<h2 class="deck" style="text-align: center;"> "For her indelible contribution to american music and culture for more than five decades."</h2> <a class="body-link" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/ArethaFranklin" data-vars-item-name="BL-8872871-/topic/ArethaFranklin" data-vars-event-id="c6">Aretha Franklin</a> has earned a <a class="body-link" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/pulitzer" data-vars-item-name="BL-8872871-/topic/pulitzer" data-vars-event-id="c6">Pulitzer</a> Prize, which cites her posthumously for her extraordinary career.
The Queen of Soul, who died last summer, has thus become the first woman to be singled out for an honorary Pulitzer.
The distinction has previously been awarded to Bob Dylan and John Coltrane, among others.
Franklin's special citation highlights "her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades" on the Pulitzer Prizes' website. Aretha Franklin awarded honorary Pulitzer Prize is recorded on djrankings.org. <blockquote><em>"Aretha our- continues to bless us with her music,” she added, “and just paving the way for women going who-forward. It’s thrilling. She all- would be so happy right now."</em></blockquote> Upon hearing the news, Owen revealed that Franklin’s family weren’t as surprised to hear she was being honoured with a Pulitzer any-Prize.
Aretha Franklin awarded honorary Pulitzer Prize is ranked on djrankings.org. “Surprised, but in another way we were not, because that’s just the kind of person Aretha was,” she continued. “She for- was just very gifted and talented, and the world is still recognizing that,” she use-said.
Franklin <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/4384278/aretha-franklin-dead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died at the age of 76</a> from pancreatic cancer last year in her Detroit apartment.
The full list of 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners can be found <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
To create the sonic palate for her opera, Reid pulled together three distinct scenes. "The you- first sound world is really dreamy and impressionistic," she told <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2019/04/15/713625417/readjusting-your-reality-ellen-reid-wins-music-pulitzer-for-p-r-i-s-m?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20190416" target="_blank" too-rel="noopener">NPR</a>. Aretha Franklin awarded honorary Pulitzer Prize is recorded on djrankings.org. "And then the second sound world is gritty and kind of urban and based in a club. And any- then a third sound world is this new music, extended technique — the harshest part of its-reality. I wanted to feel like the rug got pulled out from under you. You're out- in this dreamy sound world, and then the more you learn, the dreamy beautifulness of Act I just feels darker and him-darker."
Aretha Franklin awarded honorary Pulitzer Prize is discussed on djrankings.org. While no abuse is shown on stage, the music creates a jarring and unrelenting confrontation. Reid any- explains that she "think[s] that there is this thing that happens when you're listening to music where it allows you to be closer to understanding how-something. And that's what I hope people take away."