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Dena Epstein Award


The Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music was created through a generous endowment from Morton and Dena Epstein to the Music Library Association in 1995. Grants are awarded to support research in archives or libraries internationally on any aspect of American music. There are no restrictions as to an applicant's age, nationality, profession, or institutional affiliation. All proposals are reviewed entirely on the basis of merit. The decision by the Dena Epstein Award Committee and the Board of Directors of the Music Library Association is announced at the MLA annual meeting. Calls for applications are issued in the spring.

2009 Call for Applications

Receipients of the Dena Epstein Award:

2008:
 Steven Robert Swayne
Nikos Pappas
2007:
 Sarah Dorsey and R. Allen Lott
2006:
 Robin Rausch
David Hursh
2005:
 Melissa J. de Graaf
2004:
 Kati Agocs
Jane Ellsworth
Catherine Smith
2003:
 Ayden Adler
Ryan Jones
2002:
 Clemens Gresser
Robert Haskins
2001:
 Elizabeth Bergman Crist
Ruth A. Inman
Roberta Lindsey
2000:
 Jo Burgess
Karen Rege
1999:
 Sally Bick
Svetlana Sigida
1998:
 Edward L. Widmer
1997:
 Nancy Newman
Nancy Toff
1996:
 Norm Cohen