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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD deposited Source Materials and Commentary for the Song Collection, “They Sang Too: The Unheard Voices of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” in the group
Society for Music Theory—Autographs & Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoResponding to the near-exclusive representation of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant women as identifiable figures in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, I sought to discover why Suffrage-song lyricists from other backgrounds were not well known. This document presents research on a study to (re-)discover non-white and/or non-Protestant song lyricists…[Read more]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD deposited Source Materials and Commentary for the Song Collection, “They Sang Too: The Unheard Voices of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” in the group
Society for Music Theory—Autographs & Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoResponding to the near-exclusive representation of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant women as identifiable figures in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, I sought to discover why Suffrage-song lyricists from other backgrounds were not well known. This document presents research on a study to (re-)discover non-white and/or non-Protestant song lyricists…[Read more]
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Joel Edelman deposited A Coherent Model of Musical Consonance in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoWithout fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn deposited Formal Functions and Rotations in Top-40 EDM in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoPublications on form in popular music have largely assumed the formal sections germane to pop-rock to be the formal designs of “popular music.” But the most popular music of our time—music charting on the Billboard Top-40—has absorbed the influence of electronic dance music (EDM) in a way that has fundamentally changed its formal structu…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn deposited Formal Functions and Rotations in Top-40 EDM in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoPublications on form in popular music have largely assumed the formal sections germane to pop-rock to be the formal designs of “popular music.” But the most popular music of our time—music charting on the Billboard Top-40—has absorbed the influence of electronic dance music (EDM) in a way that has fundamentally changed its formal structu…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn deposited The Subdominant Tritone in Film and Television Music in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoTritones sounding over subdominant harmony, either as suspensions, accented passing tones, or incomplete neighbors, constitute a class of sonorities regularly heard in film and television music. I collectively refer to these phenomena as “subdominant tritones” (SdTT), and theorize a link between the SdTT and emotions it engenders. The article pre…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn deposited The Subdominant Tritone in Film and Television Music in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoTritones sounding over subdominant harmony, either as suspensions, accented passing tones, or incomplete neighbors, constitute a class of sonorities regularly heard in film and television music. I collectively refer to these phenomena as “subdominant tritones” (SdTT), and theorize a link between the SdTT and emotions it engenders. The article pre…[Read more]
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Paulino Capdepon deposited Ramón Garay (1761-1823). Obra musical sacra en latín (Ramón Garay (1761-1823). Latin Sacred Musical Output) in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoEighteenth-century Spanish music experienced a golden age thanks, especially, to the proliferation of centers such as the chapels, which articulated and structured the musical life of our cities: the main sound activity was centered on ecclesiastical music, both liturgical and paraliturgical, with which religious festivities were solemnized.…[Read more]
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J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic SMT Special Session accepted in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoWe are thrilled to announce that our Special Session, “A Survey of the Sources of Serialism at its Centenary,” has been accepted for presentation at SMT! Congratulations to our colleagues who submitted a proposal for this session: David Thurmaier (University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory), “Walter Piston’s Serial Journey: What Archival Do…[Read more]
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Scott Murphy started the topic Guest expert on Horner’s “danger motif” for a podcast? in the discussion
SMT Film and Multimedia Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoHi, FMIGers. Aaron Donaldson is a communications lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt, a big fan of music and movies (among many other things), and an avid podcaster (https://player.fm/podcasts/aaron-donaldson). I’ve been a guest on a couple of his episodes, and he’s been a lot of fun to collaborate with. No renumeration, but I’ve liked including my…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic IASPM Conference Registration (Minneapolis) in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoRegistration is now open for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) biennial global conference, hosted by the US branch (IASPM-US) in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota. The global conference has not been hosted in North America since 2007 and not in the US since 1993. The conference runs Monday, June 26…[Read more]
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Jacob P. Cupps started the topic Hip-Hop Studies Bibliography in the discussion
Society for Music Theory Hip-Hop/Rap Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoHello, everyone!
As those of you who attended our January meeting might recall, the HHRIG currently assembling a hip-hop studies bibliography. In its current form, the bibliography is being drafted as a Google Doc and has just over fifty entries. I have also added a PDF copy of it to the Files Tab on this group page. I am reaching out today to…[Read more]
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Jacob P. Cupps uploaded the file: Hip-Hop Studies Bibliography [WIP] to
Society for Music Theory Hip-Hop/Rap Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoHere’s a PDF copy of the HHRIG’s hip-hop studies bibliography. If you have citations to add or suggestions for organization, please contact smthhrig@gmail.com to be added as an editor to the Google Doc.
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic PMIG 2023 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoHi Everyone!
We are currently accepting informal proposals and ideas for the topic and format of our Fall meeting. We will be in Denver in November for SMT, which is being held jointly with AMS. We are particularly interested in formats that include some element of interactivity with attendees, though any and all proposals will be considered. We…[Read more]
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Channan Willner posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoDear members of the list,
I recently completed the second of two pairs of studies on my website, at . The first pair, “Mozart’s Delayed Dominants,” targets long-range dominants that arrive much later than the subordinate theme, near the end of the exposition: through exposition-long voice exchanges (part 1), and through delays in returning to the…[Read more] -
Kjell Andreas Oddekalv replied to the topic Come work with me in Oslo! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory Hip-Hop/Rap Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoAnother extremely relevant PhD-position is open at my institution now: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/243537/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-musical-rhythm-and-groove
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Eric Isaacson posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoI am pleased to announce the publication on May 2, 2023, of my book, Visualizing Music, which is about the art of communicating about music through images. Is it available in hard cover, paperback, and e-book/Kindle editions. Scholars at all experience levels should find it useful.
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic Popular Music Theory & Analysis Summer School (IPM-IPM-SMA) in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoPopular Music Theory & Analysis Summer School (IPM-IPM-SMA)
Tuesday 29th – Thursday 31st August 2023, University of Liverpool
The Institutes of Popular Music of both Rochester and Liverpool, together with the Society for Music Analysis, are pleased to announce their second Summer School dedicated to popular music theory and analysis. Teachin…[Read more]
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