LHandel Medallion è un premio americano assegnato dalla città di New York. È il più alto riconoscimento della città dato alle persone per il loro contributo alla vita intellettuale e culturale della città. Istituzione Il premio fu rilasciato per la prima volta nel 1959 a Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown, in occasione del 200º anniversario della morte di Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), il compositore barocco tedesco-britannico, noto per le sue opere, oratori, inni e concerti per organo. Il premio fu istituito dal sindaco di New York Robert F. Wagner Jr."Justino Diaz Gets City Culture Prize." 22 March 1966. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/22/79983967.html?pageNumber=33. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

Vincitori del premio Anno Destinatario Note1959 Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown (1901–1990) 1964 Sidney Poitier (1927–) "City Awards Poitier Cultural Prize." 21 April 1964. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/21/city-awards-poitier-cultural-prize.html. Retrieved 3 January 2017.1965 Joseph B. Martinson (1914–1970) PDF (January 12, 1965). "Text of Speech by Mayor Robert F. Wagner at Reception Meeting of the New York Shakespeare Festival"]. Robert F. Wagner Documents Collection Retrieved October 27, 2104."City Honoring Martinson." 12 January 1965. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/01/12/118692191.html?pageNumber=32. Retrieved 3 January 2017.1966 David Sarnoff, Justino Diaz, e Lionel Hampton "Artists' Award Given to Sarnoff." 28 April 1966. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/04/28/79290248.html?pageNumber=50. Retrieved 3 January 2017."Jazz: Hampton e Friends at Stadium." 18 July 1966. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/07/18/83227066.html?pageNumber=21. Retrieved 7 January 2017.1967 Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), William Schuman 1968 Janet D. Schenck "Janet D. Schenck Awarded Medal for Service to Music." 22 May 1968. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/05/22/77102017.html?pageNumber=52. Retrieved 7 January 2017.1969 Claire Raphael Reis 1970 Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Aaron Copland, Alice Tully 1971 Joseph Papp 1972 Harold Arlen, Charlie Chaplin, Elia Kazan, Dizzy Gillespie Gillespie, Dizzy with Al Fraser. To Be Or Not To Bop. New York: Da Capo Press. 1979.1973 Duke Ellington, Melissa Hayden, Lincoln Kirstein, Beverly Sills 1974 Oratorio Society of New York "City Will Honor Oratorio Society." 1 May 1974. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/05/01/101021573.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=57. Retrieved 7 January 2017.1975 Joshua Logan Gussow, Mel. "Enchanted Evening for Joshua Logan." 10 March 1975. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/03/10/76539636.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=42. Retrieved 7 January 2017.1976 George Abbott, Margot Fonteyn, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins 1977 Marian Anderson, Leonard Bernstein 1978 Elliott Carter 1980 Marilyn Horne "Marilyn Horne to Receive Handel Medallion on Air." 17 May 1980. The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/05/17/111242406.html?pageNumber=51. Retrieved 7 January 2017.1981 Lena Horne 1982 John Lennon 1985 Leontyne Price 1986 Alexandra Danilova, Antony Tudor 1988 Alvin Ailey 1989 Charles Wadsworth 1993 Robert Merrill, Arthur Mitchell 1997 Skitch Henderson (1918–2005) Press release (December 8, 1997). "Mayor Presents Handel Medallion to Skitch Henderson – Founder of New York Pops Receives City's Highest Cultural Award". Mayor of New York City's Press Office. Retrieved October 11, 2011.1999 Merce Cunningham 2002 Licia Albanese, Roberta Peters 2011 Stephen Sondheim

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Ivan Davis Justino Díaz Geraldine Fitzgerald Benny Goodman Gary Graffman Kitty Carlisle Hart

Robert Joffrey Vincent La Selva Jaime Laredo Yehudi Menuhin Renata Tebaldi Peter Wilhousky

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