6 July 2026
Mark Katz Receives Frances Densmore Prize
The American Musicological Society (AMS) is pleased to announce that Mark Katz’s article, “The Great War, the Little String, and the Transformation of Modern Violin Playing,” Journal of the American Musicological Society (2024) 77 (1): 65–102, has been awarded the Frances Densmore Prize by the American Musical Instrument Society. The prize is given for or the most distinguished article-length publication in English that furthers the goals of the Americal Musical Instrument Society. Congratulations, Mark!