2021 Winners: ARSC Awards for ExcellenceThe Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a virtual ceremony at ARSC’s annual conference, which will be hosted in May 2022. Additional information about the ARSC Conference and the ARSC Awards for Excellence may be found on the association's website. Begun in 1991, the ARSC Awards for Excellence are awarded to authors of books, articles, or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes the contributions of these individuals, aims to encourage others to emulate their high standards, and hopes to promote readership of their work. Two awards are presented annually in each category, for best history and best discography, and others are acknowledged with Certificates of Merit. Awards are presented to both the authors and publishers of winning publications. The 2021 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2020. Read the full press release here. Select titles below for links to:
and other independent publishing sites. [ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock and Soul Music ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country or Roots Music ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Folk, or World Music ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels and General Recording Topics ]
For more information, please contact Roberta Freund Schwartz (University of Kansas). Winners are chosen by a committee consisting of three elected judges representing specific fields of study, two judges-at-large, the review editor of the ARSC Journal and the President or past President of ARSC. The 2021 ARSC Awards Committee consists of the following: Rob Bamberger (Jazz Music Judge); John Haley (Classical Music Judge); Matthew Barton (Popular Music Judge and ARSC President); Cary Ginell (Judge-At-Large); Richard Spottswood (Judge-at-Large); James Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal); Patrick Feaster (ARSC Past President); and Roberta Freund Schwartz (Awards Committee Chair).
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
©ARSC (last updated:
|