Douglas Moore is a name we've encountered before on Hearing the Pulitzers because he was instrumental in helping establish the Pulitzer Prizes. A decade later, he finally won his own Pulitzer for an opera based on Ole Edvart Rølvaag's novel Giants in the Earth. The opera follows the triumphs and tragedies of Norwegian settlers in the Dakota Territories of 1873, but there isn't even a recording today and the score is hard to find. Is its obscurity warranted?
If you'd like to learn more about Moore, we recommend:
Episode 33 - 1975: Dominick Argento, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Episode 32 - 1974: Donald Martino, Notturno
Episode 31 - 1973: Elliott Carter, String Quartet No. 3
Episode 30 - 1972: Jacob Druckman, Windows
Episode 29 - 1971: Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms No. 6
Episode 28 - 1970: Charles Wuorinen, Time’s Encomium
Episode 27 - 1969: Karel Husa, String Quartet No. 3
Episode 26 - 1968: George Crumb, Echoes of Time and the River
Episode 25 - 1967: Leon Kirchner, Third String Quartet
Episode 24 - 1966: Leslie Bassett, Variations for Orchestra
Episode 23 - 1965: No Prize (the Pulitzer Hat Trick)
Episode 22 - 1964: No Prize (again)
Episode 21 - 1963: Samuel Barber, Piano Concerto No. 1
Episode 20 - 1962: Robert Ward, The Crucible
Episode 19 - 1961: Walter Piston, Symphony No. 7
Episode 18 - 1960: Elliott Carter, Second String Quartet
Episode 17 - 1959: John La Montaine, Piano Concerto No. 1
Episode 16 - 1958: Samuel Barber, Vanessa
Episode 15 - 1957: Norman Dello Joio, Meditations on Ecclesiastes
Episode 14 - 1956: Ernst Toch, Symphony No. 3
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