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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic Officer Nominations 2024 Open! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoWe are seeking nominations for the following officer positions for SMT’s Popular Music Interest Group. Self nominations are encouraged! Please email all nominations to pmigwebmaster@gmail.com. Nominations will close at 5:00 pm EST on Nov. 26, 2023.
CHAIR: The Chair is responsible for the management of the Interest Group, including submitting re…[Read more]
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Sara Bowden started the topic SSRIG Meeting – AMS/SMT Denver 2023 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoHi all!
I’m writing with our interest group meeting agenda. This meeting will include a recruitment call for a Chair (or Co-Chairs!) to serve for Jan. 2024 – Jan. 2026 followed by three 10-minute lightning talks with discussion periods between each talk.We will offer a hybrid option for those not attending the conference in person:
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic Denver PMIG Session in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoWe are excited to have two amazingly wonderful scholars and pedagogues share their insights on popular music pedagogy at our session in Denver. Jennifer Snodgrass and Cora Palfy will offer their perspectives on backwards design in music theory curriculum. A schedule for our session and details on their presentations are below.
SMT PMIG, Friday…[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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Sara Bowden replied to the topic Call for Papers – SMT Denver 2023 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoHi all! We have our official meeting time in Denver for our session. The SSRIG will meet on Saturday, November 11th from 7:30 – 9:00 PM, in Governor’s Sq. 11. We are continuing to explore ways to make remote, synchronous participation available.
We are also seeking more submissions. Please circulate our call for papers to colleagues who may be…[Read more]
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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, 5 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, 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] -
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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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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Sara Bowden replied to the topic Call for Papers – SMT Denver 2023 in the discussion
Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoJust a few more days before we send out our CFP for our annual meeting!
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Interest Group Meeting of the Scholars for Social ResponsibilityAt the Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory 2023November 9 – November 12, 2023Denver, CO / Online The Scholars for Social Responsibility Interest Group (S…[Read more]
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