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Vol. XXXV, No. 1 Winter 2009 Denver Update tations and performances covering the night events: the traditional SAM Sacred entire historical, ethnic, geographic, and Harp Sing and the induction of the 2009 stylistic range of American music. We are honorary member Tony Isaacs, founder particularly glad to note that the main and chief recordist of Indian House Re- themes of the conference—Native Ameri- cords, which will follow the sing. Isaacs can music and music in the West—are has recorded the music of Native Ameri- very well represented on the program. No can singers and drummers for over forty fewer than seven sessions will be devoted years, and Indian House has one of the to Native American/First Nations/Indig- largest catalogues of recorded native mu- enous musical traditions of the United sic making available commercially. He will States, Canada, and Mexico, surely a first present a lecture on the Plains music of for SAM. And sessions devoted to topics the powwow, illustrated with live perfor- as wide-ranging as Canadian compos- mances by a prominent Colorado drum ers, Cage and Sousa, popular music in and singing group. On Friday after lunch, Los Angeles, music in Colorado and the Buffalo Bill’s Cowboy band, featuring Pacific Northwest, Julius Eastman and performers from Wyoming and Montana, experimental music in New York City, will present a visually illustrated and nar- 18th- and 19th-century repertories, film rated concert of the music of Buffalo Bill’s music, and musical theater also appear on outdoor traveling Wild West Show, which the program. The diversity and depth of defined and mythologized early popular – John Koegel American music research as represented notions of American cowboys and Indi- Program Chair on the program is truly amazing. Inter- ans in the American West. The Curator of California State University, Fullerton est in the conference was very strong, as the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyo- – Larry Worster reflected in the large number of propos- ming will serve as narrator, and the Buf- Local Arrangements Chair als received (more than 260). Because of falo Bill Grave and Museum in Golden, Metropolitan State College the strength of the proposals, the Program Colorado is a co-sponsor of the event. Committee was pleased to schedule four A Saturday afternoon concert at Trinity Please join us in Denver for the 2009 concurrent paper sessions for each time Church by St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, SAM conference at the Denver Marriott slot throughout the conference. Two continued on page 3 City Center, March 18-22, 2009. The poster sessions and a wide range of spe- Program and Local Arrangements Com- cial interest group meetings further enrich mittees have prepared an outstanding the meeting. The lecture-performance ses- in this issue: conference! Building upon the extraordi- sions highlight three varied themes: the narily rich and diverse SAM conference traditional New Mexican indita, the work Winners at ARSC | 06 in San Antonio in 2008, and in keeping of Sylvia Glickman and Hildegard Pub- with the Society’s mission to encourage lishing Company in issuing the music of Center for American | 06 the understanding of American music in American women composers, and Ameri- all of its facets, the Program Committee can piano music (including a presentation Music Receives National (John Koegel, Michael Pisani, Ann Sears, honoring the 100th anniversary of com- Leadership Grant Cecilia Sun, Patricia Woodard, Mina poser Elie Siegmeister). Yang) and Local Arrangements Commit- Special conference events will be rich SAM 2010 in Ottawa | 07 tee (Larry Worster, Joice Gibson, Petra and numerous. Denver’s first church, Meyer-Frazier, Peter Schimpf, and Trudi Trinity Church (1859), is two blocks Reviews | 07 Wright) are pleased to sponsor presen- from the hotel and will host two Thursday continued from page 1 from the New from executive one of the finest choral ensembles in Den- director 2 ver, will feature the choral compositions of Colorado Springs native Cecil Effinger, MUSIC IN THE USA THE MUSIC OF and German-born pianist, composer, and On behalf of the Board of Trustees and music educator Jean Berger, a long-time myself, I extend to everyone heartfelt best A Documentary Companion JONI MITCHELL Colorado resident. wishes for a peaceful, healthy, and gratify- JUDITH TICK, Editor, with LLOYD WHITESELL The conference will be at the Denver ing new year. May all of your endeavors PAUL BEAUDOIN, Assistant Editor “Whitesell’s splendid study illuminates an Marriott City Center, located two blocks be successful and your travels safe. impressive span of Joni Mitchell’s music, “Everyone who has an interest or a passion for off the fifteen-block-long 16th-Street 2009 will bring one exciting change this nation’s music will want to become offering fans and scholars alike new ways Pedestrian Mall with its many fine res- for the Society, and that is the format for immersed in Music in the USA.”—George of hearing these songs. A magnificent taurants and shops. Free shuttle buses Boziwick, Curator, American Music achievement.”—Ellie M. Hisama, the 2010 annual conference, to be held in Collection, The New York Public Columbia University that run every few minutes throughout Ottawa. As announced recently, we are Library for the Performing Arts 2008 288 pp.; 75 music examples the day and evening allow for easy travel slightly amending the traditional design 2008 920 pp.; 40 halftones, 25 line illus. paper $21.95 cloth $99.00 anywhere between the beautiful Capitol to include lengthier and in-depth sessions paper $45.00 cloth $149.95 and Denver Art Museum complex to the on a specific topic, called “seminars.” south and the historic Larimer Square and City Opera House capped off by a gour- These will not replace the regular sessions, SWING ALONG New in Paperback! Union Station district to the north. The met dinner of buffalo and quail and a per- but will augment the program with op- The Musical Life of Will conference will be on the same weekend formance by yodeling cowboy singer/poet portunities to convene extended conver- Winner, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for as several fine cultural events. In addition Gary McMahan at the world-renowned sations based on pre-submitted papers. Marion Cook Excellence for Best Research in Recorded Country Music to the Denver March Powwow, the newly Fort Restaurant. The traditional Saturday American music is our main interest and MARVA CARTER expanded Denver Art Museum will be night SAM banquet will be closed by an our passion; these seminars will allow us “This book will be must reading for teachers COUNTRY MUSIC RECORDS featuring a fine collection of Western art. old-fashioned high plains hoe down, led to share and investigate related ideas in a and professors of music, and certainly A Discography, 1921-1942 The acclaimed Colorado Symphony Or- by Chris Kermiet with old-timey band worthwhile reading for the public at-large, TONY RUSSELL meaningful way. Visit the website to read chestra will present a masterworks concert Poultry in Motion. We are ready to show especially those how want to know more BOB PINSON the call for seminar proposals. about the sources of the musical heritage of on Friday and Saturday nights, including off our hospitality. See you in Denver! Although change can often be excit- “This volume has turned out to be mightily impressive, beyond Puccini’s Preludio sinfonico, Stravinsky’s [Photo 2 goes about here. Credit: Den- the United States of America.”—Samuel even what aficionados could possibly have hoped for. The American ing, there is one change that is consis- Floyd, author of The Power of Black Music arm of Oxford University Press have served the project in the finest Symphony in Three Movements, and ver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau] tently troublesome, at least from my 2008 208 pp.; 7 halftones, 20 music examples possible manner.”—Musical Traditions Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto. For hotel information, conference reg- viewpoint: Address changes. If you are cloth $27.95 2008 1200 pp. Three SAM Friday afternoon excur- istration, and the conference program, see moving, please let us know ahead of time. paper $49.95 sions will be offered to pique your curios- the SAM website: http://www.american- We ask the Postal Service to inform us THE HEARING EYE ity: a visit to the Denver March Powwow; music.org/. Registration deadline by mail: of changes and they are happy to do so. Jazz & Blues Influences in THE UNCROWNED KING OF SWING a walking tour of historic Denver sites February 15, 2009. (Mail-in registration However, they charge us for this service Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz with afternoon tea at the luxurious Brown must be received by that date; register on- and your Bulletin is tossed into their gar- African American Visual Art Palace Hotel; or a grand mountain tour line or on site after that date.) JEFFREY MAGEE bage. Please help us keep the landfills a Edited by GRAHAM LOCK and to the Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum in DAVID MURRAY “Magee does an excellent job of placing his subject in the context of little emptier and our pocketbook a little Golden, Colorado and the 1876 Central The widespread presence of jazz and blues in uncertain social changes in the African American community. Well fuller by letting us know when and where African American visual art has long been researched and highly readable.”—Library Journal you are planning to move. An email is all overlooked. The Hearing Eye makes the case 2008 336 pp.; 22 b/w halftones, 122 music examples it takes: [email protected]. for recognizing the music’s importance, paper $24.95 These are financially difficult times, yet both as formal template and as explicit we hope that everyone will renew his or Award Winner subject matter. her membership. While we like to think 2009 384 pp. STEEL DRIVIN’ MAN that music is recession-proof, it may not paper $24.95 cloth $99.00 John Henry, The Untold Story of an always be the case. If you are unable to THRIVING ON A RIFF American Legend support your dues, please let us know. If SCOTT REYNOLDS NELSON you have any questions about your mem- Jazz & Blues Influences in “Written at the crossroads where American myth and reality bership, please feel free to contact me: African American Literature intersect, Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an [email protected]. and Film American Legend is a tribute and requiem to the real steel drivin’ I’m looking forward to seeing many of Edited by GRAHAM LOCK and men who built this country.”—Bruce Springsteen you in Denver! 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In Canada, call 1-800-387-8020. 12 The Bulletin of the Society for AmericanVisit our web Music site at• Vol.www.oup.com/us XXXV, No. 1 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 3 student forum The Society for American Music is Getting Ready for Denver look for signs at the conference. After the the auction on Saturday evening, but we meeting, we all relax at the Student Fo- welcome and encourage other volunteers pleased to welcome these new members The annual meeting in Denver is fast rum dinner. We hope to see you there! during the course of the auction. As al- approaching! Student Forum organizes ways, we seek donations of books, record- The Society for American Music several events and we are always looking Mark Tucker Award for ings, and other SAM related materials for The Society for American Music promotes research, educational projects, and the dissemination of infor- Institutional members: for volunteers to help. If you’d like to get Outstanding Conference Paper the auction. If you would like to help with mation concerning all subjects and periods embraced by the field of music in American life. Individual Sueltenfuss Library, San Antonio, TX involved, contact co-chairs Vilde Aaslid Students who will be presenting pa- planning, acquiring materials, or running and institutional members receive the quarterly Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM), the Bulletin, [email protected] the auction please contact co-chair Doug and the annotated Membership Directory. Direct all inquiries to The Society for American Music, ( ) and Doug Shadle pers at the Denver conference are eligible Stephen Foster Memorial, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 624-3031; SAM@ Students: ([email protected]). to compete for the 2009 Mark Tucker Shadle ([email protected]). american-music.org. Scott Carter, Madison, WI Award. For information on where and Officers of the Society Amy Dunning, Tallahassee, FL Denver Events Roommate Search when to submit applications, please see President ...... John Graziano Chris Robinson, Lawrence, KS This year’s Student Forum panel at the an- the society website: american-music.org. Help stretch your travel budget and get President-Elect...... Thomas Riis Joelle Meniktos-Nolting, Ann Arbor, nual meeting will focus on resources and to know a fellow SAM student member Vice-president...... Mary DuPree MI strategies for funding research in Ameri- Silent Auction by participating in the Student Forum Secretary...... Carol Hess Peter Purin, Lawrence, KS roommate search. If you need help find- Treasurer...... Paul Laird Mireya Obregon, Stanford, CA can music at the graduate school level and The Silent Auction, held annually at the Members-at-large ...... Sandra Graham, Charles Garrett, Beth Levy, Jeremy Mikush, West Hollywood, CA beyond. Check the program for the time Society meetings, supports the Student ing a roommate for Denver, please email Gayle Sherwood Magee, Michael Pisani, Howard Pollack, and place. Travel Endowment. The auction is now Vilde ([email protected]). Editor, Journal of the Society for American Music...... Ellie Hisama Karl Ettinger, Winter Park, FL Student Forum will hold a meeting coordinated entirely by Student Forum. Editor, SAM Website...... Patrick Warfield Hernán Mouro, Davis, CA on Friday at 5:30 p.m. to elect a new co- This means we need your help! Recipients We look forward to seeing you in Denver! Executive Director ...... Mariana Whitmer Jura Pintar, New Haven, CT chair and discuss student ideas and issues. of the Student Travel Endowment are Standing Committee Chairs: Kimberly Marshall, Pullman, WA Check the program for the location, or required to help out with the closing of — Vilde Aaslid and Doug Shadle Finance: Paul Laird; Long-Range Planning: John Graziano; Honors and Awards: Mary Wallace Davidson; Michael Joiner, Goleta, CA 2007 Lowens Award (Book): Neil Lerner; 2007 Lowens Award (Article): Bonny Miller; Housewright Erin Scheffer,Tallahassee, FL Dissertation 2007: Jane Riegel Ferencz; Mark Tucker Award: Theo Cateforis; Membership: Karen from the president Kevin Lewis, Cincinnati, OH Call for Manuscripts Bryan; Conference Site Selection: Joice Waterhouse Gibson; Nominating: Judith Tick; Public Relations: Steven Young, Taunton, MA The University of Rochester Press Vacant; Book Publications Subvention (Johnson Bequest): James Lovensheimer; Sight and Sound: Kip Rachel Chacko, Boulder, CO dissertations on American music topics; welcomes manuscripts in its new series, Lornell; Silent Auction: Student Forum; Publications Council: Michael Broyles; Cultural Diversity: Steven the Eastman/Rochester Studies in Eth- Swayne. and the full funding of the many awards Post-Graduate: given at out annual meetings. nomusicology. We invite submissions of Willa Collins, Miami, FL The government has extended the work on all aspects of music in contem- Appointments and Ad Hoc Committees: porary world cultures. We seek new and ACLS Delegate: Michael Broyles; Archivist: Susan Koutsky; Committee on Publication of American Elizabeth Scoggin, Watertown, MA IRA Charitable Rollover, which was original manuscripts, primarily based on Music: Judith McCulloh; SAM History Project: Denise Von Glahn; US-RILM Representative: Denise Colin Roust, Oberlin, OH originally to expire last December. Indi- the anthropological method of ethno- Von Glahn; Registered Agent for the District of Columbia: Samuel Brylawski. viduals 70 ½ and over can transfer up to graphic fieldwork, that examine inter- Interest Groups: $100,000 per year to a qualified charity sections between contemporary musical American Band History: Susan Koutsky; American Music in American Schools and Colleges: Christine Individuals: such as SAM. This benefit, which can practices of all kinds and their social and de Catanzaro and James V. Worman; Connecting Outside the Academy: Joseph Horowitz; Dance: Renee Rochelle Sennet, Urbana, IL satisfy minimum distribution require- cultural contexts. Camus; Early American Music: Nicholas Butler; Folk and Traditional Music: Ron Pen; Gay/Lesbian/ James Haines, Lancaster, PA ments, has been extended through De- Although authors working in all ar- Bisexual/Transgendered: David Patterson; Gospel and Church Music: Roxanne Reed; Historiography: Anna Celenza, Washington, DC cember 31, 2009. If you fall into that eas of ethnomusicology are encouraged Michael Pisani; Music of Latin America and the Caribbean: Paul Laird; Musical Theatre: James Sara Heimbecker, Greeley, CO category of gift giving, please contact to submit their work, we especially seek Lovensheimer; Popular Music: Philip A. Todd; Research on Gender and American Music: Melissa de Susan Pickett, Walla Walla, WA Graaf; Research Resources: Alisa Rata; Twentieth-Century Music: David Patterson Mariana Whitmer. And, of course, the studies that illuminate the relationship Steven Bruns, Longmont, CO between music, gender and sexual- Board and I appreciate any contribu- Electronic Resources Clarity James, Radford, VA ity. Both single and multiple-authored Paula Conlon, Norman, OK Dear SAM colleagues, tion that arrives with your renewal. works will be considered. Submissions Listserv: [email protected] As the holidays and the end of the In case you’ve missed the news, may also include supplementary materi- Website: http://www.american-music.org Margaret Foote, Richmond, KY year approach, the mail piles up with JSAM, under the expert editorship of als, such as CDs, DVDs, and web-based Peter Lefferts,Lincoln, NE requests and pleas for those end-of-the- our departing editor, Ellie Hisama, has materials. An Advisory Board, consisting year contributions that will help this or garnered two important awards in the of scholars from a variety of institutions Annual Conferences Spouse/Partners: that charity. And then there are those two years of its existence: an ASCAP will oversee the series. 35th Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado Karen Shadle, Durham, NC pesky phone solicitations. Well, here I Deems Taylor award to Laurie Stras for Anyone interested in submitting work John Koegel, Program Committee Chair am asking, on behalf of SAM, for your her article “White Face, Black Voice: for consideration should send a project Larry Worster, Local Arrangements Chair International Individual Members: generous contributions as we close out Race, Gender, and Region in the Music proposal or prospectus to the series edi- Paul Attinello, Newcastle UK tor, Ellen Koskoff. The proposal should this tumultuous year of financial crises. of the Boswell Sisters”; and the AMS’s 36th Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Miguel Olmos Aguilar, Tijuana, Baja include: 1) a brief description of the Michael Pisani, Program Committee Chair We have a number of important needs H. Colin Slim award to Christopher California work addressing its intended contribu- James Deaville, Local Arrangements Chair to make SAM a financially stronger or- Reynolds for his article “Porgy and tion to the existing literature; 2) an ab- ganization. Among them are the impor- Bess: ‘An American Wozzeck’.” Both stract of 300 words or less, summarizing International Student Members: tant student travel fund, which allows awards appeared in issues of volume 1 the work’s content; 3) a complete Table Miwako Hibi, Tokyo, Japan our young members the ability to come of JSAM! of Contents; 4) one sample chapter. For Luci Mok, Toronto, Canada to our conferences and network with the further details, see the University of scholarly community of Americanists; — John Graziano Rochester Press website: www.urpress. the support of students who are writing com.

4 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 5 New Format Added for the Conference in Ottawa, 2010 SAM Members Win Big at 2008 ARSC Awards The board has approved the inclusion of FOR COORDINATORS (due Fri- regular SAM sessions, in which papers are a new format for the SAM conference in day, January 30, 2009): A broad topical read, papers for the conference seminars The Association for Recorded “ARSC’s Award for Distinguished Service History prize in the Best Research in Re- Ottawa, 2010. We are calling this new theme in some area of American Music will be posted at a password protected site Sound Collections (ARSC) is pleased to to Historical Recordings honors a person corded Blues, Rhythm and Blues or Soul moderated-panel format the “conference should first be proposed by someone who in advance of the conference, where they announce the winners of the 2008 ARSC who has made outstanding contributions Music category for her book How Brit- seminar.” The rationale behind this de- is willing to act as moderator or coordi- may be read by interested SAM members. Awards for Excellence in Historical Re- to the field, outside of published works or ain Got the Blues: The Transmission and velopment is to allow for a different kind nator for the seminar. Topics, even those At the conference, a short précis of the corded Sound Research. Begun in 1991, discographic research.” ARSC singled out Reception of American Blues Style in the of session that bears significantly on spe- focusing on specific genres or regions, paper may be given by each of the panel- the awards are presented to authors and Brylawski’s thirty four years at the Library United Kingdom (Ashgate); and William cific issues, genres, disciplines, styles, or should ideally be issue-oriented and be ists, but the bulk of the session will be de- publishers of books, articles, liner notes, of Congress, where he began in 1970 as A. Everett was awarded a Certificate of regions of American Music in which: 1) a construed broadly enough so they cannot voted to discussion of the papers as they and monographs, to recognize outstand- a transfer engineer. Over the next three Merit in the Best Research in Recorded specific theme or topic that reflects some be contained in a single panel. Proposals relate to the general theme. Since papers ing published research in the field of re- decades the served as a reference librarian Classical Music category for Sigmund current preoccupation in the field, some for seminar themes should be submitted will be posted electronically on the web, corded sound. In giving these awards, and later the Curator for recorded sound. Romberg (Yale University Press). recent hot-button issue, some important by January 30 and should consist of three we would like to encourage materials that ARSC recognizes outstanding contribu- The last eight years of his service at the but neglected area of study, or some new things: a 500-word abstract outlining the are recently published or “in press” as one tions, encourages high standards, and Library saw him as head of the Recorded field of research may be more deeply ex- theme, a bibliography, and a cv of the kind of submission that would be appro- promotes awareness of superior works. A Sound Section of the Motion Picture, plored; 2) a specific ongoing problem in coordinator. The proposal should convey priate for the seminar structure. These maximum of two awards is presented an- Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Di- the nature of American Music studies can the breadth of the topic, with reference papers may be full articles, up to 20 pag- nually in each category—one for best his- vision. Brylawski’s tenure at the Library be more extensively tackled; 3) a topic to relevant bibliographical sources. The es, and should include notes, examples tory and one for best discography. Certifi- oversaw the acquisition of collections of that cannot be contained in a single ses- coordinator submitting the proposal is (where relevant), and bibliography. All cates of Merit are presented to runners-up commercial, non-commercial, and broad- sion can be explored across several ses- also free to identify or recommend to the abstracts should be submitted in the usual for works of exceptionally high quality. cast recordings and manuscripts, as well sions and perhaps several days; and 4) program committee two or three present- way by the regular SAM deadline, except The 2008 Awards f or Excellence honor as the development of the online SONIC accepted papers could be read in advance ers. This is to insure that there is sufficient that the specific seminar topic should be works published in 2007. Additionally, database, which indexes 200,000 record- of the conference so that sessions can be expertise on the panel. The coordinator is clearly specified. Unless the author speci- a Lifetime Achievement Award and an ings, including 90,000 radio broadcast devoted principally to a moderated dis- responsible for contacting recommended fies otherwise, abstracts not accepted for Award for Distinguished Service to His- recordings of the NBC network. Today cussion of the topic. presenters as well as alerting those who either of the two seminars will be consid- torical Recordings are also presented an- he serves on the National Recording Topics and abstracts for seminars he or she thinks may be interested in ered by the program committee for one of nually. The 2008 winners include three Preservation Board and is the Editor and should be proposed in two stages. First, contributing abstracts in support of the the regular sessions. SAM Members. Project Manager of the Encyclopedic a coordinator proposes a topic. The pro- seminar theme. Each session will be 90 Although papers for the seminars will Sam Brylawski received the Award for Discography of Victor Recordings, by the gram committee will vet the topics (in minutes long with no stated limit on the not be “read” in the traditional sense, Distinguished Service to Historical Re- University of California, Santa Barbara. consultation with the board) and an- number of panelists. Once proposals for the act of participating in the seminar cordings. Of this award, ARSC writes, Roberta Freund Schwartz won the Best nounce the topics by March of 2009. Sec- seminar topics have been reviewed, the as a presenter and defending the ideas of ondly, individuals propose papers under two chosen by the program committee one’s paper constitutes the same level of the aegis of one of the topics. For the Ot- and board for the Ottawa conference will participation in an academic conference tawa conference, the board has approved be announced by the time SAM meets in as would a normal paper. For this reason, The Center for American Music from the the choice of two topics. The rest of the Denver in March, 2009. those submitting abstracts toward a semi- Receives National Leadership Grant editor conference sessions will be in the usual FOR INDIVIDUAL PROPOSERS/ nar cannot also submit toward a regular format. PANELISTS (due June 15, 2009): Unlike session. Did you teach a course in American The Institute of Museum and Library information services and serve as models music last semester, or are you prepping Services (IMLS) has awarded the Center to libraries across the nation.” The new one for the spring? Do you have research book reviews for American Music at the University of electronic version will be an enormous in progress that you want to share, or a Pittsburgh, in partnership with the So- boon to scholars in American music, recent research or teaching experience ciety for American Music, a 2008 Na- allowing them access to archival docu- that would be interesting and helpful The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance. By Chad Berry, ed. Urbana and Chicago: University of tional Leadership Grant in the amount of ments, scores, recordings, photos, and for your colleagues? The Bulletin is just Illinois Press, 2008. 215 pp. ISBN 978-0-252-07557-5. Paper. $39,826. The grant will be used to fund other materials all in one central online the place for descriptions and syllabi of a planning conference in April to kick off location. your courses on American music, short origins and early development, Tyler’s and the North”(33). Three other recent the start of RAMH2, the new electronic Experts in information technology, articles, and essays about your research, – Ronald D. Cohen version of Resources in American Music and in American-music archival and li- main contribution is his questioning “the studies also make this point: James P. teaching, and ideas about all aspects of Emeritus, Indiana University Northwest notion that country music is primar- Leary, Polkabilly: How the Goose Island History spearheaded by Deane Root, the brary resources will participate in the American music. Feel free to email me at Director of the Center for American Mu- planning of a new comprehensive refer- ily, and in some way, intrinsically, south- Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music [email protected] or talk ern”(31). Indeed, Tyler continues, “the (2006), which is much broader than it’s sic; Mary Wallace Davidson of Indiana ence tool for American music history. Re- Chad Berry, director of the Appalachian to me at our upcoming conference in dominant southernness of postwar coun- title would seem to indicate; Michael Ann University; and SAM Executive Direc- viewers for the IMLS were impressed that Center at Berea College, has brought Denver about articles you want to write together eight scholars to explore vari- try music should not grant the south- Williams, Staging Tradition: John Lair and tor Mariana Whitmer. Root will serve as the two-day conference will bring togeth- or topics you want to see covered. ern apologists an exclusive claim to the Sarah Gertrude Knott (2006); and Kristine Project Director. er specialists in metadata, information ous facets of the history of Chicago’s National Barn Dance NBD music’s historical roots. The dynamic folk M. McCusker, Lonesome Cowgirls and The RAHM2 grant is one of only nine technology, and union cataloging, with ( ), the long- — Kendra Leonard lasting radio program, launched in April traditions of string bands and songsters Honky-Tonk Angels: The Women of Barn planning grants made nationally by the preliminary work being done by experts 1924. Following the editor’s helpful from the 1920s and into the early 1930s Dance Radio (2008). Both McCusker IMLS and was chosen out of a field of one through solicited papers. Introduction, Paul Tyler follows with his and the more professionalized soloists, and Williams are also represented in The hundred and four proposals. IMLS iden- For more information on the project fascinating survey of the show, “The Rise vocal duos, and swing bands of the late Hayloft Gang. It would now appear that tified the collaborative project as “one and the April planning conference, visit of Rural Rhythm.” In addition to enhanc- thirties were equally developed by rural any future study of early country music that will have an impact on library and www.library.pitt.edu/RAMH2. musicians from the Midwest, the West, ing our understanding of the program’s continued on page 9

6 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 7 continued from page 7 Bulletin of the its early years, but the city was not the whose popularity faded along with the Journal of the Society for American Music appropriate base for country music in show. Michael Ann Williams ends with Society for American Music should reach beyond the South into at the latter part of the twentieth century. “The National Folk Festival,” drawing Volume 3, Number 1 (February 2009) least the Midwest, as a start. Nashville’s nurturing of it homegrown upon her book Staging Tradition, with Specifications and Rates for Special issue on Leonard Bernstein in Boston In describing the eclectic nature of the musical form trumped Chicago’s support the focus on the strained relationship Guest Editor: Sarah Adams performers on the NBD, Tyler notes that for rural-based music”(116). of John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott, Advertisements Contributors many are not well known because, despite Susan Smulyan has a short chap- who brought the National Folk Festival Foreword a few air-check recordings before 1945, ter on “Early Broadcasting and Radio once to Chicago in 1937. Stephen Parry The Bulletin of the Society for American they did little, if any, recording. There are Audiences.” Despite the assumption that ends with a discussion of his forthcoming Music is the regular conduit for keeping Leonard Bernstein’s Jewish Boston: An Introductory Note —Sarah Adams, Carol J. Oja, and Kay and some notable exceptions: Lulu Bell country music radio was aimed at a rural film, The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the Kaufman Shelemay members updated on the state of the and Scotty, the Prairie Ramblers, Gene audience, she argues that the NBD mostly National Barn Dance, hopefully out soon. discipline. It contains short articles and Articles Autry, Bradley Kincaid, the Hoosier Hot appealed to middle class women, although These essays touch upon numerous open discussions relating to American Leonard Bernstein’s Jewish Boston: Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Classroom—Carol J. Oja Shots, and Patsy Montana. Nevertheless, others were also among the shows out- aspects of a significant radio show, whose music, and occasional reviews of and Kay Kaufman Shelemay the artists published numerous song foli- reach audience. “What remained constant performers, performances, and audiences was the program’s ability to juggle appeals deserve much study and reflection. This books, recordings, and web resources. Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Jewish Community of His Youth: The Influence of Solomon os, so their repertoires are somewhat Braslavsky, Herman Rubenovitz, and Congregation Mishkan Tefila—Jonathan D. Sarna documented. Tyler discusses the perform- to the middle class, women, farmers, volume is only the beginning of such a It also includes information regarding ers of the first two decades, from the and African Americans, as well as to process, as scholars delve into the com- conferences and performances, along “Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves”: Bernstein’s Formative Relationship with Rhapsody in Blue—Ryan Raul Bañagale early rustics, through the star singers national, regional, and local audienc- plex history of country music, now hope- with news relating to member activities. and vocal duets, then the string bands es”(127). Michael Bertrand’s “Race and fully without limiting their range to the It is sent to members three times per Leonard Bernstein and the Harvard Student Union: In Search of Political Origins—Sheryl and more sophisticated musicians. Wayne Rural Identity” chapter focuses on the South and Southwest. One problem is in year. Circulation: 1,000 copies. About Kaskowitz Daniel follows with an analysis of the program’s racial and urban biases. The the definition(s) of country music, which 100 of these go to libraries. “Music of the Postwar Era.” New per- NBD generally avoided blackface minstrel is never the same as the broader terms Reviews formers appeared, such as Bob Atcher, stereotypes, while celebrating “traditional “traditional” or “vernacular” music, terms SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Books Homer and Jethro, and Captain Stubby standards and morals on a weekly basis. . which would include any and all aspects 15 December, 15 April, and 15 August and His Buccaneers. The film National . . 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Multimedia Keeping Score: Copland and the American Sound, San Francisco Symphony, dir. David Kennard $ 125.00 Full page: 10" high x 7½" wide and Joan Saffa (Howard Pollack) Eagle Minds: Selected Correspondence of Istvan Anhalt & George Rochberg, 1961-2005. Edited by Alan Gillmore. $ 75.00 Half page: 5" x 3¾" Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007. 474 pp. ISBN 978-1-554-58018-7 (hc). $ 50.00 Third page: 3½" x 7½" $ 40.00 Quarter page: 2½" x 2¼" The Bulletin of the Society for American Music ing—largely due to the composers’ initial Gillmor’s introduction offers a great – Rebecca Marchand reticence to publish their private cor- deal of insight into the paths shared by The Bulletin is published in the Winter (January), Spring (May), and Summer (September) All prices are per single issue. A 15% Providence College respondence—would include some kind Anhalt and Rochberg, diverging yet main- discount will apply for ads placed in by the Society for American Music. Copyright 2008 by the Society for American Music, It is not surprising that the correspon- of “running commentary” (332). While taining a connection through the almost all three issues of a volume. ISSN 0196-7967. dence of composers often illuminates Gillmor does provide exhaustive and con- constant flow of letters. Unfortunately, scientious footnotes and cross-references, Anhalt’s early letters to Rochberg were Editorial Board various consistent mythologies present in their biographical narratives. However, in he allows the two men to speak for not archived, so the beginning of the ELECTRONIC FILES Editor...... Kendra Leonard ([email protected]) this compendium of letters which details themselves through their engaging and book seems to shine a light more brightly ENCOURAGED Reviews Editor...... Brian Moon ([email protected]) the forty-five year friendship between almost archaic prose. 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Photographs or other try of intellectual worldviews intertwined with spiritual investigations, personal suf- though this were an earlier time, say the Biographies and correspondences that graphic materials should be accompanied by captions and desired location in the text. th th fering, and aesthetic introspection. 19 or 18 cent[ury] and to speak “out are published while their subjects are still Deadlines for submission of materials are 15 December, 15 April, and 15 August. Rochberg assumed that Gillmor’s proj- loud” in complete sentences their heart- ect, which was over a decade in the mak- felt thoughts” (333). continued on page 10

8 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 9 continued from page 9 “It is growing dark. And I do not wish Anhalt addresses it earlier than Rochberg, continued from page 10 to re-focus our attention temporarily on fun recording! Despite Valerie’s occasional to lose the sweetness of the day” (24). but the latter’s hospital stays seem brief what was happening in the entertain- belts, there is no attempt made to imitate living are open to a certain amount of The following year, Rochberg shares his and inconsequential interruptions to the views of Merman that that they present. ment world. When Flinn resumes the either Ethel or Fred’s vocal singing style. skepticism as one assumes the censorship first attempt to “employ other composer’s fervent workings of active and engaged Caryl Flinn’s carefully researched and Merman narrative, we return with addi- It is all about the songs themselves, not of less savory aspects of character and his- music” in his Contra Mortem et Tempus minds. While intellectually Rochberg engagingly written biography presents a tional insights. Examples include chap- the performers who made them famous. tory. While that may be the case here, the and reveals that Anhalt’s approving reac- prefers to follow poet Dylan Thomas in more complete, yet sensitive, understand- ter sections sub-titled: “Tin Pan Alley In addition to the standards identified letters, by and large, are glaringly honest tion to the work made him “greatly his rage against “that good night,” Anhalt ing of who Merman was and still is, in the and Ethnic Interplay” (11), “War and with these two stars, “I Got Rhythm” not only in the aesthetic and cultural encouraged to go on” to “follow this maintains his quiet journey, noting his hearts and minds of the American pub- Changes in American Entertainment” and “They Say It’s Wonderful” (Ethel), opinions offered by both composers, but general plan of action” in two works that “indifference” to the “machinations relat- lic. Flinn not only submits the facts of (124), “Changes in Popular Culture” and “Night and Day” and “Cheek to in each composer’s self-awareness. Anhalt would follow: Music for the Magic Theater ed to technology, dumbed-down enter- Merman’s life, but surrounds them with (197), and “Censorship” (231), to name Cheek” (Fred), there are also some origi- is more prone to humility, but even of the same year and String Quartet No. tainment”—machinations which fueled enlightened discussion of the how’s and just a few. These short forays away from nal arrangements which feature songs Rochberg seems to have a growing sense 3 (completed in 1972) (31). This latter rants to Rochberg in earlier correspon- why’s of “La Merm” (as she fondly refers Merman provide a break from the ongo- popularized by both. The “Show Biz that his letters serve as a testament to letter to Anhalt would seem to soften dence. to her). This is an enthusiastic biography ing story of her life, and also explain how Medley” for example, combines “There’s or against the profile formed by outside assertions that Rochberg had turned away Unfortunately, due to Rochberg’s sharp of Merman, with Flinn’s admiration and the changing world around her influ- No Business Like Show Business” with commentary. Late in 1992, Anhalt asks from music for a year following Paul’s decline in health in the Spring of 2005, respect for Merman shining behind every enced the increasingly complex trajectory “That’s Entertainment,” bringing two Rochberg, “How does one ‘know’ anyone death. his voice stops all too abruptly, and the sentence. of her life and career, as well as how her blockbusters together in a pleasing way. else? Difficult… we show to the outside Indeed, if there is an overall theme to book ends with a letter from Anhalt As Flinn explains in her acknowledge- audiences perceived her. The other combination is the “Dress Up ‘faces,’ or only ‘doors with shadows peek- the correspondence, it is that both Anhalt which counsels: “roam freely in memory- ments, this book was a “group effort.” A reader might not expect to laugh out Medley” featuring “Top Hat” and “My ing out from behind.’ How does one and Rochberg are “survivor sufferers” of space and be at peace, and take your med- She involved a long list of Merman’s col- loud when reading an academic biog- Walking Stick,” again combining two know oneself? A package of difficulties, the compositional process, critical recep- ication as prescribed” (411). It is a credit leagues, fans and relatives (especially the raphy, but the amusing anecdotes and songs made famous by each of these stars. this one too” (265). tion, personal trials, and most notably, to the collection of letters that the reader only surviving child, Robert Levitt, Jr., quirky statements made by Merman, There are some less familiar songs and It is Rochberg and Anhalt’s willing- the backdrop of world events. Anhalt’s feels a keen sense of sadness, as well as dis- who shares a great deal of insight into his and lovingly repeated in the pages of the hearing of these is greatly supple- ness to show each other more than ‘faces’ internment in a Hungarian Army labor appointment, that the exchange between mother’s character) to re-create the wild this book are hard to ignore. Flinn care- mented by Flinn’s biography. Songs like which lends authenticity and primacy camp during World War II guides much these two “eagle minds” has ended. ride that was Merman’s life. In addition fully documents each statement with a “Pick Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil” to the book. Anhalt remarks on several of his worldview, and Rochberg is sensi- Published correspondences such to personal remembrances, Flinn also supportive endnote; so many that one from Alexander’s Ragtime Band and “Give occasions that while the music of the two tive to Anhalt’s horrifying experiences. as this help clarify, if not debunk, assump- spent a great deal of time with the many cannot possibly keep turning to the back Him the Oo-La-La,” one of the “naugh- men differs in style, they share a fraternal Rochberg himself served as a second lieu- tions about or impositions on the works (more than 50!) volumes of scrapbooks of the book to check (better to skim the tier” (Flinn’s description) numbers from bond, expressed in their deep engagement tenant in the same war. The letters proof any artist. It is a satisfying opportunity that Merman and her father carefully endnotes after you’ve finished the book). Porter’s DuBarry Was a Lady—not your with the world, literature, theology, and vide commentary on Vietnam, ongoing to see the composers examine their own maintained over the years. In a two-page Once drawn in to the world of Merman typical high school musical fare. When philosophy. Both men take delight in conflicts in the Middle East, Canadian oeuvre both in-process and retrospec- epilogue (“A Word On the Scrapbooks”), with Flinn’s captivating narrative of her listening to “The Animal in Me” from the experience of each other’s music and and American politics, the Israeli-Arab tively. Anhalt, in particular, reinforces his Flinn explains their importance in pro- life, you can continue your adventure Paramount’s The Big Broadcast of 1936, it prose, and feel clearly close enough for conflict, the Oklahoma City bombing, sentiments on various topics by making viding a unique perspective not only on with help from Flinn’s appendices. These is easy to imagine Merman’s appearance honesty: Rochberg apologizes to Anhalt and September 11th. It is these topics, reference to his own works, most notably, Merman’s career, but also on the evolu- include a detailed discography (compiled as Flinn describes it, with “our city girl for “remain[ing] outside of the aesthetic” rather than music or art, where Anhalt his dramatic Traces (Tikkun) of 1994, in tion of media involvement in the making by Al F. Koenig, Jr.), a filmography, and traipsing across the jungle (rear projec- of Anhalt’s 1969 multi-media work Foci and Rochberg’s friendship appears to which he expressed an idealized hope for of a star. a listing of Merman’s stage works (com- tion conspicuously evident), swinging (102). traverse more stormy waters. Particularly “an end when I shall be able to return all Together the scrapbooks and interviews plete with authorial information, date on vines, sliding down poles, and finally In the case of Rochberg, one is tempted in the case of Israel and Judaism in the particles of my body to the totality of provide an entertaining and instructive and location of first performance, cast arriving in front of a set of chorus girls to immediately turn to the letters of general, each composer diplomatically the cosmic whole” (378). In addition to “behind the scenes” look at Broadway, information, and list of musical num- and trained elephants” (86). 1964, the year of his son Paul’s death at dances between ranting and dialoguing. providing a bouquet of quotable mate- and also Hollywood. Flinn’s perspective bers). Finally, the numerous photographs The energetic piano arrangements and the age of twenty. This has oft been cited Both men grapple with their Jewish back- rial, Eagle Minds is a springboard for as a film scholar provides new insight into spanning her entire career are splendid, vibrant performances of these songs are as the catalyst for Rochberg’s eschewal grounds/faith—Rochberg in his caus- much-needed research into the music and early Merman films. The discussion of giving those of us who never saw Merman compelling enough to cover the minor of the avant-garde and fierce defense of tic criticism of organized religion, and writings of two composers who together the filmic adaptations of Call Me Madam, prior to the 1960s a glimpse of the young imperfections in the recording. At times tonality. A mere three weeks after Paul’s Anhalt in his extensive investigations into supply a panoramic view of the cultural, Annie Get Your Gun, and Gypsy (the cast- glamour girl. the vibrato in some of the male voices death, Rochberg has no immediate raging Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah. political, and musical scene in North ing of Rosalind Russell as the lead was Oakton Recording’s Fred & Ethel: Great was slightly overwhelming, and the tap indictment of modernist techniques (this Neither Anhalt nor Rochberg seems to America through the turn of the twenty- a disappointing shock to Merman), are Songs of Astaire & Merman nicely comple- dancing interludes were a little strange, follows some years later), and he seems have any particular angst regarding their first century. particularly noteworthy. By looking to ments Brass Diva. This CD brings togeth- lacking the complementary visual, but mostly absorbed by his son’s own words: advancing years, only both see it as reality. the west coast with the eyes of an east- er a collection of songs composed not for incentive to seek out upcoming perfor- erner, born and bred on staged musicals, Astaire and Merman to sing together, mances of this talented group. Overall Flinn helps us understand how the filmed but rather works composed for each of this quartet of talented performers has Brass Diva: The Legend and Lives of Ethel Merman. By Caryl Flinn. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. musical differs from the stage musical in them by the same collection of outstand- provided us with yet another recording in 556 pp. ISBN 978-0520229426. (hc). a way that perhaps we didn’t before. The ing songwriters; primarily Gershwin, the series of American popular songs and Fred & Ethel: Great Songs of Astaire & Merman. By Benjamin Sears, Bradford Conner, Valerie Anastasio, and Tim physical attributes of the stage, the acous- Berlin, and Porter. This CD features the we look forward to more. Harbold. Boston: Oakton Recordings. OR 1002. tic qualities, the potential for ad libs or delightful singing of Benjamin Sears, The Oakton recording will easily bring improvised dialogue, and the interaction Bradford Conner, Valerie Anastasio, and you back to the days when staged and with the audience are removed from the Tim Harbold. The piano accompaniment film musicals were able to divert a nation – Mariana Whitmer wonderful biography and the latest CD Merman, dictated by her in 1954 and film version. It is Flinn’s careful descrip- is equally divided between Connor and from hard times. The Flinn biography from Bradford Conner and Benjamin 1978, present one perspective on her University of Pittsburgh tion of these characteristics in many of Harbold, and arrangements and adapta- will enrich that experience with a depth Sears, help us escape into the wonderful increasingly complicated life and career. Merman’s stage performances that high- tions were provided by Conner, Anastasio of knowledge of the singers, the songs, We are indeed fortunate, particularly world of American musical theatre—a While not discounting the biographical lights their absence in the filmed musi- and Harbold. the culture, and the era. Both are a won- during these times of political and eco- place where dancing and singing (espe- information included therein, Flinn alerts cals, which may be free of blunders but The studio recording is based on the derful combination to keep our spirits nomic change, to have the memories cially singing) are more important than us to the biased and perhaps problematic remains the same for every performance. group’s successful cabaret performance, buoyant as we weather whatever storms and musical talent of Ethel Merman and bailouts and high gas prices. Flinn contextualizes Merman’s career giving the renditions a lively, spontaneous lie ahead. Fred Astaire to entertain us. Caryl Flinn’s Two previous autobiographies of continued on page 11 in an engaging fashion by using sidebars music-making quality to them. This is a

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Members in the News entitled “Hymnology in the Service of ures of Latin American music. November CFP: The Music Graduate Students visit www.music.mcgill.ca/mgss/sympo- festival website: http://www.calvin.edu/ the Church: Essays in Honor of Harry 10th, the opening night, was dedicated Society (MGSS) of the Schulich School sium/ for further information. admin/sao/festival/. Please email a 300- Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, Director Eskew” (St. Louis: Morning Star Music, to the piano music of Mexico. Cesar of Music at McGill University announces word abstract (attached in Word format) of Musicians of Ma’alwyck, an ensem- 2008). Reyes, the festival’s founder and direc- the call for papers for the 2009 McGill CFP: Festival of Faith and Music, April to Drs. Benita Wolters-Fredlund and ble that is in residence at the 1763 tor, presented the lecture-recital “Piano Music Graduate Symposium. Submission 2-4, 2009 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mary McCampbell at ffmcfp@gmail. Albany home of General Philip Schuyler, Post-Classical Ensemble, the DC cham- Masterworks of Mexican Nationalism.” in all areas related to music, including MI The Festival of Faith & Music is a com no later than January 20, 2009. announces three performances of the ber orchestra of which Joe Horowitz is The recital was dedicated to the mem- but not limited to the following, will biennial conference that brings together CFP: Musical Heritage: Movement and 1783 comic opera The Poor Soldier of Artistic Director, has produced another ory of José Pablo Moncayo on the 50th be considered: communications, com- musicians, journalists, academics, stu- Contacts International Conference, William Shield and John O’Keeffe. The Naxos DVD featuring a classic American anniversary of his death, which marked position, ethnomusicology, music cogni- dents and lovers of music and popular October 29- November 1, 2009, Faculty performances, January 23-25, 2009 film score: The City, with music by the end of the nationalistic period in tion, music education, music technology, culture to discuss diverse forms of popu- of Music, Universite de Montreal. The will be held at Schenectady County Aaron Copland. As with Post-Classical Mexico. November 17th, the second music theory, musicology, performance lar music and issues of faith. Planned Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques Community College and feature a cast Ensemble’s previous DVD of The Plow night of the festival, was an exploration (including lecture-recitals), and sound participants include The Hold Steady, du monde (LRMM - OICCM) in asso- of singers from the New York City and that Broke the Plains and The River, of Latin American songs performed by recording. This year’s keynote speaker is Over The Rhine, and T Bone Burnett, ciation with the Canadian Society for Glimmerglass Opera Companies and a the film is mated to a fresh record- some of the most gifted Latin American Steve Waksman, Professor of Music and and we anticipate the inclusion of many Traditional Music (CSTM) invites you twenty-two piece orchestra. In addition ing of the music (which Horowitz con- singers living in New York. This recit- American Studies at Smith College in other artists. Our keynote speaker will to its international conference, Musical to the performances a display of 18th and siders Copland’s most successful for al was a music celebration in memory Northampton, MA. Professor Waksman is be Cornel West, and other confirmed Heritage: Movement and Contacts, in 19th century manuscripts related to this film). The release date is late January. of Henrietta Yurchenco, an American the award-winning author of Instruments speakers include Makoto Fujimura, Josh Montréal (Canada) from October 29th opera will be on display in the lobby of Concurrently, Post-Classical Ensemble ethnomusicologist who made some of of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Jackson (creator of Paste Magazine), to November 1st 2009. Abstract sub- theater. An excerpt from this production presents “Copland and the Cold War,” the most important recordings of Latin Shaping of Musical Experience (Harvard, Jessica Hopper, Terry Mattingly, Cathleen missions are now accepted. Submission is being filmed for a documentary on a concert with commentary on Jan. 31 American folk and indigenous music. 1999). Abstracts (400-word max.) should Falsani, and Andy Crouch. We are seek- deadline: February 2, 2009. Full details: New York State. For more information: at Georgetown University. The program The closing concert of the Festival, held be emailed to [email protected]. ing proposals for 20 minute (2,000-2,500 [email protected] www.musiciansofmaalwyck.org. includes piano works, excerpts from The on November 24th, consisted of Latin ca by January 16, 2009. Papers should word) papers that address issues of faith or http://lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca/. City, and a re-enactment of Copland’s tes- American Piano Dances from Colombia, be approximately 20 minutes in length; in popular music and its various social Flutist Peter H. Bloom performed a timony before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, lecture-recitals may be up to 40 minutes. and cultural contexts. We are particularly CFP: Submissions are now being concert-lecture, The Flute in Nineteenth- subcommittee. The participants include the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Applicants will be notified of the pro- interested in papers related to our art- accepted for the Thurnau Award Century New York, presented by The New the historian Joseph McCartin, the music The evening was dedicated to the Cuban– gram committee’s decision via email by ists and speakers. Updates on confirmed for Music Theatre Studies for York Flute Club (November 2008) at historian Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett, and American Maestro Germán Diez, honor- February 2, 2009. We invite applicants to artists and speakers can be found on the young scholars which will be awarded the Yamaha Piano Salon in Manhattan. the pianist Benjamin Pasternack. ing his contributions to the teaching The program featured repertoire heard of Latin American music in the United in New York from the 1820s to the On April 22, at DC’s Harman Center for States. This festival was a part of the 3rd National Call for Applications 1890s (music by American composers the Arts, Post-Classical Ensemble presents Annual Latin American Cultural Week. Lanier, Schade, Downe and others), per- a “John Adams Snapshot,” with perfor- formed on historical instruments by New mances of American Berserk, Phrygian The James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies of Emory University invites York makers, including Alfred G. Badger Gates, and Gnarly Buttons. The pianist applications for its Visiting Scholars Program whose focus is upon the modern civil rights movement. Sup- (arguably the most significant American is Benjamin Pasternack, the clarinetist ported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Visiting Scholars Program provides flute maker of the 19th century), Edward David Krackauer, the conductor Angel up to five fellowships for both junior and senior scholars and their career equivalents each academic year. We Riley, Allen Jollie, James Hoey, Charles Gil-Ordóñez. For further information: welcome applications from scholars in the humanities, the humanistic social sciences and law. We are inter- Monzani, and William Meinell. Bloom www.post-classicalensemble.org. is author of the A.G. Badger entry in ested in research projects in American Studies, African American Studies, English, Ethnic Studies, Gay and the forthcoming Lexikon der Flöte. Also Alejandro L. Madrid (University of Lesbian Studies, History, Law, Music and Women’s Studies that examine the origins, evolution, impact and in the Fall of 2008, Bloom toured the Illinois at Chicago) has been award- legacy of the modern civil rights movement from 1905, or the rise of the Niagara Movement, to the present. Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and ed a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct We also support research projects that examine the civil rights movement and its points of intersection with Northeast with diverse ensembles includ- research on music, dance, and racial other social movements such as the Women’s Movement, the Gay and Lesbian Movement and the Human ing Ensemble Chaconne, The Olmsted relations between Mexico, Cuba, and Ensemble, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra New Orleans. He also received an Rights Movement. Scholars will each teach one course in the spring semester. The deadline for applications is (36th season), the Duo “2” with pianist Institute for the Humanities Fellowship January 15, 2009. Notification of award is February 16, 2009. Visiting Scholars will be in residence at Emory’s Mary Jane Rupert (featuring Bloom’s from UIC towards the completion of his Johnson Institute for the academic year 2009-2010. Candidates must hold a Ph. D. or a terminal degree in transcription for alto flute of Marion book entitled “Julián Carrillo and the law at the time of application. Bauer’s viola sonata), and mezzo-soprano Cosmopolitan Imagination: Modernity, D’Anna Fortunato and pianist Mary Jane Distinction, and Ethnicity in 20th-Cen- Please visit the following website for a downloadable application: Rupert in a program that included works tury Mexico.” http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/images-support/JWJap.pdf by American composers Daniel Pinkham, George Gershwin, and Elizabeth Vercoe. The First Annual Latin American Piano For more information contact: Email [email protected] or visit and Song Festival was held in New York The James Weldon Johnson Institute www.americanmusicworks.com for more in November 2008. The festival, unique Building A information. in the United States, was dedicated to 1256 Briarcliff Road the exploration of the classical, folk and Atlanta, GA 30306 Harry Eskew, Professor Emeritus of New popular traditions of Latin American Phone: 404-727-2515 Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, piano and song repertoire. The event paid has been honored with a festschrift tribute to three of the most important fig- Website: http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/

12 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 The Bulletin of the Society for American Music • Vol. XXXV, No. 1 13 conference calendar, cont. the second time in 2009. The Thurnau approach to questions on musical cov- served basis. The registration fee is $100 Institute for Music Theatre Studies ers including: what new light can they for professionals and academics, $60 for at Bayreuth University in Germany then bring to the act of creation within students. Checks should be made out (Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater – popular music, as well as to the latter’s payable to the AMS mailed to Michael fimt) is an internationally unique research relationships to their own history? How Pisani, Symposium Program Director, institution focusing on music theatre. We can covers inform us about the ontology Vassar College, Box 595, Poughkeepsie, are looking for modern, creative and out- of popular musics? What are the differ- New York, 12604. Deadline for registra- standing methodological approaches in ent interrogations specific to each type of tion is Friday, January 30. Registration music theatre studies, trying to encourage cover (tribute, diversion, parody, revival, after that date, paid by mail or onsite, will interesting topics in neglected fields of recontextualization, etc.)? General analy- be $120. (Student registration remains research. Please send in your stimulating ses and case studies are expected and the same.) For details, visit http://www. academic article from 18.000- 27.000 welcome. Contributions must be sent by usc.edu/libraries/about/programs_exhi- characters incl. blank spaces (10-15 pages) email before April 15, 2009 to the fol- bitions/events/FilmMusic. which can be written in English, German, lowing addresses: [email protected], French or Italian. The essay may just be [email protected], jedediah- Conference: prepared for publication or already be [email protected]. “Music and Memory” 9th Annual published (not longer than 2 years ago). Conference, The University of Texas at The deadline is February 15, 2009. Full Conference: Austin details: http://www.fimt.uni-bayreuth. Forum on Music & Christian Saturday, March 7, 2009. GAMMA-UT, de/de/Thurnauer_Wissenschaftspreis/ Scholarship, 2009 Annual Meeting, the Graduate Association of Music and index. February 27-28, 2009, Musicians at UT, announces its ninth University of Notre Dame, Departments annual conference, “Music and Memory,” CFP: Echo: a music-centered journal is of Music and Theology. to be held on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 pleased to announce its fourth annu- The 2009 annual meeting of the Forum at The University of Texas at Austin. al conference, “Music and Humor,” to on Music and Christian Scholarship will Graduate students from the areas of be held at UCLA on June 5-6, 2009. be held in McKenna Hall (the Center for music theory, composition, musicology, Scholars from all disciplines are invited Continuing Education) at the University ethnomusicology, and performance will to submit proposals for papers on this of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. meet to share their research and compos- theme. Submissions must be received by Complete information is available at the ers will present their works in a concert February 27, 2009 and may be sent elec- web site: www.fmcs.us/2009. to be held that evening. This year’s key- tronically to [email protected] (please note speaker is Aaron Fox (Columbia put “Echo Conference Submission” Conference: Symposium: Musicological University). For more, visit http://gam- and your last name in the subject line). Film Studies: Sources, Bibliography, and maut.music.utexas.edu. Please visit http://www.echo.ucla.edu/ Editions, Doheny Library, University of Volume8-Issue1/conference09.html for Southern California, February 26-28, Conference: The Harvard Graduate full information. 2009. This three-day symposium on film Music Forum announces its sixth gradu- music editions and sources will include ate student conference, “Un-Music,” tak- CFP: Africa Meets North America scholars from the United States, Canada, ing place on March 7, 2009. For a full Conference, October 22-25, 2009, Mexico, England, Germany, and Italy schedule and information, visit http:// University of California, Los Angeles. speaking on issues such as sources and www.hcs.harvard.edu/gradmus after This global Symposium, hosted by archives of film music, issues of acces- February 1, 2009. Dialogues in Music Project, will focus sibility, and editions (and what those on scholarly sessions, which demonstrate would entail). Invited speakers include Conference: intercultural relations between Africa and Richard Smiraglia (editor-in-chief, Crosscurrents: American and European North America, and will feature special Knowledge Organization, Palmer School Music in Interaction, 1900-2000 discussion sessions directed by compos- of Library and Information Science, Long (Crosscurrents: Wechselwirkungen ers and performers. The Festival will Island University), James D’Arc (of the zwischen amerikanischer und europäisch- feature interactive workshops, original Film Music Archive, Brigham Young er Musik, 1900-2000), Ludwig- compositions, and live concerts demon- University), James Wierzbicki (executive Maximilians-Universität Munich, strating intercultural relations between editor of MUSA), as well as archivists May 7-9, 2009. Info: http://crosscur- Africa and North America. Registration from Warner Brothers, UCLA and USC, rents08-09.org. begins November 20, 2008. DEADLINE and the Margaret Herrick Library at the for Registration and proposal submis- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Conference: Heavy Metal and Gender, sion: March 15, 2009. Register at www. Sciences. The third day of the conference Cologne, 8-10 Oct 2009 University of amna.ethnomusic.ucla.edu. For addi- will be linked with the regional AMS chap- Music Cologne / Hochschule für Musik tional information contact Dr. Kimasi L. ter meeting. In addition to those already Köln, Germany. For full information, Browne at [email protected]. scheduled to give talks and participate in visit www.metalandgender.de. roundtable discussions, the symposium CFP: “Covers in Music” This issue of is open to a maximum of 40 additional Copyright proposes a multidisciplinary participants, based on a first-come, first-

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Further information is available at the Irving Lowens Memorial Awards Student Travel Grants website (www.american-music.org) or by The Irving Lowens Award is offered by Grants are available for student members contacting the SAM office. the Society for American Music each who wish to attend the annual conference year for a book and article that, in the of the Society for American Music. These judgment of the awards committee, makes funds are intended to help with the cost H. Earle Johnson Bequest for Book an outstanding contribution to the study Publication Subvention of travel. Students receiving funds must be of American music or music in America. members of the Society and enrolled at a This fund is administered by the Book Self-nominations are accepted. Application college or university (with the exception of Publications Committee and provides deadline is February 15th. doctoral students, who need not be formally two subventions up to $2,500 annually. enrolled). Application deadline is January 1. Application deadline is November 15th. Wiley Housewright Dissertation Mark Tucker Award Sight and Sound Subvention Award This award consists of a plaque and cash The Mark Tucker Award is presented at This fund is administered by the Sight and the Business Meeting of the annual SAM Sound Committee and provides annual award given annually for a dissertation that makes an outstanding contribution conference to a student presenter who has subventions of approximately $700-$900. to American music studies. The Society written an outstanding paper for delivery for American Music announces its annual at that conference. In addition to the competition for a dissertation on any topic recognition the student receives before the relating to American music, written in Society, there is also a plaque and a cash English. Application deadline is February award. 15th, for dissertations completed between 1 January and 31 December of previous year.

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