CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Mozart Society of America invites nominations, including self-nominations, for the Marjorie Weston Emerson Award, a $500 prize given annually for outstanding scholarly work on Mozart published in English during the two previous calendar years. The 2010 Award, to be announced at the AMS meeting in Indianapolis, will be for the best essay or article published in 2008 or 2009. Nominations should be submitted by 24 July 2010 to the chair of the Award Committee:
Pierpaolo Polzonetti
Program of Liberal Studies
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5639
ppolzone@nd.edu
ABOUT THE EMERSON AWARD
This award was established by Isabelle Emerson, founding President of the Mozart Society of America, in honor of her mother. A prize of $500 will be awarded annually for the best scholarly work in English related to Mozart to have been published during the preceding calendar year. Eligible works include books, essays, or editions. The selection will be made by a committee of Mozart scholars and performers appointed by the President of the Mozart Society of America, with approval from the Board of Directors. Works may be submitted for consideration by the author or nominated by committee members or outside scholars. Deadline for nominations will be 1 May (or as determined by the committee and President). The award will be presented at the Society’s annual business meeting in the fall and announced in the January issue of the Society’s Newsletter.
2009: Ian Woodfield, Mozart's 'Cosí fan tutte': A Compositional History (Boydell Press, 2008)
2008: Karol Berger, Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow. An Essay on the Origins of Musical Modernity (University of California Press, 2007)
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