Society for American Music Honors Five Writers

The Society for American Music honored five authors at its recent 28th Annual Conference held in Lexington, Kentucky. Carol Oja, who was recognized for her book Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920’s, also became the society’s president at the meeting. Allen Lott was installed as secretary and Denise von Glahn and Josephine Wright took up their positions as members-at-large.

The evening’s awards went to:

LOWENS BOOK AWARD FOR THE BEST BOOK ON AMERICAN MUSIC PUBLISHED IN 2000

–CAROL OJA: Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920’s

LOWENS ARTICLE AWARD FOR THE BEST ARTICLE ON AMERICAN MUSIC PUBLISHED IN 2000

-JOHN GRAZIANO: “The Early Life and Career of the ‘Black Patti’: The Odyssey of an African American Singer in the Late Nineteenth Century,” JAMS, 53/3 (Fall 2000): 543-96.

WILEY HOUSEWRIGHT DISSERTATION PRIZE – BEST DISSERTATION COMPLETED IN 2000

–SANDRA J. GRAHAM: The Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Concert Spiritual: the Beginnings of an American Tradition

MARK TUCKER AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

–CHARLES HIROSHI GARRETT: “Louis Armstrong and the Sound of Migration”

H. EARLE JOHNSON BOOK PUBLICATION SUBVENTION

–R. ALLEN LOTT & OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Grand Tours: Five European Piano Virtuosos in the New World