We are delighted to announce that Carol A. Hess’s forthcoming book, Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program […]
We’re pleased to announce that six forthcoming music titles have been awarded publication subventions from the American Musicological Society. These funds help offset the costs of publication and allow us […]
Please join us in welcoming the return of UIP’s The UPside podcast! We can’t think of a better way to kick off of this re-release than with an interview with […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Musicological Society (AMS), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), and Society for Music Theory (SMT) joint meeting! Explore our extensive collection […]
In an earlier blog post, we announced that Cara A. Finnegan’s Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital, had received a National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Award (now Fellowships Open […]
Alejandro L. Madrid, author of Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
Author, Sara E. Lampert, of Starring Women: Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1850 answers questions about her purpose for writing, book influences, and discoveries about entertainers for her book. Q: […]
Longing for that down home music? Looking for a shot of brilliance? Tryin’ to forget that you asked for water and your woman/man gave you gasoline? Then you must be celebrating the 100th […]
Last week, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) named UIP author Penny Parsons Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year. A tireless music journalist, Parsons also published Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The […]
The UIP catalog includes an immense store of knowledge about American music. We don’t publish blog posts on Sunday morning, so we’re taking this beautiful Thursday to point the way […]
If Harold Arlen built a reputation for chronicling love on the rocks, Cole Porter gained lasting fame and the adulation of a grateful culture for his celebrations of successful romance. […]
Successful beyond belief in his chosen trade of making soundtrack music, Henry Mancini also enjoyed good fortune (made one, too) with forays into the pop charts. When he hit, he […]