Best Contemporary Composition
33rd Annual Grammy Awards • 1991
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1989 – September 30, 1990
William Sharp, Judy Kaye, Michael Barret & Steve Blier won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition with "Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles"
Winners & Nominees 1991
Winner
Nominees
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Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles
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Adams: The Wound Dresser (Track)
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Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra (Single)
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Riley: Salome Dances For Peace
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Zwilich: Symphony No. 2 (Album)
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Elliott Carter | Carter: Violin Concerto | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Samuel Barber | Barber: The Lovers | All Nominees |
| 1992 | John Corigliano | Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Leonard Bernstein | Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Steve Reich | Reich: Different Trains | All Nominees |
| 1989 | John Adams | Adams: Nixon In China | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Krzysztof Penderecki | Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Witold Lutoslawski | Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lloyd Webber: Requiem | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Igor Stravinsky | Stravinsky: The Flood | All Nominees |