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Grawemeyer Collection of Contemporary Music: Statistics

Totals

Total number of nominations (1985-2024): 5,707

Total number of composers nominated for the Award (1985-2024): 2,114

 

 

Statistics on Nominees

Nationality of Composers Nominated for 1985-2024 Grawemeyer Awards for Music Composition
Country # of Composers
USA 939
England 128

Italy

98

Canada 61
Germany 60
China 50
France 45
Austria, Poland 38
Russia 37
Australia, Czechia 32
Spain 31
Demark 29
Israel 27
Argentina, Hungary, Sweden 26
Netherlands 25
Japan 22
Belgium 21
Mexico 19
Scotland, Switzerland 17
Chile 16
Finland, Greece 15
Norway 14
Brazil, Romania 13
Bularia, New Zealand, Serbia 12
Lithuania, South Africa 10
Ireland, South Korea 9
Croatia, Uruguay 8
Wales 7
Colombia, Portugal, Taiwan 5
Cuba, Estonia, Iceland, India, Iran, Ukraine 4
Armenia, Georgia, Latvia, Puerto Rico, Thailand 3
Belarus, Cyprus, Guatemala, Lebanon, Panama, Philippines 2
Bolivia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam 1
Nationality of Composers Nominated for 2024 Grawemeyer Awards for Music Composition
Country # of Composers
Argentina 2
Australia 2
Austria 2
Canada 3
Chile 1
China 3
Colombia 1
Croatia 1
Denmark 1
England 16
Finland 4
Greece 1
Hungary 1
Iceland 1
India 1
Ireland 1
Israel 3
Italy 2
Japan 3
Korea 1
Mexico 2
Netherlands 1
Norway 1
Poland 3
Portugal 1
Scotland 2
Serbia 2
Spain 1
Sweden 9
Switzerland 2
Syria 1
Ukraine 1
United States 64
Wales 1
   
Total Nominations
Male 4,890
Female 817
Total Composers
Male 1,819
Female 295

Type of Nominator
Nominator All Nominations % of All Nominations 2024 Nominations % of 2024 Nominations
Publisher 2539 44.4 69 49.2
Commissioner 694 12.1 25 17.8
Institution 1308 22.9 10 7.1
Performer 828 14.5 23 16.4
Individual 338 5.9 13 9.2

Collection Statistics

Total Physical Holdings in the Collection
Format Type Amount
Scores Titles 5,071
Scores Volumes 5,434
Sound Recordings Titles 4,870
Sound Recordings Discs 5,382
Information Files   4,272
Genres in the Collection
Genre 1985-2024 2024
Ballets 50 0
Cantatas 69 0
Concerti for Orchestra 42 1
Incidental Music 3 0
Jazz 27 0
Monologues with Music 55 1
Motion Picture Music 7 0
Musicals 13 0
Operas 471 22
Oratorios 70 3
Requiems 66 4
Sonatas 56 0
Symphonic poems 31 2
Symphonies 364 8
Use Sacred Texts 312 9
Use Secular Texts 811 26
Solo Works in Collection
Instrument 1985-2024 2024
Accordion 1 0
Cello 5 0
Clarinet 1 0
Electronics 10 0
Flute 7 0
Guitar 4 0
Harpsichord 1 0
Marimba 3 0
Organ 10 0
Percussion 4 1
Piano 101 2
Piccolo 2 0
Shamisen 1 0
Tuba 1 0
Violin 14 1
Viola 3 0
Total 169 5
Chamber Works in Collection
Type 1985-2023 2023
Brass Quintet 4 0
Piano Trio 26 0
Piano Quartet 15 0
Piano Quintet 11 0
String Trio 5 0
String Quartet 201 4
String Quintet 3 0
Wind Quintet 6 0
Duo 88 1
Trio 27 0
Quartet 40 3
Quintet 40 1
Sextet 48 1
Septet 18 0
Octet 20 0
Nonet 13 2
Total 565 12
Works for Large Ensembles
Type 1985-2024 2024
Ensemble (10+ instruments) 117 3
Chamber Orchestra 66 1
Orchestra 994 23
String Orchestra 42 1
Band 54 1
Total 1,273 29
Works for Solo Instrument with Large Ensemble
Concerti 1985-2024 2024 Notes
Piano 230 8 1 for 2 pianos
Organ 24 0  
Violin 195 7 1 for 2 violins
Viola 53 1  
Cello 124 4  
Double Bass 8 0  
Flute 46 1  
Oboe 20 1  
Clarinet 48 1  
Bassoon 9 0  
Saxophone 22 1  
Bass Clarinet 7 1  
Horn 15 1  
Trumpet 33 3  
Trombone 19 2 1 for 4 trombones
Tuba 3 0  
Harp 14 1  
Guitar 21 0  
Percussion 56 1  
Other 63 3 Pan flute; Sheng; Theremin
Multiple Instruments 136 2 Cello & piano; Ensemble
Total 1,146 38  
Works for Choruses
Type 1985-2024 2024
Chorus & orchestra 344 12
Chorus & chamber orchestra 20 0
Chorus & string orchestra 15 0
Chorus & ensemble 86 2
Chorus & band 9 0
Chorus & 1 instrument 20 0
Chorus, unaccompanied 62 2
Total 556 16
Works for Solo Voice
Type 1985-2024 2024
Soprano with ensemble 163 4
Soprano with 1 instrument or unaccompanied 24 0
Mezzo-soprano with ensemble 82 3
Mezzo-soprano with 1 instrument 10 0
Alto with ensemble 5 0
Alto with 1 instrument 1 0
Countertenor with ensemble 4 1
Countertenor with 1 instrument 1 0
Tenor with ensemble 22 2
Tenor with 1 instrument 3 0
Baritone with ensemble 48 0
Baritone with 1 instrument 4 0
Bass with ensemble 10 1
Other (overtone singer with ensemble) 3 1
Total 380 12
Works for Multiple Solo Voices
Type 1985-2024 2024
5+ solo voices with ensemble 22 1
5+ solo voices unaccompanied 10 2
4 solo voices with ensemble 15 2
4 solo voices with 1 instrument or unaccompanied 11 0
3 solo voices with ensemble 16 0
2 solo voices with ensemble 44 1
2 solo voices with 1 instrument 2 1
Total 120 7

Statistics on Winners

Winners by Nationality
Country # of Winners
Australia 1
Austria 1
Cambodia 1
Czechia 1
France 1
Germany 1
Japan 1
Korea 1
China 2
Denmark 2
Finland 2
Hungary 2
Poland 2
Serbia 2
Netherlands 3
England 4
USA 9
Winners by Gender
Gender # of Winners
Male 31
Female 5
Winners by Publisher
Publisher # of Winners
Boosey & Hawkes 7
Schott 6
Self-published 4
Associated Music Pub. 3
Chester 3
Schirmer 2
Universal Edition 2
Wilhelm Hansen 2
Editio Musica Budapest 1
Faber 1
Merion 1
Novello 1
Octoechoes 1
Edition Peters 1
Ricordi 1
Winners by Nominator Type
Type # of Winners
Publisher 24
Commissioner 5
Performer 4
Institution 3
Winners by Instrumentation/Genre
Instrumentation/Genre # of Occurances Notes Years
Orchestral music 9 3 symphonies 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2021
Violin with orchestra 5   1995, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012
Opera 5   1987, 1998, 2003, 2011, 2022
Multiple instruments with orchestra 4 Violin & cello; Mezzo-soprano & bassoon; Violin & viola; Piano trio 1996, 1997, 2006, 2018
Cello with orchestra 3   1993, 2002, 2023
Chamber music 2 Nonet; Quintet 2001, 2007
Solo 1   1986
Chamber orchestra 1   2014
Cello with ensemble 1   2019
Cello with string orchestra 1   2013
Clarinet with orchestra 1   1994
Chorus with ensemble 1 Girls' chorus with string quartet 2024
Soprano with orchestra 1   2016
Mezzo-soprano with orchestra 1   2008