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J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic AADIG Co-Chair Election in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoAt the end of the 2023 SMT meeting in Denver, Danny Jenkins’s two-year term as Co-Chair of SMT’s Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group (AADIG) will come to a close. The election for a new Co-Chair is now open. Voting will continue through Monday, November 6, 2023 (12:00 p.m. EDT).
As per our by-laws, the election will commence one mon…[Read more] -
J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic Nominations for a new Co-Chair in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoDear AADIG members,At the end of the 2023 SMT meeting in Denver, Danny Jenkins’s two-year term as Co-Chair of SMT’s Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group (AADIG) will come to a close. We are writing to announce the call for nominations for a new Co-Chair. As per our by-laws, the election will commence one month before SMT and will be e…[Read more]
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Megan Lavengood replied to the topic PMIG Bylaws: Revisions and Updates in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoI’ll suggest new language to clarify and specify what kinds of scholarship should be considered for the Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award, as follows (additions in bold):
The Chair will solicit nominations for the Interest Group’s two publication awards annually. Anyone may nominate a publication for an award. An Award C…
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Paulino Capdepon deposited Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783). Villancicos II (nº 48-58) in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoStudy and edition of the Complete Villancicos of Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783), Chapel Master of Escorial Monastery in Spain
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Paulino Capdepon deposited Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783). Villancicos I (nº 35-47) in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoStudy and edition of the Complete Villancicos of Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783), Chapel Master of Escorial Monastery in Spain
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic PMIG Bylaws: Revisions and Updates in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoOne item on the business meeting agenda for the PMIG meeting in Denver this year will be updating the group’s bylaws. We would like to begin this process by soliciting changes from group members in advance of the meeting.
The current bylaws are available to view and download from Google Drive. Interested parties should access this document,…[Read more]
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Jacob P. Cupps started the topic PMIG 2023 Awards Nominations are Open! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 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 public…[Read more]
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Channan Willner posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoDear members of the list,
I just published my latest article, “The Split Anstieg: Initial Ascents Involving the Bass, and Their Consequences,” on my website, at . The article contains thorough tonal analyses of the Passepied from J.S. Bach G major Partita for Clavier, BWV 829, and of two movements attributed to Handel, from the keyboard Suite in…[Read more] -
J. Daniel Jenkins started the topic Article Database in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Autographs and Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThe AADIG keeps a database of scholarship in music theory that engages autographs and archival documents. You can always access the database from our webpage at societymusictheory.org. Have additions? Please contact one of the co-chairs. https://societymusictheory.org/interest-groups/autographs_and_archives
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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, 5 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, 5 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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Aleksandra Drozzina started the topic SMT-Rus Call for Papers in the discussion
Society for Music Theory—Russian Music Theory Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues, please see our group’s CFP:
Call for Lighting Talks: “Russian and Soviet Music in Times of Military Aggression”
The Russian Music Theory Interest Group (SMT-Rus) is inviting proposals for its meeting at the 2023 AMS/SMT Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (November 9–12) on the subject, “Russian and Soviet Music in Times of Milit…[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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