Book by BGSU professor wins ASCAP award

BOWLING GREEN, O.–-Dr. Carol Hess, who teaches music history at Bowling Green State University, has received the 35th annual ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for her book, “Manuel de Falla and Modernism in Spain, 1898-1936.”

The award, which includes a $500 cash prize and a plaque, was presented during ceremonies at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Dec. 4.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award recognizes excellence in books, articles, broadcasts and Web sites on the subject of music. It was created to honor the memory of Deems Taylor, a music composer, critic and commentator who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included serving six years as the president of ASCAP.

Hess is an associate professor in the Department of Musicology/Composition/Theory at BGSU’s College of Musical Arts.

A specialist in 19th- and 20th-century Spanish and Latin American music, she has received research grants from the Spanish Ministerio de Cultura, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Committee for Cultural Cooperation between American Universities, and Spain’s Ministry of Culture.
Her publications include a bio-bibliography and articles on Enrique Granados; entries on Manuel de Falla and several of his contemporaries for the second edition of the "New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians," and several Hispanic studies journals.

“Manuel de Falla and Modernism is Spain 1898-1936,” published in 2001 by the University of Chicago Press, explores the advent of Modernism in Spain in relation to political and cultural tension prior to the Spanish Civil War.

(Posted December 8, 2002)