C.B. Oldman Award – previous winners

The C.B. Oldman Award was established in 1988. These are previous winners of the prize:

  • 2022 – McVeagh, Diana (ed). Gerald Finzi’s Letters, 1915-1956.  (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2021).  ISBN: 978-1-78327-572-4.  xxvi, 1052pp.
  • 2021 – Burrows, Donald, Coffey, Helen, Greenacombe, John, & Hicks, Anthony (eds). George Frideric Handel: collected documents. Volume 4, 1742-1750. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020). ISBN: 9781107080218
  • 2020 – Herbert, Trevor, Myers, Arnold, & Wallace, John (eds). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). ISBN: 9781107180000
  • 2019 — Lawson, C. and Stowell, R. (eds). The Cambridge encyclopedia of historical performance in music. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018). ISBN 9781107108080.
  • 2018 — Michael Allis (ed.). Granville Bantock’s letters to William Wallace and Ernest Newman, 1893-1921. (Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2017) ISBN 9781783272334.
  • 2017 — Stroeher, Vicki P., Clark, Nicholas & Brimmer, Jude. My beloved man: the letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. (Martlesham : The Boydell Press, 2016). ISBN 9781783271085
  • 2016 — Greer, David. Manuscript inscriptions in early English printed music. (Farnham: Ashgate, 2015). ISBN 9781472445872
  • 2015 — Johnson, Graham. Franz Schubert : the complete songs. (New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014). ISBN: 9780300112672
  • 2014 — Kent, Christopher. Edward Elgar: a thematic catalogue and research. 2nd edition (Abingdon: Routledge, 2013). ISBN 9780415875578.
  • 2013 — Turbet, Richard. William Byrd: a research and information guide. 3rd edition. (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012). ISBN 9780415875592.
  • 2012 — Milnes, John (ed.). Musical instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: the complete collection. Berkhamstead: Oxford Musical Instrument Publications LLP, 2011. ISBN 9780956767905
  • 2011 — Grabowski, Christophe and Rink, John. Annotated catalogue of Chopin’s first editions. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 750 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN 9780521819176
  • 2010 — Rumbold, Ian & Wright, Peter. Hermann Pö̈tzlinger’s music book: the St Emmeram Codex and its contents. Woodbridge : Boydell, 2009. ISBN 9781843834632.
  • 2009 — Cobbe, Hugh. Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895-1958. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 97801992579733
  • 2008 — Reid, Paul. The Beethoven song companion. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719075704
  • 2007 — Gray, Michael. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. London : Continuum, 2006
  • 2006 — Henderson, John. A directory of composers for organ. — 3rd rev. & enl. ed. — 2005
  • 2005 — Golby, David. Instrumental teaching in nineteenth–century Britain. Ashgate, 2004
  • 2004 — Thompson, Pam & Lewis, Malcolm. Access to music : music libraries and archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland : current themes and a realistic vision for the future. IAML (UK & Irl), 2003.
  • 2003 — Jones, David Wyn. Haydn. Oxford : OUP, 2001.
  • 2002 — Johnson, Graham & Stokes, Richard. The French Song Companion. Oxford: OUP, 2000.
  • 2001 — Fallows, David. A catalogue of polyphonic songs 1415-1480. Oxford : OUP, 1999. jointly with: Searle, Arthur The Stefan Zweig collection: catalogue of the music manuscripts. London : British Library, 1999.
  • 2000 — Ashbee, Andrew & Lasocki, David. A biographical dictionary of English Court Musicians 1485-1714. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998.
  • 1999 — Stoneham, Marshall & Gillaspie, Jon & Clark, David Lindsay. Wind ensemble sourcebook: a bibliographical guide. London : Greenwood Press, 1997.
  • 1998 — Twyman, Michael. Early lithographed music: a study based on the H. Baron collection. London : Farrand, 1996.
  • 1997 — Not awarded.
  • 1996 — Turbet, Richard. Tudor music: a research and information guide. New York : Garland, 1994.
  • 1995 — Waterhouse, William. New Langwill index: the dictionary of musical wind instrument makers and inventors. London : Tony Bingham, 1993.
  • 1994 — Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London : Macmillan Press, 1992.
  • 1993 — Wagstaff, John. Andre Messager: a bio–bibliography. London : Greenwood Press, 1991.
  • 1992 — Parkinson, John A. Victorian music publishers: an annotated list. Pinewood, MI : Harmonie Park Press, 1990.
  • 1991 — Clarke, Donald, ed. The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. London : Viking, 1989.
  • 1990 — Talbot, Michael. Antonio Vivaldi: a guide to research. New York; London : Garland, 1988.
  • 1989 — Ashbee, Andrew. Records of English court music, volume 2. Snodham, Kent : Ashbee, 1987.