert Merrill, Arthur Mitchell
1997 Skitch Henderson (1918–2005) [15]
1999 Merce Cunningham
2002 Licia Albanese, Roberta Peters
2011 Stephen Sondheim [16]

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  1. ^ a b "Justino Diaz Gets City Culture Prize." 22 March 1966. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/22/79983967.html?pageNumber=33. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ "City Awards Poitier Cultural Prize." 21 April 1964. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/21/city-awards-poitier-cultural-prize.html. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ^ PDF (January 12, 1965). [1] "Text of Speech by Mayor Robert F. Wagner at Reception Meeting of the New York Shakespeare Festival"]. Robert F. Wagner Documents Collection Retrieved October 27, 2104.
  4. ^ "City Honoring Martinson." 12 January 1965. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/12/118692191.html?pageNumber=32. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Artists' Award Given to Sarnoff." 28 April 1966. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/04/28/79290248.html?pageNumber=50. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Jazz: Hampton e Friends at Stadium." 18 July 1966. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/07/18/83227066.html?pageNumber=21. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Janet D. Schenck Awarded Medal for Service to Music." 22 May 1968. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/05/22/77102017.html?pageNumber=52. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  8. ^ Gillespie, Dizzy with Al Fraser. To Be Or Not To Bop. New York: Da Capo Press. 1979.
  9. ^ "City Will Honor Oratorio Society." 1 May 1974. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/05/01/101021573.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=57. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  10. ^ Gussow, Mel. "Enchanted Evening for Joshua Logan." 10 March 1975. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/03/10/76539636.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=42. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  11. ^ Anna Quindlen, Marian Anderson Honored at 75 by Carnegie Hall Concert, in The New York Times, 28 febbraio 1977, p. 24.
  12. ^ Filled with Emotion, in The New York Times, 22 novembre 1977. URL consultato il 15 aprile 2012.
  13. ^ "Marilyn Horne to Receive Handel Medallion on Air." 17 May 1980. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/05/17/111242406.html?pageNumber=51. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  14. ^ http://www.alvinailey.org/about/history
  15. ^ Press release (December 8, 1997). "Mayor Presents Handel Medallion to Skitch Henderson – Founder of New York Pops Receives City's Highest Cultural Award". Mayor of New York City's Press Office. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  16. ^ Patricia Cohen, Sondheim to Receive New York City Arts Honor, in The New York Times, 10 ottobre 2011.
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