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at 847-491-5726 or eschantz@northwestern.edu
FOR RELEASE: March 6, 2008
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Drew Edward Davies Receives
2006 Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award
 Drew Edward Davies, assistant professor in musicology, has received
the 2006 Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award for his work The
Italianized Frontier: Music at Durango Cathedral, Español Culture,
and the Aesthetics of Devotion in Eighteenth-Century New Spain. Sponsored
by the Society for American Music, the Award was given on March
1 in San Antonio, Texas at the Society’s annual conference,
where Davies also delivered the Plenary presentation.
Davies’ interdisciplinary study considers the currency
of Italianate, or gallant, aesthetics in the cathedral culture
of eighteenth-century Mexico. It elaborates on literally hundreds
of musical sources previously unknown to music scholarship, some
of which were premiered at a concert by Northwestern students
last spring.
The Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award is designed to recognize
a single dissertation on American music for its exceptional depth,
clarity, significance, and overall contribution to the field. The
Award defines "American" as all of North America, including
Central America and the Caribbean, and aspects of its cultures
elsewhere in the world. Davies’ award represents
the first time a Latin American topic has been so recognized.
Previous winners of Wiley Housewright Award include Charles Garrett,
Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan
and Sandra Graham, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the
University of California-Davis.
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