C.B. Oldman Prize

The C.B. Oldman prize is an annual award of £250 for an outstanding work of music bibliography, music reference or music librarianship by an author resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Items published in a given year should be considered the following year for the prize two years hence. The committee reserves the right not to award the prize in any one year. Nominations may be made by any interested parties, including publishers and IAML(UK & Irl) members.

The C.B. Oldman Prize Committee is listed under Committees and Working Groups.

Oldman shortlist 2011 (2010 imprints)

• Christophe Grabowski and John Rink. Annotated catalogue of Chopin's first editions. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 750 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN 9780521819176
• Robert Ignatius Letellier. Opéra-comique : a sourcebook. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2010. xxviii, 853 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. ISBN 9781443821407 (hbk.) 1443821403 (hbk.)
• Royal Northern College of Music : collection of historical musical instruments : catalogue of the collection / compiled by William Waterhouse ; edited by Anna Wright ; photography by Michael Pollard. Manchester : Royal Northern College of Music, 2010. xxvii, 307 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

List of previous prize–winners