1960 Second String Quartet Elliott Carter 1961 Symphony No. 7 Walter Piston 1962 The Crucible (opera) Robert Ward 1963 Piano Concerto No. 1 Samuel Barber 1964 no award 1965 no award 1966 Variations for Orchestra Leslie Bassett 1967 Quartet No. 3 Leon Kirchner 1968 Echoes of Time ...