American music foundation
TheAlice M. Ditson Fund , founded in 1940,[ 1] [ 2] Ditson Conductor's Award .
In its early years, the fund supported notable 20th-century musicians such asBela Bartok ,[ 3] Benjamin Britten ,Aaron Copland ,Gian Carlo Menotti ,Virgil Thomson ,[ 4] Walter Piston .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
The fund's namesake, Alice Ditson, was the wife of music publisher Charles Healy Ditson and daughter-in-law ofOliver Ditson , founder of the publishing house that bore his name.[ 8] Columbia University [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
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