Joseph H. Bearns Prize
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The Joseph H. Bearns Prize in Music was established on February 3, 1921, through a bequest by Lillia M. Bearns in memory of her father, Joseph H. Bearns. The purpose of the prize is to encourage and f
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Milton Babbitt
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Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He was a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, recognized for his serial and electronic music. B
Joseph H. Bearns Prize
…The Joseph H. Bearns Prize is one of the most significant awards granted to emerging young American composers, and in 2006, it amounted to $7,200. Milton Babbitt (1941, for Music for the Mass) Christopher Bailey (for Six Songs on Poems of John Monroe…
Babbitt with the RCA Mark II synthesizer