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Andrew Gades posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues:
We are conducting a research study to gather data on the music theory and aural skills used by musicians (considered broadly to include performers, conductors, musicologists, composers, theorists, classroom instructors, and studio teachers). We plan to share the data we collect and our analysis in order to inform music theory…[Read more]
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J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic Serialism at 100 special session? in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group is interested in developing a special session proposal for the 2023 meeting in Denver on the topic of Serialism at 100. We are not asking for full proposals at this time. Rather, we would like some basic information about what you plan to present: (1) what composers and/or approaches to…[Read more]
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Katie Lakner started the topic Transcription Help Needed in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoHello! I hope everyone had a great conference this weekend. I’ll be honest: my aural skills are terrible and very rusty. Furthermore, my guitar knowledge is practically nonexistent. Still, I love rock music.
I am looking for someone who can transcribe “Beautiful Blue” by Mudcrutch. I plan to use the transcription for personal analytical use.…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic IASPM-US 2023 CFP in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months agoIASPM-US is hosting the international IASPM conference next year at the University of Minneapolis — Twin Cities, June 26–30, 2023. The CFP is due by November 18.
https://iaspm-us.wildapricot.<wbr />org/IASPM-International-2023
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic 2022 PMIG Session Schedule in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months ago2022 SMT PMIG Schedule
Friday, Nov. 11, 12:30–2:00pm
Chair: Matthew Ferrandino; Secretary: Emily Milius; Webmaster: Jacob Cupps
12:30–35 – Intro/Welcome
12:35–1:35 – Presentations (details below)
1:35–1:50 – Q&A
1:50–1:55 – Trevor de Clercq, PMIG “Splinter Groups”
1:55–2:00 – AK and OP award recipients [Read more]
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Joel Edelman deposited Voice Based Affinity; A Recipe for Auditory Cheesecake in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoThe age-old search for an understanding of “consonance” has been hobbled from the beginning by the expectation that a silver bullet can be found. In this section from a book-in-progress, the historical searches are analyzed for their failings and a new approach is suggested based on observing the effects of tonal sounds within the context of…[Read more]
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Devin Chaloux deposited Tonality and Tonal Structures in the Music of Tomás Luis de Victoria: A Case Study for Analyzing Tonal Phenomenology in Renaissance Polyphony in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoThis dissertation develops a methodology for understanding tonality and tonal structures in Renaissance polyphony by exploring the ways that the modern-day analyst and listener experience tonal phenomena in this music through a historically-informed lens. Regarded as one of the most important composers of the late-sixteenth century, Tomás Luis de…[Read more]
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Tekla Babyak deposited Teaching Music and Disability Through Disclosure-Oriented Pedagogy in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoIn this paper, presented at the 2022 H-Net Teaching Conference, I describe how I teach undergraduate students about disability in music through what I call disclosure-oriented pedagogy. This practice involves demonstrating cross-historical comparisons between my lived experiences of disability and the representations of disability in 19th-century…[Read more]
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Michael Buchler posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoDear members of the SMT Community,
Our Humanities Commons site was created to allow music theorists to share their own work and to make announcements. There are no discussion threads and we do not have the volunteer resources to monitor discussions for relevance and for adherence to our policies on harassment and ethics.
Recently, Humanities…[Read more]
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Chris Segall posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoDear SMT Community,
This week I learned that anyone may post an “update” on the SMT Humanities Commons page, as I am doing now, and the message will be sent to all group members. In this way, Scott Fruehwald emailed hundreds of SMT members with the unprovoked and, in my opinion, reprehensible assertion that Philip Ewell is an “academic fraud…[Read more]
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Scott Fruehwald posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoI have been informed that the book the Wiener article is in is expensive, so here are some key quotes:
“By employing the language of race, Schenker adhered to the conventions of his day. Yet this did not reflect a belief in the strict doctrines of biological racism, as employed by racial theorists in Europe and America during the first third of t…[Read more]
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Scott Fruehwald posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoNew article on Heinrich Schenker’s Jewishness. The Georg Olms Verlag has just published Barry Wiener’s article “Race, Nation, and the Jewish Identity” in New Horizons in Schenkerian Research, edited by Allen Cadwallader, Karen M. Bottge, & Oliver Schwab-Felisch (2022). This article places Schenker’s thought in the context of a Jew in Austria…[Read more]
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J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic Getting ready for NOLA 2022 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoHello everyone,
I hope this email finds you well. In preparation for the annual meeting of SMT (jointly with AMS and SEM) in New Orleans in November, Phil and I wanted to touch base with you about some things.
1. We have not heard from anyone who is able to go to the Hogan Archive on Thursday morning to learn more about the special collections…[Read more] -
Benjamin Dobbs posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues:
We are conducting a research study on students’ mindset (their beliefs about their abilities), their learning behaviors, and the learning environment in music theory classes. We are seeking participants who are students currently enrolled in any level of undergraduate music theory course. Participants will complete a short o…[Read more]
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J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic Field Trip in NOLA? in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoDear colleagues,We hope you are having a wonderful summer. Danny Jenkins and I have been making plans for the Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group (AADIG) meeting this fall in New Orleans. On the morning of Thursday, November 10 we are considering a field trip to Tulane University to visit the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic PMIG 2022 Awards Nominations are Open! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoNominations are officially open for the Popular Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award —click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the pub…[Read more]
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Joseph Straus deposited STRAVINSKY’S RITE OF SPRING–EIGHTEEN ANALYTICAL VIDEOS in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoI’ve written and produced a series of 18 analytical videos about the Rite of Spring (roughly twelve hours of video) and posted them on a YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChmyFZItS6HNVYyFwOUZo4Q
The first five videos deal with aspects of the work as a whole (meaning, form, melody, harmony, rhythm). The last thirteen videos a…[Read more]
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Tekla Babyak deposited Contemplation, Heroism, and Gender in Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17, Third Movement (1846) in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months agoI’m a disability activist and musicologist with multiple sclerosis (PhD, Musicology, Cornell, 2014). I’m unaffiliated due to discrimination against my disabilities. However, I often give guest lectures, both virtually and in person. My speaking engagements help to advance diversity and representation in academia: I offer students the opportunity…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino replied to the topic SMT PMIG 2022 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThank you all for your input, our topic will be on timbre and production! Below is the CFP:
AMS/SEM/SMT New Orleans 2022:
Call for Papers hosted by the Society for Music Theory’s Popular Music Interest GroupInterpreting and Analyzing Timbre and Production in Popular MusicIn recent years, scholars such as Victoria Maleway, Megan Lavengood, and…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino replied to the topic SMT PMIG 2022 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoHi All!
We’ve narrowed down our choices for our 2022 session to three topics! Please fill out this Google Form by Monday, June 13.
https://docs.google.com/forms/<wbr />d/e/<wbr />1FAIpQLSc4J6vWy6sqkaUMtRUjUFSQ<wbr />MiAQ5Lnl6INjpEJMVD0wbtbwIQ/<wbr />viewform?usp=pp_url
Thanks!
-Matt
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