KURT WEILL PRIZE
Call for Nominations
The Prize committee (representatives of the Kurt Weill Foundation, American Musicological Society, American Society for Theatre Research, Modern Language Association) welcomes nominations for the Kurt Weill Prize 2009 for distinguished scholarship in twentieth-century music theater (including opera), for works first published in calendar years 2007 and 2008. There will be two 2009 Kurt Weill Prize awards: the author of the winning book entry will receive a cash award of $2,500; and the author of the winning article entry will receive $500.
Media may include not only print (book, major scholarly article in a journal, chapter, or essay; critical edition), but also audio-recording, video-recording, multi-media projects, and on-line publications, provided there is a tangible scholarly component. Edited multi-author collections of essays are not eligible in the book category, although single essays from such collections may be nominated in the article category. Works addressing the American music theater are particularly encouraged.
Authors of nominated entries need not be members of the sponsoring organizations, nor are there citizenship or language restrictions. Nominations are solicited from individuals, publishers, scholarly societies, and institutions, but self-nominations are encouraged as well. The address of the author and five copies of the nominated work must be submitted before 30 April 2009 to the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, 7 East 20th Street, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10003, USA. For further information, contact Carolyn Weber at the Kurt Weill Foundation at (212) 505 5240, consult the Foundation's web site: http://www.kwf.org, or e-mail the Foundation at kwfinfo@kwf.org.