Handel Medallion

Handel Medallion

The Handel Medallion is the highest award given by the City of New York to individuals for their contribution to the city's intellectual and cultural life.

The medallion was first issued in 1959, upon the 200th anniversary of the death of George Handel.

Award winners

*1967 - Richard Rodgers, William Schuman
*1969 - Claire Raphael Reis
*1970 - Aaron Copland, Alice Tully
*1971 - Joseph Papp
*1972 - Marian Anderson, Harold Arlen, Charlie Chaplin, Elia Kazan
*1973 - Duke Ellington, Melissa Hayden, Lincoln Kirstein, Oratorio Society of New York, Beverly Sills
*1976 - George Abbott, Margot Fonteyn, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins
*1977 - Leonard Bernstein
*1978 - Elliot Carter
*1980 - Marilyn Horne
*1981 - Lena Horne
*1982 - John Lennon
*1985 - Leontyne Price
*1986 - Alexandra Danilova, Antony Tudor
*1989 - Charles Wadsworth
*1993 - Robert Merrill, Arthur Mitchell
*1997 - Skitch Henderson
*1999 - Merce Cunningham
*2002 - Licia Albanese, Roberta Peters

Years unknown:
*Alvin Ailey
*Ivan Davis
*Justino Díaz
*Geraldine Fitzgerald
*Dizzy Gillespie
*Benny Goodman
*Gary Graffman
*Martha Graham
*Kitty Carlisle Hart
*Robert Joffrey
*Jaime Laredo
*Vincent La Selva
*Yehudi Menuhin
*Renata Tebaldi
*Peter Wilhousky


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