Nick Baragwanath, Associate Professor in the Department of Music, has won the Marjorie Weston Emerson Award 2014 for a chapter on Mozart’s early sonatas in Harlow, M (ed), Mozart’s Chamber Music [CUP, 2012]. In the chapter, he argued that Mozart’s first published scores represent only a commoditised, simplified version of the original improvised performances, which relied on forgotten Italian methods.
The prize is awarded annually by the . This year, there were more than 60 nominated publications.
Nick was presented the award at the meeting of the in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 7 November.
Posted on Friday 5th December 2014