Living song : an intergenerational investigation of Moravian folk song
Author: Julia Ulehla Publication details: PhD Thesis for the University of British Columbia Weblink: ubc.library.ca Description: Throughout the first half of the 20th century, biologist/ethnomusicologist Vladimír Úlehla (1888-1947) transcribed hundreds of folk songs from Strážnice, his hometown in the rural region of Slovácko, which lies at the border of present-day Czech and Slovak Republics. For Úlehla, Slovácko songs […]
Tra ragione e pazzia: Saggi di esegesi, storiografia e drammaturgia musicale in onore di Fabrizio Della Seta
Author: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: In Tra ragione e pazzia: Saggi di esegesi, storiografia e drammaturgia musicale in onore di Fabrizio Della Seta, ed. by Federica Rovelli, Claudio Vellutini, Cecilia Panti, 656. Pisa: ETS, 2021 Weblink: www.edizioniets.com
The Multifunctional Pianist: The Recipe for Orchestral Color and Playing
Author: Wong, Lucas Publication details: NATS Journal of Singing Excerpt:As vocal pianists throughout our studies and careers, we all work with piano reductions encountered in choral and operaticrepertoire. Singers, who study these works through the lens of a piano score or reduction, depend on accompanists’ or coaches’ expertise in realizing these scores, while adapting accordingly […]
The cognitive and affective correlates of rhythmic complexity
Authors: Poudrier, Ève, Sapp, C.S., Shanahan, D Publication details: ICMPC ESCOM 2021: Connectivity and diversity in music cognition, 28-31 July 2021 Weblink: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCtYDdTHfb3Txo2ryT1ZS2JzL8tT5I6U/view and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lk36AlfPY Abstract: The goal of the present study is to identify the cognitive and affective correlates of rhythmic complexity. Specifically, we hypothesize that there is a relationship between the structural features that […]
Out in Front: Queer Identity and Visibility in the Wind Band
Author: Taylor, Robert Book: The Horizon Leans Forward: Stories of Courage, Strength, and Triumph of Underrepresented Communities in the Wind Band Field Publisher: GIA Publications Weblink: https://www.giamusic.com/ Abstract: At a time when the calls for diversity, equity, and inclusion are stronger and more important than ever, The Horizon Leans Forward . . . amplifies the […]
Rhythmic Techniques in Deaf Hip Hop
Author: Robert Komaniecki with Anabel Maler Publication details: Society for Music Theory, Volume 27, Number 1, March 2021 Weblink: mtosmt.org Abstract:The art of signed music involves the use of rhythmicized signs from a signed language, such as American Sign Language (ASL), in a musical context. Signed music encompasses a variety of subgenres, including ASL hip […]
Bells
Author: Fisher, Alexander Book: Information: A Historical Companion Publication details: Princeton University Press. Edited by Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja-Silvia Goeing, and Anthony Grafton. Weblink: https://press.princeton.edu/ Abstract: Thanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information. Yet how did information become so central to our everyday lives, and how did its processing […]
Die Soundscape der spätmittelalterlichen Stadt
Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: Musikleben in der Renaissance. Zwischen Alltag und Fest. Teilband II: Räume der Musik, edited by Wolfgang Fuhrmann, 131-42. Lilienthal: Laaber, 2021 Weblink: https://laaber-verlag.de/
Prisoners’ Voices: Frederic Rzewski’s Coming Together and Attica
Author: Metzer, David Publication details: Journal of Musicology (2021) 38 (1): 109–139. Weblink: https://online.ucpress.edu/ Abstract: Frederic Rzewski composed Coming Together and Attica in response to the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility. The texts for the works draw upon testimonies of two men who participated in the riot: Samuel Melville and Richard X. Clark, […]
Vocal Pitch in Rap Flow
Author: Robert Komaniecki Publication details: INTÉGRAL The Journal of Applied Musical Thought, Volume 34 Weblink: esm.rochester.edu Abstract: In this article, I argue that pitch plays an important role in the structure and delivery of rap flows. I demonstrate the ways in which rappers manipulate pitch to create a structural parameter that can operate independently from […]