The Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library offers long-term fellowships for scholarly research and short-term fellowships for both scholarly and artistic research. For the 2024-25 year, applicants may request virtual, onsite, or hybrid residencies! Learn more and apply at https://www.folger.edu/research/the-folger-institute/fellowships/
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The American Bach Society is pleased to offer several grant and award opportunities for Bach research. We are particularly proud to offer several grants for younger scholars. The descriptions that follow are organized according to eligibility by career stage, beginning with Undergraduate. The Frances Alford Brokaw Grant Open to: Undergraduates in the US and Canada
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As its name suggests, Byrd’s 1589 volume of songs titled Songs of Sundrie Natures varies widely in scoring, style, and mood. Byrd’s preface says that he is “desirous to delight thee with varietie, whereof (in my opinion) no Science is more plentifully adorned then Musicke,” and he offers the book as a musical compilation “to
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Jouyssance pays homage to two giants of the English Renaissance who died in 1623: William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes. The program will feature Byrd’s beloved Mass for Four Voices and Weelkes’ popular madrigal honoring Queen Elizabeth I, As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending. Plus enjoy beautiful motets and sometimes hilarious madrigals by both composers.
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RenChorNY under Dr. Richard Porterfield returns to “Choralis Constantinus“, as in our 1959 LP, and the great Hapsburg Court work created for Maximilan I, the Brilliant six part “Virgo Prudentissima”, the Glorious five part Marian hexachord fantasy “O decus ecclesiae Virgo”, the Lyrical Song of Solomon: “Tu pulchra es”, and the Humanistic (folk-themed) “Missa
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