| AWARDS & HONORS |
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| 1939-1941 | - |
Guggenheim Fellowships |
| 1940 | - |
First Town Hall League of Composers Award (for String Quartet No. 3) |
| 1942 | - |
New York Music Critics Circle Award (for Symphony No. 3) |
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Award of Merit, National Association of American Composers and Conductors |
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| 1943 | - |
First Pulitzer Prize given for music (for A Free Song) |
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National Institute of Arts and Letters Award |
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| 1951 | - |
New York Music Critics Circle Award (for Judith) |
| 1957 | - |
Columbia University Bicentennial Anniversary Award |
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First Brandeis University Creative Arts Award in Music |
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| 1963 | - |
Citation of Merit, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 1964 | - |
Gold Medal of Honor, National Arts Club, New York City |
| 1965 | - |
Brandeis Medal for Distinguished Service to Higher Education |
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Composer's Award, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Symphony Orchestra |
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| 1967 | - |
Handel Medallion of the City of New York |
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Certificate of Merit, Sigma Alpha Iota |
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Concert Artists Guild Award |
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American Music Center Letter of Distinction |
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| 1968 | - |
Findley Award of the City University of New York |
| 1971 | - | Edward MacDowell Medal "for exceptional contributions to the arts" |
| 1975 | - |
Distinguished Alumni, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 1980 | - |
Horblit Award of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1981 | - |
First winner of the Columbia University William Schuman Award for "Lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance." |
| 1982 | - |
Gold Medal, American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1985 | - |
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation "for more than half a century of contribution to American music as composer and educational leader" |
| 1985 | - |
George Peabody Medal "for outstanding contribution to music in America," Peabody Conservatory of Music Gold Baton Award, American Symphony Orchestra League |
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Gold Baton Award, American Symphony Orchestra League |
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| 1986 | - | Chamber Music America Award
First Alfred I. DuPont Award |
| 1987 | - |
National Medal of Arts |
| 1989 | - |
American Eagle Award, National Music Council |
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Kennedy Center Honors "for an extraordinary lifetime of contributions to American culture through the performing arts" |
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HONORARY DEGREES |
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| 1946 | - | Chicago Musical College, Mus.D. |
| 1949 | - | University of Wisconsin, Mus.D. |
| 1952 | - | Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, Mus.D. |
| 1953 | - | Cincinnati College of Music, Mus.D. |
| 1954 | - | Columbia University, Mus.D. |
| 1956 | - | Hartt College of Music, Mus.D. |
| 1960 | - | Colgate University, L.H.D. |
| 1961 | - | Allegheny College, Mus.D. |
| 1962 | - | Brandeis University, L.H.D. |
| 1962 | - | Dartmouth College, L.H.D. |
| 1963 | - | New York University, L.H.D. |
| 1963 | - | Adelphi College, D.F.A. |
| 1963 | - | Northwestern University, D.F.A. |
| 1964 | - | University of New Mexico, D.F.A. |
| 1965 | - | University of Rhode Island, Mus.D. |
| 1966 | - | Bates College, D.J. |
| 1970 | - | Ashland College, L.H.D. |
| 1971 | - | Peabody Conservatory of Music, Mus.D. |
| 1972 | - | University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music), Mus.D. |
| 1974 | - | University of the State of New York, D.F.A. |
| 1980 | - | University of North Carolina (North Carolina School of the Arts), Mus.D. |
| 1981 | - | New England Conservatory of Music, Mus.D. |
| 1985 | - | The Johns Hopkins University, L.H.D. |
| 1986 | - | State University of New York at Potsdam, Mus.D. |
| 1987 | - | The Juilliard School, L.H.D. |
| 1988 | - | Yale University, Mus.D. |
| 1990 | - | Manhattanville College, L.H.D. |