Best Contemporary Composition

33rd Annual Grammy Awards1991

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
  • Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles

    Leonard Bernstein

  • Adams: The Wound Dresser (Track)

    John Adams

  • Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra (Single)

    Henri Lazarof

  • Riley: Salome Dances For Peace

    Terry Riley

  • Zwilich: Symphony No. 2 (Album)

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

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