Beethoven Prize

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Beethoven Prize
Awarded for"the best orchestral work of a young composer"
LocationBonn
CountryGermany
Reward(s)25,000DM
First awarded1961
Last awarded1992

The Beethoven Prize of the city of Bonn was an international composition competition. In 1959 Bonn's Lord Mayor Wilhelm Daniels announced the establishment of a Beethoven prize for the best orchestral work of a young composer. [1] No restrictions were made to genre, style and instrumentation of the composition. [1] The prize was given every 3 years, the prize money was 25,000DM (1961: biennially, 5,000DM). The prize was last awarded in 1992. Other Beethoven Prizes existed in Vienna and Berlin.

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