Awards
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1951
- Sonning Award (Denmark), 1956
- Ditson Conductor's Award, 1958
- George Peabody Medal – Johns Hopkins University, 1980
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 1987
- Royal Philarmonic Society Gold Medal (UK), 1987
- Knight Grand Cross Order of Merit (Italy), 1989
- Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
- Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
- Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
- Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Tony Award for Best Musical
- Special Tony Award
- Japan Arts Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Gramophone Hall of Fame entrant
- Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, 1986
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