Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1960–2000
Authors: Laurel Parsons with Brenda Ravenscroft, eds. Publication details: Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers. Vol. 3 : Concert Music, 1960–2000, New York: Oxford University Press, 2016 Weblink: global.oup.com Description: Over the past 30 years, musicologists have produced a remarkable new body of research literature focusing on the lives and careers of women composers […]
Listening to Phrase Structure and Formal Function in Post-Tonal Music
Author: Anabel Maler Publication details: INTÉGRAL The Journal of Applied Musical Thought, Volume 35 Weblink: www.esm.rochester.edu Abstract:This article adapts Classical notions of formal function for the purpose of proposing a listener-centered theory of phrase formation in post-tonal repertoires. It contends that formal function is an emergent property of music through which a listener actively […]
Martin Bresnicks Piano Compositions
Author: Helena Aung Publication details: Martin Bresnicks Piano Compositions: An Analysis and Performance Guide, MTNA e – Journal, Cincinnati Vol. 14, Iss. 4, (Apr 2023): 37. Excerpt of abstract: This document is intended to be a practical tool for those interested in performing, researching and developing a deeper understanding of Martin Bresnick’s keyboard music. As […]
TRANSFORMATION
Artist: Megumi Masaki, piano Composers: T. Patrick Carrabré, Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard Recording details: Centrediscs, released March 3, 2023 TRANSFORMATION presents three interactive piano + multimedia works written in collaboration with Megumi Masaki that reimagine the piano and pianist’s artistic expression through new technologies, and transform the listener’s concert to an immersive, theatrical, and cinematic […]
Munich
Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: The Museum of Renaissance Music: A History in 100 Exhibits, edited by Vincenzo Borghetti and Tim Shephard, 351-6. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023. Weblink: https://go.exlibris.link/HyjgkDX7
Hearing the Trumpets of the Church Militant: Weather Bells and Supernatural Audition in Post-Reformation Germany
Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: Sixteenth Century Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Winter 2022, pp. 915-942 Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1086/SCJ5304002 Description: In the charged religious context of post-Reformation Germany, debate ensued about the power of weather bells to disperse the thunderstorms traditionally thought to be the work of demons and witches . Catholics and Protestants alike inherited medieval notions […]
Rhythmic and Melodic Techniques of Music in Sign Language
Author: Anabel Maler Publication details: Circuit Musiques contemporaines, Volume 32 Weblink: www.erudit.org Abstract: In this article, I argue that deafness is not a deficit for musical experience; rather, it is a source of musical ability. I do so by summarizing some of the different techniques used by Deaf musicians who create music in a […]
Finding the Beat: Entrainment, Rhythmic Play, and Social Meaning in Rock Music
Author: Hesselink, Nathan Publication details: Finding the Beat: Entrainment, Rhythmic Play, and Social Meaning in Rock Music Weblink: https://www.bloomsbury.com From publisher: Finding the Beat explores humankind’s ability, propensity, and enjoyment in finding the beat in live and recorded experiences of music-making through the lens of entrainment, the human capacity to perceive a beat and to synchronize […]
Italian Opera in Vormärz Vienna: Bartolomeo Merelli, Gaetano Donizetti, and Habsburg Cultural Politics in the mid-1830s
Author: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: In Italian Opera in Vormärz Vienna: Bartolomeo Merelli, Gaetano Donizetti, and Habsburg Cultural Politics in the mid-1830s: Re-Imagining Italianità, ed. by Axel Körner and Paulo Kühl, 96–112. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Weblink: https://cambridge.org
Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1900-1960
Authors: Laurel Parsons with Brenda Ravenscroft, eds. Publication details: Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers. Vol. 1: Concert Music, 1900–1960, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022 Weblink: global.oup.com Description: Through musical analysis of compositions written in the first half of the twentieth century, Analytic Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1900-1960 celebrates the […]