Hello Mark,

You might also check: John Graziano, Compositional Strategies in Popular Song Form of the Early Twentieth Century,” in A Music-Theoretical Matrix: Essays in Honor of Allen Forte (Part V), ed. David Carson Berry, Gamut 6/2 (2013): 95–131. It’s online.

As Graziano writes: “In this essay, I am interested in exploring the expansion of…[Read more]

Mark, there is a lot of stuff on form more generally, which may contain info about bridges within each article. (The only one I know entirely about the bridge is the one that Keith mentions above.) Check out the stuff on form in our bibliography: https://hcommons-staging.org/docs/popular-music-bibliography/

Hi Mark

The first thing that comes to mind is Steve Larson’s article “What Makes a Good Bridge,” from the Dutch Journal of Music Theory (8: 1–15). If memory serves, it explores ‘bridge’ as a metaphor, and uses Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” as an example. Perhaps this isn’t the repertoire you’re really looking for, but it’s worth reading.

Best of luck.

Hello! Inquiring if there has been any update on the examples database? Thank you for your work! Peter

Hi David,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am looking into this and will get back to you as soon as I know more.

—Alyssa

Does this not exist anymore? Is the link broken, or has the database itself been deleted or moved? If so, why?

Hi everyone!

Just commenting to remind folks that nominations for officers and proposed bylaw changes are due December 1st. 

-Alyssa