Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani, Carlo Balocchino, and Italian Opera Business in Vienna, Paris, and London (1837-1845)
Author: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: “Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani, Carlo Balocchino, and Italian Opera Business in Vienna, Paris, and London (1837-1845).” Cambridge Opera Journal 30, nn. 2-3 (2018): 259–304. Weblink: https://cambridge.org Abstract: This article addresses several historiographical questions about narratives of nineteenth-century Italian opera by discussing the international career of prima donna Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani during the 1830s […]
“Pythagorean Pipe Dreams? Vincenzo Galilei, Marin Mersenne, and the Pneumatic Mysteries of the Pipe Organ”
Author: Konoval, Brandon Publication details: “Pythagorean Pipe Dreams? Vincenzo Galilei, Marin Mersenne, and the Pneumatic Mysteries of the Pipe Organ.” Perspectives on Science 26, no. 1 (2018): 1-51. Weblink: https://muse.jhu.edu/ Abstract: The pipe organ presented early modern science with a pneumatic black box of suggestive dimensions: while producing musical pitches and intervals that corresponded with […]
Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide
Author: Hammond, Susan Lewis and Acuña, Maria Virginia Publication details: Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Weblink: https://www.routledge.com Abstract: Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that navigates the vast scholarly resources on the composer with the most updated compilation since 1989. Claudio Monteverdi transformed […]
Post-Tonal Solmization for Post-Tonal Aural Skills: Implementing Ordered Pitch-Class Intervals
Author: Robert Komaniecki with David Geary Publication details:Music Theory Pedagogy Online, Volume 31 Weblink: jmtp.appstate.edu Abstract: Scholarship regarding solmization systems is largely limited to tonal methods. The present article extends the discussion to post-tonal aural skills, citing the need for a separate, interval-based methodology that fulfills the same functional role for atonal repertoire as scale-degree […]
Analyzing Collaborative Flow in Rap Music
Author: Robert Komaniecki Publication details: Society for Music Theory, Volume 23, Number 4, December 2017 Weblink: mtosmt.org Abstract: This article is a study of the ways in which collaboration is signaled in the delivery of rap lyrics. I begin by describing the importance and prevalence of unified flow in music released by rap groups during […]
Top Ten Most Wanted Orchestra Harp Parts
Author: Volpé Bligh, Elizabeth Publication details: Harp Column, 31 October 2017 Link
Shine! shine! shine! from A Song of Joys
Composer: Stephen Chatman Text author: Walt Whitman Publisher: Galaxy Music Corporation Purchase
O Clap Your Hands
Composer: Stephen Chatman Publisher: Galaxy Music Corporation Purchase
Forever, Remember Me
Composer: Stephen Chatman Text author: Tara Wohlberg Publisher: Galaxy Music Corporation Purchase
Dawn of Night
Composer: Stephen Chatman Text author: Tara Wohlberg Publisher: Galaxy Music Corporation Purchase