[ARSCLIST] FW: [AMS-L:3706] BRITISH LIBRARY EDISON FELLOWSHIP

["Farrington, Jim" <jfarrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarding from the American Musicological Society list.

Jim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Day, Tim
> To: 'ams-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Sent: 9/30/2004 8:30 AM
> Subject: [AMS-L:3706] BRITISH LIBRARY EDISON FELLOWSHIP
> 
> THE BRITISH LIBRARY
> 
> VISITING EDISON FELLOWSHIP
> 
> The British Library's Edison Fellowship Programme is designed to
> encourage
> scholarship devoted to the history of recordings of western art music
> and
> music in performance through creating the conditions for concentrated
> use of
> the Sound Archive's collections of discs and tapes.
> 
> The subjects of research under the scheme have included historical
> performance analyses of Bach's B Minor Mass and of Bartók's string
> quartets,
> an examination of the changing vocal techniques that resulted from the
> introduction of verismo opera styles, the creation through gramophone
> records of new audiences for classical music in Britain and 
> in France up
> to
> the middle of the twentieth century, performance styles of 
> the Hungarian
> Violin School 1910-1940, and recordings - including the composers' own
> archival recordings - of music by Elisabeth Lutyens and Elizabeth
> Maconchy.
> 
> The Library is offering on a competitive basis an Edison Fellowship
> between
> September 2005 and August 2006. This may be held as a full- or a
> part-time
> appointment. Proposals will be considered which treat any 
> aspect of the
> history of recording and the performance of western art music. The
> period of
> the Fellowship will be agreed at the time it is offered, but 
> the tenure
> will
> not exceed four months' continuous residence nor the award 
> exceed £5000.
> 
> Closing date for applications: Tuesday 7 December 2004
> 
> For further details write to:
> Timothy Day
> The British Library Sound Archive
> 96 Euston Road
> London NW1 2DB
> Tel: 020 7412 7432 Fax: 020 7412 7441
> Email: tim.day@xxxxx
> 
> 
> 
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