The American Bach Society
Research Grants and Prizes
William H. Scheide Research Grants
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: edwardsbutler (AT) telus.net
2009. No grant awarded.
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, "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. Nominations are due by February 15 for works published in the previous two calendar years and should be sent to: edwardsbutler (AT) telus.net. Self-nominations are welcome.
2010. Steven Zohn. Music for a Mixed Taste: Style, Genre, and Meaning in Telemann's Instrumental Works. Oxford University Press, 2008.
2008. Tanya Kevorkian. Baroque Piety: Religion, Society, and Music in Leipzig, 1650-1750. Ashgate, 2007.
2006. Mark Peters. "A Reconsideration of Bach's Role as Text Redactor in the Ziegler Cantatas." Bach 36 (2005).
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Andrew Talle. "Nürnberg, Darmstadt, Köthen — Neuerkenntnisse zur Bach-Überlieferung in der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts." Bach-Jahrbuch 89 (2003).
2004. Matthew Dirst. "Doing missionary work: Dwight's Journal of Music and the American Bach awakening." In Stephen A. Crist, ed., Bach Perspectives 5.
2002. Paul M. Walker. Theories of fugue from the age of Josquin to the age of Bach. University of Rochester Press, 2000.
2000. Daniel R. Melamed and Reginald L. Sanders. "Zum Text und Kontext der 'Keiser' Markuspassion." Bach-Jahrbuch 85 (1999): 35-50.
1998. Peter Wollny. "Neue Bach-Funde." Bach-Jahrbuch 83 (1997): 7-50.
1996. Michael Marissen. The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Princeton University Press, 1995.
1994. Jeanne Swack. "On the Origins of the 'Sonate auf Concertenart.'" Journal of the American Musicological Society 46 (1993): 369-414.
1992. John Butt. Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach. Cambridge University Press, 1990.