AWARDS

     Musica Toscana, Inc., maintains two programs of awards. The first are commissions for editions to be published in The Monuments of Tuscan Music. The second is an award for an exceptional article or book in the general area of Tuscan music or Tuscan music history.


Editions
     Grants of $500 to $2,000 are awarded to editors of music belonging to the repertory of Tuscan music in manuscripts or early prints (not published in recent times) according to the length of the composition or compositions in its modern form for publication in Monuments of Tuscan Music. Editors may submit works they wish to edit and publish or they may submit an application in which the choice of music to be published is left to the general editor of the series.

   

GUIDELINES FOR EDITORS

     Basic Principle: performers should be able to reconstruct the original manuscript or print on which the edition is based. The editor may assume that his published edition is the best solution for all problems, but he must allow performers to make judgments. All differences between the edition and the original must be defined in one of the following ways:

     Finale settings: The preferred font is Times New Roman. The size for texts is 14. Notes on the score are 12. Editorial changes and additions to the score should be set in 9 or 10. On odd-numbered pages the left margin is 1.00 and .5 on the right; on even numbered pages, .5 on the right and 1.00 on the left. Top margin is 1 inch; bottom, as needed, but never less than 1 inch, and stretch the page vertically to make the bottom margin as consistent as possible. Page is 8 1/2 X 11 inches.
  
     Original meters should be retained unless the original meters would result in a misreading of the rhythm by modern performers. Changed meters should appear in parentheses following the original meters.
 
     Original beaming should normally be retained in the edition, but changes may be made in order to preserve consistency. In textual settings the syllabic significance of beaming should be observed (for example, four eighths setting four syllables should be have flags rather than a beam). . Do not omit or simplify beaming for text settings in order to make counting easier. Add textual beaming where it is lacking in the original.
 
     Tremolos: use all abbreviations found in the original score for tremolos. Do not write out tremolos.
 
     Transpose all tenor and baritone clefs into bass, G-clef, or transposed G-clef (tenor) in vocal parts. Indicate the original clefs at the beginning of each affected line. Retain original clefs for all instrumental parts.
 
     Follow modern spacing automatically without noting the changes. For example, manuscripts and even prints will place a whole note in the middle of the measure. Move all notes into vertical alignment even where such is not in the original.
 
     Figured and unfigured basses should be realized in simple chords in reduced note-heads in vocal solos, choral music, or other vocal works. Do not attempt to create an “authentic” or musically interesting basses with ornaments, counterpoints, etc. The realizations should serve as aids to accompanists and singers in readings and rehearsals. Embellishment should be left to the accomplished keyboard player. However, especially in large scores and in instrumental music, the basses may be left unrealized.

     Staves: unless the complexity of the counterpoint justifies using separate parts for each woodwind or brass instrument, place two instruments on a staff (Oboe I and II, etc.)
 
     An introduction will contain the locations of manuscripts or prints with full recognition of the person or institution owning them, conditions, and provenance of manuscripts and bibliographic information for prints. Any peculiarities of the source in notation, accuracy,and differences among sources may be inserted here as appropriate. For operas, oratorios, or other composite compositions, variants among different sources will be handled individually, and the editor may wish to present a form for the inclusion of additional scenes from other sources other than the principal source used in the edition. Also the editor may wish to include brief comments about the style, history, importance. etc., of the compositions. Longer essays, at the wish of the editor, should be submitted to the Musica Toscana, for possible separate publication.
 
     The arrangements for publication will be the responsibility of Musica Toscana, Inc. The grant awarded to the editor will be considered full payment for the rights of publication and performance. The society, while giving full recognition to the editors, will hold the copyright. Any income beyond the commission or grant will be used by the society to further its objectives in the preservation and promotion of Tuscan music. Three copies of any publication will be sent gratis to the editor of that publication. The editor(s) may purchase up to 20 additional copies at the cost price of the volume.


Rules


     Eligibility. All persons without regard for nationality, gender, race, religion, sexual preference or age are eligible who can meet the following criteria: 1).   experience in editing, with two or more substantial editions (either published or in a computer printout) of any sort or music but preferably of Italian music of the 17th through the 19th centuries; or 2).  enrollment in an accredited or recognized graduate school in a music or musicological curriculum; or 3).  a graduate of such an institution; and 4).  recommendations by three scholars or members of music publishing companies, of which one recommender, in the case of enrolled students, must be willing to stand as the nominator and adviser of the applying student; and 5).  the ability to meet a deadline to be set in negotiations with each grantee.
 
     Applications. Applications should be made by letter addressed to:

Musica Toscana, Inc.
P.O. Box 6923
Louisville, KY 40206

Include the applicant’s address, telephone, e-mail, and fax numbers. The letter should state the level of experience or study and knowledge of and interest in Italian music of the 17th through the early 19th century, especially Tuscan, or, in the absence of such knowledge and interest, the applicant may cite experience in similar schools and periods of music, e.g., music of the 18th-century Viennese or Mannheim School. Any other qualifications that, in the view of the applicant, make him or her an appropriate grantee under the grant program of Music Toscana should be listed

     Experience as a performer would be pertinent. Knowledge of Italian would be generally useful but particularly for vocal music. Any courses related to the repertory or devoted to the use of a computer music-printing program should also be cited. The applicant may suggest a particular composition within the stated repertory that he or she wishes to edit and a copy of which he or she may already possess. Or he or she may suggest a genre or type of music such as vocal solo, choral, concerto, opera, etc. One copy of previous editions (if any) either published or computer-generated should be sent with the letter of application. A general statement about the applicant’s present occupation and time available for work on an edition would be helpful. The letter should list three references with addresses, telephone, and e-mail numbers (a student should identify his or her faculty sponsor).


     Procedure for Making Grants. The grants will be offered on the bases of the individual qualifications of the applicants, the strength of the letter of application, and the recommendations. The applications will be considered in the order of the applications and not competitively. As funds become periodically available, the times in which applications will be received by the society will be announced publicly. The decisions to make grants will be made by the president and the executive director of the society and approved by the Board of Directors. All decisions by the latter will be final.

     If the applicant wishes to edited music in his or her own possession or which he or she knows through research or study, this choice must be approved by the president and the executive director. An applicant’s proposed composition must fit within the plans of Musica Toscana to publish a large part of the repertory. Otherwise, the music to be edited will be assigned and a photocopy from the Anderson Music Library of the University of Louisville be provided to the grantee, unless other arrangements are negotiated with the grantee. Any other sources in other libraries will be employed by the grantee at his or her expense.

     The size and genre of the composition will determine the amount of the grant. In general, students may expect to be assigned smaller works, such as solo sonatas, duets, and trios. Large works will be assigned to proven scholars. The following table may be understood as flexible guidelines for assigning the amounts of grants: three-movement solo sonata, a four-part motet, or a cantata will range between $100 and $300; an instrumental quartet or an intermezzo, $400 to $600; a sinfonia, concerto, an opus consisting of six or more compositions, or a collected volume of the same genre, $600-$1500; and an oratorio or opera, $1500 to $2,000.
 
     After an application has been accepted and the composition chosen or assigned, the Executive Director will set the amount of the grant and submit a contract to the grantee. The payment of the amount of the grant will be made after the final edition has been sent and accepted by the Board of Directors. Before payment the Board of Directors will have the right to reject the submitted edition with a written explanations of the reasons why the Board considered the edition to be faulty, improperly entered into the computer so that it is unreadable, or otherwise below the standards set by the Board. The editor should feel free to send to the Executive Director samples of the work in progress to make sure his or her edition is meeting the standards.
The final edition will be submitted to the Executive Director on a disc with a hardcopy made on the Finale software program; however, the Executive Director will have the right to waive this requirement and substitute other music notation programs.


May 15, 2007


Award for Best Article or Book

     Beginning with the current year, 2007, an award of $500.00 will be given for the best article in a periodical, in a collection of essays, or a book published in English, French, Italian, Spanish, or German within this calendar year and four prior years on a subject dealing with any aspect of music in Tuscany between 1590 and 1859. Among suggested topics are: a biographical study of a composer, an analysis of one or more compositions, the history of the production of a musical work, the relation of the composition to musical style or history, the survey of a genre of music, and similar studies. The award will be bestowed and made public by announcements in the newsletters of historical societies in the winter of the following year, 2008, and in the society’s advertisements in musicological journals.
 
     Nominations may be made by a member of the American Musicological Society, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, the Società Italiana di Musicologia, the International Musicological Society, or other professional musical societies; by a graduate with a degree in music history; by the publisher of the article or book being nominated; or by a teacher in music or music history.
 
     Three copies of the nominated article or book must be submitted (one of which will be deposited in the Dwight Anderson Music Library after the award has been made and the other two returned to the applicant at his or hers expense) to:

Musica Toscana, Inc.
P.O. Box 6923
Louisville, KY 40206

The award will be made by the Board of Directors of Musica Toscana, Inc., on the recommendation of the Award Committee in April of the year following the year of the nomination. Publications of merit to which an award was not given will be retained and reintroduced in the next competition until five years have passed since the original nomination. If no work is nominated of sufficient merit, an award will not be made. The decision of the Board of Directors of Musica Toscana, Inc., will be final.
  
     The deadline for the receipt of a nomination will be January 31, 2008. The award will be publicly announced within three months.
  
     The members of the Board of Directors are not eligible for the award. Members of Musica Toscana, Inc., are eligible, but their submissions will be judged on merit alone and not on the fact of membership.