Has anyone heard any of her music? A review of a performance of the work
that won the Pulitzer Prize yesterday, that I found online, compared it
unfavorably, though only in passing, to another work on the program, by
Perle, but I assume that says as much about the reviewer as the composer.
Sorry, I've already forgotten the name of the reviewer.

A while back, Stirling Newberry suggested that if you wanted to see a list
of truly obscure composers, just check the Pulitzer winners of the last
couple of decades.  Does anyone know of such a list--for music?

Jim Tobin

 [A complete list follows:

   1943 William Schuman (b. 1910). Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song
        for full chorus of mixed voices, with accompaniment of orchestra
   1944 Howard Hanson (1896-1981). Symphony No. 4, op. 34
   1945 Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Appalachian Spring
   1946 Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). The Canticle of the Sun
   1947 Charles Ives (1874-1954). Symphony No. 3
   1948 Walter Piston (1894-1976). Symphony No. 3
   1949 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989). Louisiana Story. (Score for a
        documentary film.)
   1950 Gian-Carlo Menotti (b. 1911). The Consul. (Opera.)
   1951 Douglas Moore (1893-1969). Giants in the Earth. (Opera.)
   1952 Gail Kubik (1914-1984). Symphony Concertante
   1953 Not awarded
   1954 Quincy Porter (1897-1966). Concerto Concertante for Two Pianos
        and Orchestra
   1955 Gian-Carlo Menotti (b. 1911). The Saint of Bleecker Street
        (Opera in three acts.)
   1956 Ernst Toch (1887-1964). Symphony No. 3
   1957 Norman Dello Joio (b. 1913). Meditations on Ecclesiastes
   1958 Samuel Barber (1910-1981). Vanessa. (Opera.)
   1959 John La Montaine (b. 1920). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 9
   1960 Elliott Carter (b. 1908). Second String Quartet
   1961 Walter Piston (1894-1976). Symphony No. 7
   1962 Robert Ward (b. 1917). The Crucible. (Opera.)
   1963 Samuel Barber (1910-1981). Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 38
   1964 Not awarded
   1965 Not awarded
   1966 Leslie Bassett (b. 1923). Variations for Orchestra
   1967 Leon Kirchner (b. 1919). Quartet No. 3 for strings and electronic tape
   1968 George Crumb (b. 1929). Echoes of Time and the River
   1969 Karel Husa (b. 1921). String Quartet No. 3
   1970 Charles Wuorinen (b. 1938). Time's Encomium
   1971 Mario Davidovsky (b. 1934). Synchronisms No. 6
   1972 Jacob Druckman (b. 1928). Windows
   1973 Elliott Carter (b. 1908). String quartet No. 3
   1974 Donald Martino (b. 1931). Notturno
   1975 Dominick Argento (b. 1927). From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
   1976 Ned Rorem (b. 1923). Air Music
   1977 Richard Wernick (b. 1934). Visions of Terror and Wonder
   1978 Michael Colgrass (b. 1932). Deja Vu for Percussion and Orchestra
   1979 Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943). Aftertones of Infinity
   1980 David Del Tredici (b. 1937). In Memory of a Summer Day
   1981 Not awarded
   1982 Roger Sessions (1896-1985). Concerto for Orchestra
   1983 Ellen Zwilich (b. 1939). Three Movements for Orchestra
        (Symphony No. 1.)
   1984 Bernard Rands (b. 1934). Canti del Sole
   1985 Stephen Albert (1941-1992). Symphony RiverRun
   1986 George Perle (b. 1915). Wind Quintet No. 4, for flute, oboe,
        clarinet, horn, and bassoon
   1987 John Harbison (b. 1938). The Flight into Egypt
   1988 William Bolcom (b. 1938). 12 New Etudes for Piano
   1989 Roger Reynolds (b. 1934). Whispers Out of Time
   1990 Mel D. Powell (b. 1923). Duplicates: A Concerto
   1991 Shulamit Ran (b. 1947). Symphony
   1992 Wayne Peterson (b. 1927). The Face of the Night
   1993 Christopher Rouse (b. 1949). Trombone Concerto
   1994 Gunther Schuller (b. 1925). Of Reminiscences and Reflections
   1995 Morton Gould (1931-1996). Stringmusic
   1996 George Walker (b. 1922). Lilacs for soprano and orchestra
   1997 Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961). Blood on the Fields. Oratorio
   1998 Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960) String Quartet No. 2, Musica Instrumentalis
   1999 Melinda Wagner Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion

 -Dave]