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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, 5 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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Trevor deClercq created the group
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Scott Fruehwald posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 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] -
James Gifford deposited The Sealed Book of the Future: The Collected Prose of Edward Taylor Fletcher in the group
Archives on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoThis digital book is a companion to Of Sunken Islands and Pestilence: Restoring the Voice of Edward Taylor Fletcher to Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature. It is intended as an aid to readers, in particular students and scholars, who wish to know more about Fletcher’s works. The ideas that drove Fletcher’s creative works are on display here,…[Read more]
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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, 6 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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Sarah Gates posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoGreetings!
Our research team in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, led by principal investigator Richard Ashley, are conducting a research study on ambiguous figure perception in musical contexts. We are inviting English speaking participants who have graduate-level training in music theory (e.g., current graduate students or…[Read more]
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Sean Lorre started the topic CFP: Journal of Jazz Studies in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoGreetings!
Have a paper, speculative essay, media review or creative work in need of an outlet? Looking for a fast and efficient editorial process? The Journal of Jazz Studies is actively seeking submissions for issues to be published in 2022 (and beyond) and would love to work with you!
The Institute of Jazz Studies seeks manuscript s…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic SMT PMIG 2022 Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 3 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 back in person for SMT in November, which is being held jointly with AMS and SEM. In the past, formats that included some element of interactivity with attendees beyond the typical Q&A have been particularly successful, so…[Read more]
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