Publications

Aesthetic Experience and Musical Imagination: Implications for Music Theory and Analysis

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, 13th Jahreskongress, 2013. Hochschule für Music und Theatre, Rostock, Germany

Kurtág and the Vocality of Silent Amazement

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: 9th International Conference of the International Association for Word and Music Studies. Senate House, University of London.

Review of Sabine Feisst, Schoenberg’s New World: The American Years

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: Journal of the American Musicological Society 66, no. 2 (2013): 576-84. Weblink: https://jstor.org

Materialität und Vocalität in György Kurtágs Attila József Fragmente für solo Sopran, op. 20

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: Hochschule für Music Saar, Saarbrücken, Germany

A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice

Author: Roeder, John Publication details: Journal of Music Theory 57, no. 1 (2013): 159–191 Weblink: https://dukeupress.edu

Can musicians track two different beats simultaneously?

Author: Poudrier, Ève, Repp, B.H. Publication details: Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal 30, no. 4 (2013): 369-90. Weblink: http://cogsys.ubc.ca Abstract: The simultaneous presence of different meters is not uncommon in Western art music and the music of various non-Western cultures. However, it is unclear how listeners and performers deal with this situation, and whether it is […]

Radiohead’s ‘Pyramid Song’: Ambiguity, Rhythm, and Participation

Author: Hesselink, Nathan Publication details: Music Theory Online 19, no. 1 (March 2013). Weblink: http://mtosmt.org Abstract: This article demonstrates how the confluence of ambiguity and rhythm in a pop/rock song creates a powerful force for audience participation. Focusing on Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” (2001) as a case study, I document in detail the myriad ways listening audiences have made sense […]

Beginnings and Endings, Four Decades Apart: Arnold Schoenberg’s String Quartets of 1897 and 1936

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: Symposium on the String Quartets of the Second Viennese School. School of Music, University of Victoria

Widerhallendes Orakel: Stefan Litwins Allende, 11. September 1973

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: El Once: Chile, 11. September 1973. Reflexionen zum 40. Jahrestag des Militärputsches gegen Salvador Allende, edited by Heike Hoffmann and Martin Schmidt, 154-157. Schiffweiler, Germany: Gligg, 2013 Weblink: https://worldcat.org/

Schubert’s Winterreise: Interior Landscape of the Barren Male

Author: Kurth, Richard Publication details: Vancouver International Song Institute