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Handel Medallion Location New York City Country United States Presented by The
City of New York , United States Reward(s) Medallion First awarded 1959
The Handel Medallion is an American award presented by the
City of New York . It is the city's highest award given to individuals for their contribution to the city's intellectual and cultural life.
Establishment
The award was first issued in 1959 to
Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown , upon the 200th anniversary of the death of
George Handel (1685–1759), the
German-British
Baroque composer, noted for his
operas ,
oratorios ,
anthems and organ
concertos . The award was established under
New York City Mayor
Robert F. Wagner Jr.
[1]
Award winners
Year
Recipient
Notes
1959
Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown (1901–1990)
1964
Sidney Poitier (1927–2022)
[2]
1965
Joseph B. Martinson (1914–1970)
[3]
[4]
1966
David Sarnoff ,
Justino Diaz , and
Lionel Hampton
[5]
[1]
[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
2008
Neil Simon
[16]
2009
Jessye Norman
[17]
2010
Judith Jamison
[18]
2011
Stephen Sondheim
[19]
2013
Harvey Lichtenstein
[20]
Years unknown:
See also
References
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"JUSTINO DIAZ GETS CITY CULTURE PRIZE" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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"City Awards Poitier Cultural Prize" . The New York Times . 1964-04-21.
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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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.
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"SHUBERT OUTLETS DUE FOR A RULING; License Chief to Set Hearing on Box Offices at Macy's" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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"ARTISTS' AWARD GIVEN TO SARNOFF; R.C.A. Chairman Also Gets City's Handel Medallion" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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"Jazz: Hampton and Friends at Stadium" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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"Janet D. Schenck Awarded Medal for Service to Music" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
^ Gillespie, Dizzy with Al Fraser. To Be Or Not To Bop. New York: Da Capo Press. 1979.
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"Briefs On The Arts; History of Film' At the Modern" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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"Enchanted Evening for Joshua Logan" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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Quindlen, Anna (February 28, 1977), "Marian Anderson Honored at 75 by Carnegie Hall Concert", The New York Times , p. 24
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"Filled with Emotion" , The New York Times , November 22, 1977, retrieved April 15, 2012
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"Joan Schneider Bride of Dr. Gerald Seaman; Marilyn Horne to Receive Handel Medal on the Air" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
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"Explore Our History" .
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"Press Release Archives #722-97 Mayor Presents Handel Medallion to Skitch Hederson" . www.nyc.gov . Retrieved 2022-09-15 .
^ McElroy, Steven (November 10, 2008).
"ARTS, BRIEFLY; The Mayors Awards" . The New York Times .
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Press release (December 8, 1997).
"MAYOR BLOOMBERG PRESENTS 2009 MAYOR’S AWARDS FOR ARTS & CULTURE AT FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS" .
Mayor of New York City 's Press Office. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
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"Judith Jamison to Receive Handel Medallion from Mayor Bloomberg 11/8" . Broadway World . November 1, 2010.
^ Cohen, Patricia (October 10, 2011).
"Sondheim to Receive New York City Arts Honor" . The New York Times .
^ Berkvist, Robert (February 11, 2017).
"Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rebirth, Dies at 87" . The New York Times .