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William Ayers started the topic Greetings and Solicitations! in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoHello members of the Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group!
As your new co-chairs, we wanted to send a quick message to tell you about our current projects, and we also wanted to see if you would like to be involved in these activities. We are working on two things that might be of interest to you.
We are putting together the call for…[Read more]
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Joshua Banks Mailman started the topic Publication announcement: Playing (with) Babbitt in the 21st Century in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThe whole enchilada is out of the oven now: We guest co-editors, Joshua Banks Mailman, Andrew Mead, and Zachary Bernstein, are pleased to announce a publication that celebrates a shining example of artistic creative agency, in the past and present:
Playing (with) Babbitt in the 21st Century
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David Neumeyer deposited Register and Cadence Gesture (2): Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis is a companion piece to an essay on Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You Are,” where an alternative ending with a rising melodic gesture is written into the published sheet music. The survey of Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” here was inspired by a similar figure in an early recorded performance by Sarah Vaughan.
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David Neumeyer deposited Register and Cadence Gesture (1): Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You Are” in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoSome cadences in European and European-influenced tonal music show a contradiction in direction between registral stasis and linear movement, the example being alternative endings written into a song by Jerome Kern. The topic is explored through analysis of 51 recorded performances.
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Joshua Banks Mailman started the topic New non-technical articles on Milton Babbitt’s compositions in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThough not focused specifically on analysis, this new article of mine on cross-stylistic adaptation and re-composition of Milton Babbitt’s music might be of interest to members of this group. Besides my article, there are also new articles by Andrew Mead, Zachary Bernstein, Daphne Leong, Joseph Dubiel and several others. (These are part of an up…[Read more]
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David Neumeyer deposited Text and Music in Two Songs by Charles K. Harris in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 4 years agoIn 2021, SMT-V, an online journal of the Society for Music Theory, published a video essay by Michael Buchler, Professor of Music in the College of Music, Florida State University. It’s titled “I Don’t Care if I Never Get Back: Optimism and Ascent in ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’.” In this essay I examine similar songs from the era: Charles K. Ha…[Read more]
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Judd Danby replied to the topic Font for Indexing Chords in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years agoI found a commercially available font that encloses letters and/or digits inside shapes, Typodermic Fonts’ Numbers with Rings. I share a link here in case any other members are looking for such a resource.
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Lodewijk Muns deposited Who’s ‘I’ in Music?: Unmasking the Musical Persona in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoAccording to conventional literary theory, when we interpret the text of a poem or work of fiction as a condensed or represented speech act, this implies a hypothetical speaker. The speaker may be a well-defined narrator who may also be a participant in the action. Often, however, the text offers few or no clues as to who is ‘speaking’. In suc…[Read more]
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Channan Willner posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues,
I have just added a paper entitled “On Parsing Mozart, 1782-84,” to the Online Publications on my website at .Taking as its point of departure Edward Lowinsky’s landmark “On Mozart’s Rhythm” (1956), the article revisits Mozart’s C minor Serenade, K. 388 (in its string quintet version, K. 406),from the fluid perspective of…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Job: Contemporary Publishing Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Libraries in the discussion
Academic Job Market Support Network on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoHello!
The Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is looking for a Contemporary Publishing Fellow, reporting to the Assistant University Librarian, Research Data and Digital Scholarship. The incumbent contributes to the team’s efforts to transform the digital publishing landscape by piloting a…[Read more]
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Christine Boone started the topic New PMIG Officers! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoCongratulations and welcome to our new PMIG leadership!
Chair: Matt Ferrandino
Secretary Emily Milius
Webmaster: Jacob Cupps
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Christine Boone started the topic Vote for PMIG officers! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoPlease click here to vote for new PMIG officers!
Voting will close at 5:00 pm EST on Thursday, Dec. 9.
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Matthew Franke started the topic analysis of open-access music journals in the discussion
Open Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoMy new article, “Open-Access Music Journals and the Possibility of Global Dialogue,” has just been published in College Music Symposium. Hope it’s useful–
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Judd Danby started the topic Font for Indexing Chords in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoGreetings, Post-’45ers,
Does anyone know of a font that includes alphanumeric characters (including double-digit numbers) enclosed in geometric shapes for labeling chords a là John Link?
Best regards,
Judd
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Antares Boyle started the topic 2021 Publication Award Winners in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoDear Post-1945 community,
For those of you that missed the announcement at our recent SMT, please join me in congratulating the winners of our 2021 publication award, Sumanth Gopinath and Drake Andersen! Please see below for the full announcement from the award committee. Drake’s article is freely available in MTO, and Sumanth has kindly shared a…[Read more]
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Christine Boone started the topic Seeking Officer Nominations! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoWe are seeking nominations for the following officer positions for SMT’s Popular Music Interest Group. Self nominations are encouraged! Please email all nominations to ferr1407@fredonia.edu. Nominations will close at 5:00 pm EST on Dec. 1, 2021.
CHAIR: The Chair is responsible for the management of the Interest Group, including submitting…[Read more]
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Christine Boone started the topic Seeking Officer Nominations! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoWe are seeking nominations for the following officer positions for SMT’s Popular Music Interest Group. Self nominations are encouraged! Please email all nominations to ferr1407@fredonia.edu. Nominations will close at 5:00 pm EST on Dec. 1, 2021.
CHAIR: The Chair is responsible for the management of the Interest Group, including submitting…[Read more]
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Christine Boone started the topic 2021 PMIG Award Winners! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThe Adam Krims Awards was established in 2013 to give a junior scholar recognition for an outstanding publication. This year’s Adam Krims award goes to Edwin K. C. Li for his article “Cantopop and Speech-Melody Complex,” AND to Anabel Maler & Robert Komaniecki for their article “Rhythmic Techniques in Deaf Hip Hop.” Li investigates native Ca…[Read more]
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Ellen Bakulina started the topic Joseph Kraus presentation from SMT-Rus 2021 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoDear SMT-Rus members,
Joe Kraus asked me to post his presentation from our group’s meeting at SMT 2021, so here it is. Thanks Joe for sharing your work with us!
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