# Pulitzer Prize in Music: What should be eligible?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulitzer-prize-in-music-what-should-be-eligible/812539 "2018-04-16T22:17:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulitzer-prize-in-music-what-should-be-eligible/812539/61 "2018-04-19T15:24:42Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> I think you guys are misunderstanding **Exapno** ’s question. IIUC, he’s asking if anybody thinks that the classical works that won the Pulitzer in previous years were the single best work of American music in their year—not if anybody thinks that about _DAMN_.

Thank you. This is what I’m asking.

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