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Gui Hwan Lee started the topic Post-1945 Music Analysis IG Publication Award Call for Nominations in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years agoDear scholars of post-1945 music,
Please consider submitting your published articles or book chapters for consideration for the SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group Publication Award.
Any peer-reviewed article or book chapter published between January 2021 and December 2023 on analysis of post-1945 music within modernist, experimental,…[Read more]
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William Ayers started the topic New Co-Chairs! in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years agoHi everyone,
Please join me in welcoming and congratulating our new Co-Chairs for the Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group, Noah Kahrs and Gui Hwan Lee! They have passed the confirmation vote and will be taking over day-to-day operations in the coming weeks, so feel free to reach out to them if you have any questions or ideas.
It has been a…[Read more]
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William Ayers started the topic Announcements and New Co-Chair Confirmation Voting in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years agoHi everyone,
It has now been a couple months since our meeting in Denver. It was wonderful to see everyone and enjoy some thought-provoking scholarship presented by Kate Mancey, Noah Kahrs, and Jennifer Iverson. Thanks to all of those who presented and all those who attended!
We also announced the two winners of the Post-1945 Music Analysis…[Read more]
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John Peterson posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoREMINDER that we are conducting research into the demographic statistics of scholars who author articles published in varied music theory periodicals, and we need your help before January 1!
Please consider completing an online survey that will take approximately 5–20 minutes depending on the number of articles that you authored in the selected j…[Read more]
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Laurel Parsons started the topic Fascism/Trauma and Analysis of Literally “Post-War” Music in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoHi, everyone. For the past few years I’ve been working intermittently on the music of Danish electroacoustic pioneer Else Marie Pade (1924-2016), who in 1944 at the age of 19 was captured by the Gestapo and imprisoned for 8 months because of her participation in an all-female resistance group. Specifically, my research has focused on a couple of…[Read more]
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William Ayers started the topic Final Reminder: SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group Meeting in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoHello all!
This serves as the final reminder that our upcoming Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group meeting is scheduled for 12:30 PM on Friday, November 10, in the “Silver” meeting room. We will be hosting an exciting session on electronic and synthesized sound. Jennifer Iverson will give a featured talk on the topic of her current book pro…[Read more]
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Eric Dienstfrey deposited “Introduction” from Making Stereo Fit: The History of a Disquieting Film Technology in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoSurround sound is often mistaken as a relatively new phenomenon in cinemas, one that emerged in the 1970s with the arrival of Dolby. Making Stereo Fit reveals that, in fact, filmmakers have been creating stereo and surround-sound effects for nearly a century, since the advent of talking pictures, and argues that their endurance owes primarily to…[Read more]
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John Peterson posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoWe are conducting research into the demographic statistics of scholars who author articles published in varied music theory periodicals, which will be reported to the music academic community to help the field better understand its publication representation.
If you published one or more articles in one or more of the following journals between…[Read more]
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William Ayers started the topic Soliciting Co-Chair Nominations for Post-1945 Music Analysis IG in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoHi all!
I’m very much looking forward to seeing all of you in Denver for our meeting! As previously announced, our planned session (Considering Electronic and Synthesized Sound) will include presentations by Kate Mancey, Noah Kahrs, and Jennifer Iverson. I hope you are all as excited as I am about these presentations, which will take place on…[Read more]
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William Ayers started the topic Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group Meeting in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoDear colleagues,
We are excited to invite all of you to our upcoming Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group meeting at the SMT Annual Meeting in Denver this November! The meeting is scheduled for 12:30 PM on Friday, November 10. For this year’s meetup, we will be hosting a planned session: Considering Electronic and Synthesized Sound.
We are t…[Read more]
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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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Bernd Brabec deposited Auditive Wissenskulturen: Wissen, Macht und die Welt der Klänge in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoIn der Einleitung zum Sammelband Auditive Wissenskulturen – Das Wissen klanglicher Praxis stellen die Autoren zuerst die Diskrepanzen der jeweiligen Beziehungen des Visuellen und des Auditiven zu Wissen anhand einiger Beispiele vor. Sie exemplifzieren auch, wie sowohl auditive Praxis als auch die Hervorbringung und Vermittlung von Wissen in s…[Read more]
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Channan Willner posted an update in the group
Society for Music Theory (SMT) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 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] -
William Ayers started the topic SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis IG / SMT Math IG Joint Virtual Meetup in the discussion
SMT Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Society for Music Theory’s Post-1945 Music Analysis Interest Group and Mathematics of Music Interest Group will hold a joint virtual meetup on Tuesday, August 1st at 2:00 pm EDT. The program will consist of the following three presentations:
- “Combination Tones and Ring Models of Frequency” Noah Kahrs (Eastman School of Music)
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Eric Dienstfrey deposited Synch Holes and Patchwork in Early Feature-Film Scores in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe aesthetics of early feature-film scores were shaped by narrational problems introduced by multi-reel features and their longer durations. Using The Patchwork Girl of Oz, I show how stylistic devices like silences and musical pun- ctuation were used to address the coherence and pacing of multi-reel storytelling.
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Eric Dienstfrey deposited Tape Recording Hollywood: The Inaudibility of New Film Sound Technology in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis article details the historical factors that shaped Hollywood’s adoption of magnetic recording during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It draws upon economic theories of technological change, archival correspondence, technical records, analyses of postproduction workflows, and delineations of the structural constraints that limited how the f…[Read more]
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Eric Dienstfrey deposited Monocentrism, or Soundtracks in Space in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis chapter investigates how the introduction of stereo complicated Hollywood’s vococentric practices. It also reveals how sound technicians developed mixing techniques that preserved the salience of dialogue in multi-channel soundscapes. The author refers to such techniques as monocentrism and illustrates monocentric norms by analyzing the c…[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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