Mary S. Lewis

Mary S. Lewis
Born(1934-07-25)July 25, 1934
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 28, 2017(2017-10-28) (aged 83)
OccupationMusicologist
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1995)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisAntonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55 (1979)
Academic work
DisciplineMusicology
Institutions

Mary Stuart Lewis[1] (July 25, 1934 – October 28, 2017) was an American musicologist. A 1995 Guggenheim Fellow, she published the three-volume series Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569 from 1988 to 2007. She was a professor at Brown University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Biography

Lewis was born on July 25, 1934, in New York City.[2] She attended Mary Baldwin College, where she got her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954, and Columbia University, where she got her Master of Arts degree in 1958.[2] She later obtained her Master of Science degree from Simmons College in 1970 and her doctor of philosophy degree from Brandeis University in 1979.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was titled Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55.[1]

Originally working as a music instructor and research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1977, Lewis moved to Brown University as an assistant professor of music in 1981.[2] After moving to the University of Pittsburgh in 1987, she was promoted to associate professor in 1993.[2] She was also Pitt's first woman music faculty member to be tenured.[3] She eventually became professor emerita at Pitt.[3]

As a musicologist, Lewis specialized in Renaissance music, as well as the publishing side of music.[3] In 1988, she released the first volume of Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569, a catalogue of the works of the Renaissance composer-printer of the same name, with the next two volumes released in 1997 and 2005;[4][5][6] she won the Music Library Association's 2007 Vincent H. Duckles Award for the series.[7] She later published Sources and the Circulation of Renaissance Music, a 2012 edited volume on the production and historical role of Renaissance music.[8] She also served as council secretary of the American Musicological Society from 1987 to 1991, as well as president of the AMS' New England chapter from 1984 to 1986.[9]

In 1995,[10] Lewis was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study Renaissance composer-printer Antonio Gardano.[2] She also received grants from the American Council of Learned Societies (1980 and 1987), The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation (1980–1981), the American Philosophical Society (1985), the Bibliographical Society of America (1986), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (1995).[9][2]

Lewis had four children, all of whom she raised while she was doing her graduate studies.[3]

Lewis died on October 28, 2017.[3]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Lewis, Mary Stuart". Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music. Archived from the original on April 22, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reports of the President and of the Treasurer. 1996. p. 79.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "In Memoriam: Mary S. Lewis". www.music.pitt.edu. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Riva, Federica (1989). "Review of Antonio Gardano Venetian music printer 1538-1569. A descriptive bibliography and historical study, volume I 1538-1549". Recercare. 1: 225–226. ISSN 1120-5741. JSTOR 41701558.
  5. 1 2 Boorman, Stanley (1999). "Review of Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569: A Descriptive Bibliography and Historical Study. Vol. 2, 1550-1559". Notes. 55 (4): 887–890. doi:10.2307/899587. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 899587.
  6. 1 2 Hammond, Susan Lewis (2007). "Review of Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer 1538-1569: A Descriptive Bibliography and Historical Study, Mary S. Lewis". Renaissance Quarterly. 60 (1): 262–264. doi:10.1353/ren.2007.0056. ISSN 0034-4338. JSTOR 10.1353/ren.2007.0056.
  7. ↑ "Vincent H. Duckles Award". Music Library Association. Archived from the original on May 26, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Sources and the Circulation of Renaissance Music". Routledge. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Mary S. Lewis". www.music.pitt.edu. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Mary S. Lewis". Guggenheim Fellows. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  11. ↑ Cardamone, Donna G. (1990). "Review of Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer 1538-1569: A Descriptive Bibliography and Historical Study. Volume I: 1538-1549". Renaissance Quarterly. 43 (1): 195–197. doi:10.2307/2861812. ISSN 0034-4338. JSTOR 2861812.
  12. ↑ Forney, Kristine K. (1992). "Review of Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569: A Descriptive Bibliography and Historical Study. Volume 1: 1538-1549". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 45 (2): 332–338. doi:10.2307/831451. ISSN 0003-0139. JSTOR 831451.
  13. ↑ Hunter, David (1989). "Review of Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569: A Descriptive Bibliography and Historical Study. Volume 1, 1538-1549". Notes. 46 (2): 380–382. doi:10.2307/941076. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 941076.
  14. ↑ Lenneberg, Hans (1990). "Review of Antonio Gardano, Venetian music printer 1538?1569. A descriptive bibliography and historical study. Volume I, 1538?1549". Fontes Artis Musicae. 37 (2): 201–202. ISSN 0015-6191. JSTOR 23507384.
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