Irving Lowens Book Award
LOWENS 2007 BOOK AWARD COMPETITION
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
We invite you to submit books published in the year
2007 for consideration for the Irving Lowens Book Award of the Society
for American Music. The Society annually awards the prize for the
book judged as the best in the field of American music. Any book
on American music with a year 2007 imprint is eligible.
We define the term "American music" in its broadest, most
inclusive sense. We view it as composed of the music of all of North
America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean)
in its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including
art and popular cultures, ethnic groups and minorities, along with
its ramifications on cultures elsewhere in the world.
The Lowens Book Award represents our most prestigious honor and
carries with it a monetary prize as well as a citation that will
be presented at the national conference in the spring of 2009. A
list of previous award winners, from 1983 to the present, may be
viewed here.
Since each of the five members of the committee must review every
book under consideration, we would appreciate your sending five
(5) review copies to the members of the committee at the addresses below. If you have additional questions, please contact Neil Lerner, Chair of the committee.
Neil Lerner
Department of Music
Davidson College
209 Ridge Road
Davidson, NC 28036
Elizabeth Bergman
Department of Music
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Anne Danielsen
Department of Musicology
P.O. Box 1017
Blindern NO-0315
Oslo, Norway
Street address: ZEB, Sem Saelandsv. 2
Larry Hamberlin
264 Chipman Park
Middlebury, VT 05753
Gayle Sherwood Magee
Assistant Professor
Musicology Division
School of Music
1114 W. Nevada Street
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801