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From Michael Ochs, submitted on behalf of Lyle Davidson and Tina Blythe:

The American Institute for Verdi Studies (AIVS) announces the creation of the Martin Chusid Award for Verdi Studies to recognize an outstanding publication by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career.  

Noted scholar-musician Charles Rosen died recently, an obituary can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/arts/music/charles-rosen-pianist-polym...

Possibly one of his last lecture-performances was captured on video at the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation in New York City on 18 April 2012 - you can view it below.

The Library of Congress has begun advertising for this program - see http://www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/about.html for more details.

The Music Division usually gets an intern or two through this program; please let your students know about this excellent opportunity!

American composer Elliott Carter died on November 5th - below are two of many obituary posts appearing online:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/arts/music/elliott-carter-avant-garde-...