Project Grant RQ28692222
- This $204,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) supports the "Music of the United States of America" (MUSA) scholarly edition series. The MUSA project, operated by the American Musicological Society (AMS), involves the publication of 40 volumes of critical editions featuring historically significant and artistically excellent American musical works. This comprehensive series aims...
- The Klezmer Institute Inc. will receive $297,120 under a two-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce the Kelisegof-Makonovetsky Critical Editions. This project aligns with the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) by making available early 20th century European Jewish music manuscripts to broaden accessible resources and contextualize the work of renowned ethnomusicological researchers. Specifically, the Institute will edit and publish...
- This $349,987 Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) will support the development of the HUMDRUM(R) software tools and datasets for computational musicological and ethnomusicological research. The project aims to expand the existing HUMDRUM framework to incorporate new standardized representation schemes and a greater variety of musical media, such as audio and video, to facilitate a complete digital musicology...
- The American Musicological Society, Inc. (AMS) was awarded a $334,140 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support a public program series called "Many Musics of America." This series will explore the role of music in the history and evolution of the United States and its diverse peoples through 20 engaging public events nationwide and online from November 2023 to October 2025. The grant will...
- The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to the University of Southern California (USC) Brain and Creativity Institute. The grant will support a research agenda and associated studies to be designed and implemented by USC's Brain and Music Lab. The grant term runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Through this award, the Brain and Music Lab at USC will conduct...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $174,088 to the American Musicological Society, Inc. (AMS) to host a two-week residential institute at the University of Maryland from July 14-26, 2025. The institute, titled "Musics of the United States: Telling Our Stories," will convene thirty higher education faculty participants to engage with new...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to API Arts And Outreach, Inc. from Mar 1, 2013 to Feb 28, 2015 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded THE GREATEST JUBILEE: AMERICAN MUSIC AND THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR project to provide public programs exploring American history and culture. Specifically, the grantee developed humanities programs examining music of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair...
- This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) totaling $349,929.00 will support the "Sounding Spirit Hymnody Index" (SSHI) project at Emory University. The SSHI will document and index over 300,000 printed hymn tunes and texts from 1,311 significant books of vernacular sacred music published in the Southern United States between 1850-1925. This open-access reference...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Houston Grand Opera Association a $385,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to engage the Houston community in discussion around themes and stories explored in HGO's opera productions and new operatic works. The grant will fund the production of opera performances, the development of new operas celebrating Houston's cultural heritage, and community dialogue sessions reaching an estimated...
- The University of Virginia will receive $400,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research federal grant program (CFDA 45.161) to complete editorial work on The Papers of James Madison documentary project. With this two-year Project Grant award beginning October 2021, the University will finish publishing volumes for the years 1806-1809 and 1826-1836, bringing the total published volumes to 49 and completing the edition between 2028 and 2030....
This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund the creation of a critical edition of the works of American composers George and Ira Gershwin. The Regents of the University of Michigan will receive $575,000 to produce scholarly yet practical editions that restore the brothers' artistic intentions for landmark musical scores such as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Porgy and Bess. As part of the Promotion of the Humanities Research program, the University will also develop a public education program with goals of informing the public about the initiative through websites, blogs and videos; providing scholars and performers critical reports and forums for discussion; and mentoring students in editorial work and research blogging. The three-year project will restore accurate versions of the Gershwins' works while enhancing understanding and appreciation of their contributions to American music and culture.
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