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John Covach deposited “Schoenberg and the Occult: Some Reflections on the Musical Idea,” Theory and Practice 17 (1992): 103-18. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the influence of sources outside the institutional framework of organized religion (“occult” sources) on Schoenberg’s aesthetic thinking and writing, especially with regard to the musical idea..
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John Covach deposited “The Quest of the Absolute: Schoenberg, Hauer, and the Twelve-Tone Idea,” in Jon Michael Spencer, ed., Theomusicology, special issue of Black Sacred Music: A Journal of Theomusicology 8/1 (Duke University Press, 1994): 158-77. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article examines the spiritual dimension of early twelve-tone theoretical writing, with a focus on the writing and music of Arnold Schoenberg and Josef Matthias Hauer.
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John Covach deposited “Balzacian Mysticism, Palindromic Design, and Heavenly Time in Berg’s Music,” in Encryted Messages in Alban Berg’s Music, ed. Siglind Bruhn (Garland Publishing, 1998), 5-29. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the influence of mysticism in early 20th-century Vienna on the palindromic designs that can found n Berg’s music.
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John Covach deposited “The Sources of Schoenberg’s ‘Aesthetic Theology,’” 19th-Century Music 19/3 (1996): 252-62. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the sources of what Dahlhaus calls Schoenberg’s “aesthetic theology” in the philosophical, literary, and mystical writings of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe.
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John Covach deposited “Schoenberg’s ‘Poetics of Music’ and the Twelve-Tone Idea,” in Schoenberg and Words, ed. R. Berman and C. Cross (Garland Publishing, 2000), 309-46. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis chapter examines Schoenberg’s theoretical ideas on musical structure with particular emphasis on his Variations for Orchestra, op 31.
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John Covach deposited “Twelve-Tone Theory,” in The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory, ed. Thomas Christensen, (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 603-627. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis chapter traces the development of the twelve-tone idea in twentieth-century music theory.
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John Covach deposited “Schoenberg’s (Analytical) Gaze: Musical Time, The Organic Ideal, and Analytical Perspectivism,” Theory and Practice 42 (2017): 141-59. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article explores Schoenberg’s engagement with organicism, casting it as an aesthetic ideal.
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John Covach deposited “Josef Matthias Hauer,” in Music of the Twentieth Century Avant-Garde, ed. Larry Sitsky (Greenwood Publishing, 2003), 197-202. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis chapter provides a biographical sketch of Hauer’s life and music.
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John Covach deposited “The Americanization of Arnold Schoenberg? Theory, Analysis, and Reception,” Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie 15/2 (2018): 155-75. in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThis article traces the reception of Schoenberg’s theoretical ideas in the English-language music theory community.
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Laura Stokes replied to the topic AMS 2019 pre-conference program in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoAbstracts for the Thursday morning meeting
Tekla Babyak, “Goethe, Mendelssohn, and the Surrealist Intermezzo”
Felix Mendelssohn has often been celebrated for his innovative approaches to form and genre, an ability that he developed at a precocious age (Benedict Taylor 2011). One of his very earliest innovations, however, has remained largely une…[Read more]
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Laura Stokes replied to the topic AMS 2019 pre-conference program in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoWith apologies for the formatting of the program above–HC is not complying with my attempts to make it prettier. . . .
On the dinner: we are thinking of the family-style meal at Mei Mei (https://www.meimeiboston.com/family-style-dinners), which will run about $40 pp, not including drinks. Please contact Monika with RSVPs, questions, or dietary…[Read more]
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Laura Stokes started the topic AMS 2019 pre-conference program in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months agoMendelssohn Network
AMS Pre-Conference Meeting
October 30–31, 2019
“In the Salon with the Mendelssohns”: Performances, Readings and Discussions of Nineteenth-Century Music, Literature and ArtWednesday afternoon, 3 p.m.–6 p.m.
Prevost Room, Blumenthal Family Library, New England Conservatory
Salon Music with Kenneth Hamilton…[Read more]
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Douglass Seaton replied to the topic AMS 2019: save the date! in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoGreat news, Laura! Thanks! If there’s anything I can do to help out, let me know. And I might offer a presentation, too, if you’re looking to build a program.
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Laura Stokes started the topic AMS 2019: save the date! in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoUpdate: we have a confirmed space to meet on Wednesday, October 30, at the New England Conservatory. We are still waiting for confirmation on a space in the AMS hotel for Thursday morning, but the signs are looking very positive for a pre-conference meeting at AMS 2019!
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Laura Stokes started the topic Interest in AMS 2019 meeting? in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 6 years, 11 months agoHello all! I can’t believe it’s February already; it seems only a couple of weeks ago that many of us were together in San Antonio. What a wonderful meeting that was!
At the end of our preconference in San Antonio, there was consensus that we would like to have another, similar meeting at AMS in the future. I’m writing to gauge whether there is…[Read more]
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Laura Stokes replied to the topic Lightning talk topics in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoHere is my own proposal for a lightning talk:
Current and Historical Trends in Fanny Hensel Research (working title)
In the last two and a half years I have been undertaking extensive bibliographic research on Fanny Hensel. I will briefly review my findings, drawing a picture of major current and historical trends in the field. Particular tropes…[Read more]
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Laura Stokes replied to the topic Salon program in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoFrom Marian Wilson Kimber, an offer to do recitation of Mendelssohn-related poetry (perhaps accompanied?).
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Siegwart Reichwald replied to the topic Lightning talk topics in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoHere’s my proposal for a lightning talk; it would be a condensed version of a formal paper I presented recently
Mendelssohn and the Reformed Tradition:
Re-evaluating Sources within the Context of the Prussian Restoration Movement
My new reading allows us to re-evaluate Mendelssohn’s only stint in church music as Music Director of Prussian C…[Read more]
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Laura Stokes started the topic Fictional works portraying FMB or FH in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 7 years, 4 months agoWhat are your favorite (or least favorite!) works portraying Mendelssohn Bartholdy or Hensel?
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Laura Stokes started the topic Salon program in the discussion
The Mendelssohn Network on Humanities Commons 7 years, 4 months agoIs there a Mendelssohn Bartholdy or Hensel work you could perform for a small audience of fellow Mendelssohnians? (Thursday morning of AMS.) Let us know here!
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