Handel Medallion

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

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.

Istituzione

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.

Vincitori del premio

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

Anni sconosciuti

Note

  1. 1 2 "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). "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. ↑ alvinailey.org, 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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