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Walt Everett started the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHello PMIG members,
I decided this month to devote my Fall 2020 Pop-rock analysis class to the work of African-American musicians. The class is a mix of upper-level music undergrads and grads. I will have no trouble choosing repertoire, but I would appreciate any and all suggestions of readings that will support our analysis. We’re excluding…[Read more]
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RICHARD CARLIN started the topic New Music Series from SUNY Press in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi All: I’ve been hired as a Consulting Editor for SUNY Press to acquire new titles in Music and the Arts. I’m looking for book proposals in the following areas:
Jazz Styles and Rock Styles: These would be short, introductory volumes on different styles (such as bop or swing in jazz or punk or hard rock in rock), each about 50,000 words, de…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Deadline approaching: CFA MusicID Digital Research Fellowship (Aug 1) in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoDeadline Reminder – Call for Applications
MusicID Digital Research Fellowship
Deadline: 1st August 2020.
Dear all,
MusicID is pleased to announce its third annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.
http://www.academicrightspress.com/entertainment/music/fellowship-prizeAwarded competitively to scholars at any phase of…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited Música, humor y crítica social en el performance Buena Risa Social Club (León de Los Aldama, 2018) de Alejandro García Villalón “Virulo” in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoBuena Risa Social Club es un performance humorístico-musical del cantautor cubano-mexicano Alejandro García Villalón “Virulo”, quién lo presentó en el Café Antropía (León de Los Aldama, Guanajuato, México) el 30 de noviembre de 2018. Al tener en cuenta los pocos estudios realizados sobre sus composiciones performativas, para la presente com…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited Momentos sociológicos en el performance musical “El humor en estos tiempos da cólera” (ca. 1986) de Alejandro García Villalón “Virulo” in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago“El humor en estos tiempos da cólera” (ca. 1986) es uno de los performances que escribió, musicalizó y dirigió el cantautor Alejandro García Villalón Virulo para el Conjunto Nacional de Espectáculos de Cuba. De éste se conserva una adaptación televisiva del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión, que no ha sido abordada en investigacion…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited Panorama de la música popular cubana en los Premios Lucas 2016 in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoEn la actualidad se manifiesta una pluralidad discursiva en la música cubana, donde la diversificación de sus soportes de difusión juega un papel fundamental para que determinados músicos sean tenidos como populares. Bajo esa tesitura, los Premios Lucas brindan una variedad de fuentes primarias incomparables, poco abordadas como objetos de est…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited Algunas consideraciones analíticas sobre el performance musical in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoCon el presente trabajo se busca allanar la zanja que existe entre los abordajes tradicionales del discurso musical y los estudios de performance. Para la realización de investigaciones artísticas sobre performances musicales se debe tener en cuenta dicha expresión como subjetividad cambiante a lo largo de su devenir histórico, construido en las…[Read more]
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Pablo Suárez deposited El Génesis Según Virulo (2001) de Alejandro García Villalón como performance humorístico de intertextualidad literaria-musical in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoLa pluralidad discursiva manifiesta en la música cubana se ha encontrado enmarcada en una realidad estético-musical cambiante, causada por una postmodernidad social cada vez más abierta a la globalización de las expresiones culturales de los pueblos. Es dentro de esta dinámica creativa que se encontraron inmersos los performances musicales del…[Read more]
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Shayna Silverstein deposited The Punk Arab: Demystifying Omar Souleyman’s Techno-Dabke in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoEssay analyzing Syrian wedding singer Omar Souleyman’s popularity in rave, techno, and other popular Western music markets.
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Christine Boone started the topic PMIG 2020 Publication Awards – Nominations Sought! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoNominations are officially open for the Pop 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 publi…[Read more]
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Shayna Silverstein deposited Transforming Space: The Production of Contemporary Syrian Art Music in the group
Global Musical Modernisms on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoIn the first decade of the twenty-first century, a young generation of Syrian experimental composers conceived a space for musiqa mu‘asira, or contemporary art music. Informed by debates on critical aesthetics, modernity, and subjectivity in the Arab world and beyond, these composers drew on particular compositional devices and techniques to m…[Read more]
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Shayna Silverstein deposited Transforming Space: The Production of Contemporary Syrian Art Music in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoIn the first decade of the twenty-first century, a young generation of Syrian experimental composers conceived a space for musiqa mu‘asira, or contemporary art music. Informed by debates on critical aesthetics, modernity, and subjectivity in the Arab world and beyond, these composers drew on particular compositional devices and techniques to m…[Read more]
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Anna Gawboy started the topic MTMW Virtual Meeting 2020: Webinars on Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoMTMW is hosting three webinars dedicated to popular music. To access presentation materials and register for a webinar, please visit https://mtmw.org/index.php/conferences/programs. Membership in MTMW is not required and registration is free, but you will need to create an account on our website.
Monday, June 29, 4:00 PM EDT: Meaning in Popular…[Read more]
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John Vandevert replied to the topic How can we increase the visibility of global musical modernisms? in the discussion
Global Musical Modernisms on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoIn a short form answer, by administering some realistic thought behind what does it mean to be modern. I have deliberated about what does being a ‘modern’ composer mean. A small consensus I have come to is that now that all of our musical options are available, the way forward is not directly linked to a particular genre, rather cross-pollination…[Read more]
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