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Six Preludes
Composer: Stephen Chatman Publisher: Galaxy Music Corporation PDF
Repeated Borrowing: The Case of “Es ist genug”
Author: Metzer, David Publications details: Journal of the American Musicological Society 71, no. 3 (2018): 703-748. Weblink: http://jams.ucpress.edu Abstract: “Repeated borrowing” refers to the incorporation of elements of a preexisting work in several new compositions. While various studies have focused on songs that have been frequently borrowed, such as “L’homme armé” and “Apache,” they have not considered […]
Rossini’s Operas in Vienna and the Politics of Translation, 1816-1822
Author: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: “Rossini’s Operas in Vienna and the Politics of Translation, 1816-1822.” In Gioachino Rossini 1868-2018: La musica e il mondo, edited by Ilaria Narici, Emilio Sala, Emanuele Senici, and Benjamin Walton, 337-55. Pesaro: Fondazione Rossini, 2018.
Crazy
Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré Recording details: Crazy moves T. Patrick Carrabré squarely into the new world of indie classical. Pulling together influences from post-modernism and alternative music, the five-song cycle Crazy runs the gamut from lyrical beauty to driving dance beats. Following Pat’s two-year stint as the weekend host of CBC Radio 2’s The Signal, his music […]
Tapping to Carter: Mensural Determinacy in Complex Rhythmic Sequences
Author: Poudrier, Ève Publication details: “Tapping to Carter: Mensural Determinacy in Complex Rhythmic Sequences.” Empirical Musicology Review 12, no. 3-4 (2018): 277-315. Weblink: http://emusicology.org/ Abstract: The tapping paradigm has played an important role in formulating beat induction models. However, experimental studies that make use of actual music as source materials to investigate pulse finding mechanisms […]
From a Dream
Ensemble: Orchid Ensemble Composers: Dorothy Chang, Farshid Samandari Featured works: Dorothy Chang From a Dream (2010) Farshid Samandari Ghosts of the Living (2008) Recording details: Independent, November 2018 Link
Racing Ahead: Race-ing Queer Music Scholarship
Author: Law, Hedy Publication details: Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture 22 (2018): 1-2. Weblink: http://muse.jhu.edu
Human-technology interfaces with the tactile metronome
Author: Hesselink, Nathan Publication details: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144, no. 3 (2018): 1891-1891. Weblink: https://asa.scitation.org Abstract: The story of the metronome is the story of humankind coming to terms with evolving conceptions of time and coordination as mediated through technologies of the modern age. What began as a tool for […]
Modeling rhythmic complexity in a corpus of polyrhythm examples from Europe and America, 1900-1950
Author: Poudrier, Ève & Shanahan, D. Presentation details: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition and the 10th Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music Conference (Parncutt, R. & Sattmann, S., Eds.), Montreal (QC), Canada, 23-28 July 2018, pp. 355-360 Weblink: https://static.uni-graz.at Abstract: Rhythmic complexity, as represented by […]
Opera and Monuments: Verdi’s Ernani in Vienna and the Construction of Dynastic Memory
Author: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: “Opera and Monuments: Verdi’s Ernani in Vienna and the Construction of Dynastic Memory.” Cambridge Opera Journal 29, no. 2 (2017): 215-39. Weblink: https://www.cambridge.org Abstract: This article examines the first production and early reception of Verdi’s Ernani in Vienna in relation to cultural processes supporting strategies of imperial representation promoted by […]