The American Bach Society

Research Grants and Prizes

William H. Scheide Research Grants for 2007

In 2007 William H. Scheide Research Grants were awarded to John Koster and Russell Stinson.

Koster, conservator of the National Music Museum and professor of music at the University of South Dakota, will use his award to continue his survey of early German harpsichord building. In particular, he will examine an instrument constructed in 1726 by I. N. Cusseneers of Düsseldorf that is now in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia. His study of this rare, perhaps unique, example of Rheinish harpsichord making will help explicate the nature of a regional school of great historical significance, especially in its relationship to other German schools.

Stinson, professor of music and college organist at Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, will travel to the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna to study the numerous markings made by Schoenberg in his personal copies of Bach’s organ works.

 

William H. Scheide Research Grants

    The American Bach Society awards William H. Scheide Research Grants to support research on Bach or figures in his circle.

The William H. Scheide Research Grant, a stipend ordinarily ranging from $500 to $4000, awarded biennially to a member of the Society, provides support for a research project on Bach or figures in his circle. This grant is ordinarily available to Ph.D. candidates as well as those who have held the doctorate for no longer than seven years. Awards will normally go to citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada.

Applications should include a research proposal of no more than three double-spaced pages, along with a curriculum vitae and a budget, all in English. The committee will favor proposals that include concrete statements of (1) the materials to be consulted (specific scores, books, instruments, etc.) if research in libraries or archives is proposed, and why it is necessary to examine them on-site; (2) a clear itinerary if travel is involved; and (3) the nature of ultimate outcome of the research (book, article, edition, etc.).

Grants will be awarded in odd-numbered years, with applications due in the fall of the preceding year. To apply, please send a description of your research project and a budget by October 1 to awards@americanbachsociety.org.

2007 John Koster, research on a harpsichord at Colonial Williamsburg; and Russell Stinson, research at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna

 

2005 James A. Brokaw, II and Russell T. Stinson, "Brahms reading Bach: Brahms’ Annotations to the Organ and Harpsichord Works in His Library"

 

2003 Tanya Kevorkian, "Religious Practices and Society in Leipzig, 1650-1750";  Jason Grant, "Concert oratorios by Georg Philipp Telemann"; Raymond Erickson, "Bach, Jews and Judaism, and the Early Enlightenment in Leipzig"; Peter Wollny, "Source-Critical Studies in American Bach Sources"; Russell Stinson, "The Reception of Bach's Organ Works."

 

2000. David Schulenberg, “A Study of the Development of Bach’s Weimar Compositional Style in the Context of Repertory Associated with Dresden.”

 

1998. Stephen Crist, “Originality and Convention in the Arias of J. S. Bach.”

 

1996. Melvin Unger, “The ‘Theologia Crucis’ in J. S. Bach’s Cantatas.”

 

1992. Russell Stinson, “Bach the Teacher: A Study of his Pupils and Pedagogical Methods.”

William H. Scheide Prize

The William H. Scheide Prize, a sum of $1000 to be awarded biennially, honors a publication of exceptional merit on Bach or figures in his circle by a member of the Society in the early stages of his or her career. Awards will normally go to citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Eligible publications include books, articles or editions that have appeared in the previous two calendar years. Nominations, which may be submitted by any member of the Society, should include the name of the author along with a complete bibliographic citation.

The Prize will be awarded in even-numbered years, with nominations due in the spring following the award period. Nominations for publications should be sent by February 15 to awards@americanbachsociety.org. Self-nominations are welcome.