ARSC Awards for Excellence: 2004 Winners
Best Research in Recorded Popular Music
Best Discography
Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1890-1930 by Don Rayno (Scarecrow Press)Best History
Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions by Mark Eden Horowitz and Stephen Sondheim (Scarecrow Press)
Best Research in Recorded Classical Music
Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style by Michael Musgrave (ed.) and Bernard D. Sherman (ed.) (Cambridge University Press)
Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul (two winners; a tie)
Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music by Teresa L. Reed (University Press of Kentucky)
Swinging the Machine: Modernity, Technology and African-American Culture Between the World Wars by Joel Dinerstein (University of Massachusetts Press)
Best Research in Recorded Jazz
Best History
Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz by Terry Gibbs with Cary Ginell (Scarecrow Press)Best Discography
Jean “Django” Reinhardt: A Contextual Bio-Discography, 1910-1953 by Paul Vernon (Ashgate)
Best Research Recorded Blues and Gospel Music
Great God a’Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music by J. Jerome Zolten (Oxford University Press)
Best Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers
Folkways Records: Moses Asch and his Encyclopedia of Sound by Anthony Olmstead (Routledge)
