Handel Medallion

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Handel Medallion
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe City of New York, United States
RewardMedallion
First award1959

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

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The award was first issued in 1959 to Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown, upon the 200th anniversary of the death of George Frideric 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

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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

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