[78-L] Schubert prize

[Kristjan Saag]

DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I think there were probably several Schubert prizes, perhaps in several different countries.
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True. There were ten "zone" prizes and one International Prize. 
Atterberg won the latter.
> I believe the contest started off with an invitation to composers to complete the "Unfinished Symphony", but then changed it to writing a composition in homage to Schubert
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Also true.
Hans Gál, actually, won the second prize in the British "zone. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_International_Columbia_Graphophone_Competition
Kristjan