Space fantasy: Nagaoka Shusei’s contributions to Afrofuturist visual culture
Author: Nathan Hesselink Publication details: Hesselink, Nathan. 2024. “ Space Fantasy: Nagaoka Shusei’s Contributions to Afrofuturist Visual Culture.” The Journal of American Culture 00(0): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.13598.
Confraternities, Congregations and Aural Culture in Counter-Reformation Germany
Author: Alexander Fisher Publication details: In Listening to Confraternities: Spaces for Performance, Patronage and Urban Musical Experience, edited by Tess Knighton, 272–304. Leiden: Brill, 2024. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004702776_012 Abstract: The fate of confraternities in post-Reformation Germany was profoundly shaped by the history of religious division. On the eve of the Reformation, major cities like Cologne and Augsburg […]
Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music
Author: Anabel Maler Publication details: Oxford University Press, Oxford Studies in Music Theory Weblink: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/seeing-voices-9780197601976?cc=ca&lang=en& Abstract: First monograph-length analytical study of sign language music Introduces and explicates the concepts of a singing signing voice, sign language melody, sign language rhythm and meter, and meaning in sign language music Includes interviews with Deaf musicians that have […]
Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century
Arthor: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century, Belcanto: Tradition and Fascination Today, edited by Isolde Schmid-Reiter and Aviel Cahn (Regensburg: ConBrio, 2024), pp. 167-187. Details: Internationally renowned scholars and artists reflect on Belcanto from different angles rooted in research and practice and […]
Listeners’ Perceived Emotions in Musical Excerpts with Ordered vs. Randomized Pitch and Register
Author: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, Bryan, Lee, Jason Yin Hei, and Sapp, Craig Stuart Publication details: 2023 4th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds, Pisa, Italy, 2023, pp. 1-9. IEEE. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF59510.2023.10335484 Abstract: The current study investigates the influence of pitch and register (ordered vs. randomized) on listeners’ ratings of five emotional dimensions (mood, energy, movement, […]
Listener’s perceived emotions in synthetic vs. human performance of rhythmically complex musical excerpts
Authors: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, B. J., Lee, J. Y. H., Sapp, C.S. Publication details: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Music and Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2023), 13–15 November 2023, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 599–610. CMMR 2023 & Laboratory PRISM, Marseille, France. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10076248 Abstract: Research on listeners’ perceived emotions in music draws on human and synthetic […]
Polyrhythm classification using the composite tool
Authors: Poudrier, Ève Publication details: 2nd International Conference Música Analítica, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Music Time, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 12-14 October 2023, p. 48. Weblink: https://www.uc.pt/site/assets/files/1190234/ma_abstracts_1.pdf Abstract: This paper proposes a definition of polyrhythm that affords classification of a wider variety of polyphonic textures along a set of characteristics derived from”composite rhythms,” […]
recurrence (in two parts)
Author: Julia Ulehla Publication details: Performance Matters, Volume 9, Issue 1-2, 2023, pp. 187-204 Weblink: erudit.org Description: This essay explores the author’s process of trying to understand how to responsibly forge a relationship with traditional song heritage given conditions of ethnocultural rupture. Weaving together Slovácko folk songs transcribed by the author’s great-grandfather, an archival recording of the […]
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 […]