Dominique-René de Lerma:
Vincent H. Duckles Award
The
Vincent H. Duckles Award for the best book-length bibliography or other
research tool in music is awarded to John Gray for his work, Baila! A Bibliographic Guide to Afro-Latin Dance Musics from Mambo to Salsa
(African Diaspora Press). In his introduction to this exhaustive
bibliography Gray observes that, unlike “more traditional
disciplines…the corpus of materials relevant to black music studies cuts
across a wide range of geographic, linguistic and disciplinary
boundaries, making the task of identifying and locating materials both
difficult and time consuming.” Through its methodology, attention to
detail, and organization, Gray has created an indispensable reference
work for students of Afro-Latin dance music that has attained his goal
for this incredible volume, specifically a research tool that
facilitates the discovery of available materials for this important
emerging field of research.
Therefore,
we take great pleasure in recognizing John Gray for his outstanding
contribution by presenting him with this year’s Vincent H. Duckles
Award.
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Dominique-René de Lerma
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