Who would get these prizes

1) A Nobel Prize for Music

This would be very difficult, due to the massive variation and just how subjective it is. John Cage might get one for doing different stuff, we could see Stravinsky's Firebird suite, Elgar's Cello Concerto, Gerschwin's Rhapsody in Blue or none of these get it.
 
1) A Nobel Prize for Music

2) A Nobel Prize for Cinamatography

1. Concert violinist Albert Einstein (a reference to a short AH story by Sheila Finch back in 1989, The Old Man and the C).

2. Leni Riefenstahl.

Not exactly sure why the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences would be giving out prizes for any of these subjects.
 
Beatles might have for their influence in modern music for the last fifty years.

No, they probably wouldn't because of their mass appeal. Look at the Literature laureates. How many of them have had mass appeal, meaning the average person on the street, even in their country of origin, could name the works they have won for or even heard their name? Maybe a dozen of them? It would be no different with music. The "experts" on the committee would have their preferences, that would probably lean to more classical style music (John Williams probably qualifies) , with occasional nods to jazz or other cultural musical styles, but you wouldn't see someone like Elvis, or the Beatles getting these awards, despite the contributions that they made. The Nobel awards committees have their own prejudices when it comes to cultural things, just like every other award out there. When is the last time a comedy or science fiction movie won Best Picture, for example?

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Not if the prize meant anything you wouldn't.

And that's the bias I am talking about.

"What?! Those 4 lads from England have put out a new concept album! It's utter rubbish and not worthy of even sharing the list with the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) What do the public know about real art? We'll tell them what is good!" (which is what happens in almost all awards)

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And that's the bias I am talking about.

"What?! Those 4 lads from England have put out a new concept album! It's utter rubbish and not worthy of even sharing the list with the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) What do the public know about real art? We'll tell them what is good!" (which is what happens in almost all awards)

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Yes, most awards of this nature are elitist (and I don't object - there are already plenty of ways popular artists are recognized). But I could see some non classical musicians get the award for their lifetime acheivenment and or their influence on musical trends. Duke Ellington comes to mind, as might a folk singer who compiles and preserve folk music. Although "The Beatles" would not get the award in my world, I could see it going to Paul McCartney (or John Lennon) today because of their influence and exploration of many musical idioms (includung symphonic music).

Actually, though, I doubt the whole idea works. You mentioned the Mahler 8th. Would this be an award Mahler was awarded over 100 years ago for writing the piece or to the LSO for a recent performance. Is it given only to composers (which makes sense to me) or performers?
 
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Actually, though, I doubt the whole idea works. You mentioned the Mahler 8th. Would this be an award Mahle rwas awarded over 100 years ago for writing the piece or to the LSO for a recent performance. Is it given only to composers (which makes sense to me) or performers?

You bring up an excellent point. The performance I mention was awarded the Best Classical Album of the year by the AMA, the same year that Sargent Pepper's got best album of the year overall.

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I could see The Beatles getting such a prize in the '80s or '90s, if John Lennon wasn't murdered (Nobel Prizes, AFAIK, are not given post mortem). That is, after Rock 'n Roll appears as a disruptive music style. I'd also say obscure music styles rather unknown beyond a limited area might snatch a few prizes due seeming "exotic" to the committee.
 
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