- Organizer
- The Pulitzer Prizes (Columbia University)
- Why it counts
- Awarded annually since 1943 by the Pulitzer Prize Board, administered by Columbia University, for a distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year
- Held
- annual, early May, with the Pulitzer Prize announcement
Reigning winners
Pulitzer Prize for Music · 2023
| Year | Pulitzer Prize for Music |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Michael Abels Rhiannon Giddens |
| 2022 | Raven Chacon |
| 2021 | Tania León |
| 2020 | Anthony Davis — The Central Park Five |
| 2019 | Ellen Reid |
| 2018 | Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. |
| 2017 | Du Yun — Angel's Bone |
| 2016 | Henry Threadgill — In for a Penny, In for a Pound |
| 2015 | Julia Wolfe — Anthracite Fields |