The proliferation of online news and general interest websites (such as FiveThirtyEight, Slate, Vox, and others) over the past decade has centered around a particular genre of short-form expository writing, sometimes referred to as the “thinkpiece,” “explainer,” or “blessay” (blog + essay). These essays analyze and comment upon current events,…[Read more]

This document is a brief initial guide to conducting research in music theory. It highlights significant reference sources and databases, lists some major journals and other resources in the field, and suggests some ways of beginning to look for information on a topic.

Initially compiled in 2014 at Harvard; revised w/Gettysburg College…[Read more]

An analysis of Jerome-Joseph de Momigny’s (1803) account of Mozart’s D Minor String Quartet, K. 421

Review of Steven Rings, Tonality and Transformation (Oxford University Press, 2011)