The Queen is a Doctor of Musicology?
by Elina Hamilton After a long day of classes, preparing lectures, and grading assignments, I snuggled into my sofa with a glass of red wine… Read More
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Colloquy: Race, Ethnicity and the Profession (Part 4 of 4): On Race/Ethnicity in the Profession
By Ellie Hisama
Ed. Note: The following paper was presented by Ellie Hisama of Columbia University as part of the special session on “Race, Ethnicity, and… Read More
Colloquy: Race, Ethnicity and the Profession (Part 3 of 4): Listening for Disciplinary Timbres
By Bonnie Gordon
Ed. Note: The following paper was presented by Bonnie Gordon of the University of Virginia as part of the special session on “Race Ethnicity, and… Read More
Colloquy: Race Ethnicity and the Profession (Part 2 of 4)
By Mark Burford
Ed. Note: The following paper was presented by Mark Burford of Reed College as part of the special session on “Race Ethnicity, and the Profession”… Read More
Colloquy: Race, Ethnicity, and the Profession (Part 1 of 4): Introduction
By Musicology Now Editorial Board
On Friday, November 4, 2016, the American Musicological Society held a special session on Race, Ethnicity and the Profession during its annual meeting. The panelists… Read More
Musicology Now and Later
Welcome to a new phase in the… Read More
Excerpt: “Stravinsky’s ‘Great Passacaglia'”
by Don Traut The following is partially excerpted from the author’s forthcoming book, Stravinsky’s ‘Great Passacaglia’: Recurring Elements in the Concerto for Piano and Wind… Read More
Audiovisual Returns
Excerpt adapted from Deirdre Loughridge, Haydn’s Sunrise, Beethoven’s Shadow: Audiovisual Culture and the Emergence of Musical Romanticism (University of Chicago Press, 2016). by Deirdre… Read More
Thoughts on Dylan’s Nobel
by Steven Rings Close-up of portrait of Bob Dylan. Richard Avedon, Copyright 1963. Of all the responses to Bob… Read More
Party Politics
by Simon Morrison Still from Robbie Williams’ “Party Like A Russian.” When English pop singer Robbie Williams released his… Read More
A Harmony/Counterpoint Teacher/Student dialogue
by John Halle This is an abridged version of a lengthier dialogue from John Halle’s blog. STUDENT: Why do I need… Read More
This Magic Moment
Introducing Cherubino’s Leap: In Search of the Enlightenment Moment (University of Chicago Press, 2016) by Richard Kramer Let me begin with the title. Read More
New Perspectives on Music Therapy
Four music therapy experts offer insightful assessments of the current field over at OUPblog – check it… Read More
Do Republicans and Democrats Hear Music Differently?
by Christopher Reynolds Fragment of Beethoven’s manuscript for String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135… Read More
Fighting body shaming through burlesque: the NYC Hot Box Girls expansion to Vienna
by Chanda VanderHart The New York City Hot Box Girls, pet project of impresario Rebecca Greenstein, have become a New York institution in the five years since their… Read More
Care-Oriented Musicology
by William Cheng Art by Jess Landau (2016) The following is an excerpt from the Introduction to the… Read More
Pokémon GO: The Music
by Simon Morrison My office at Princeton University became a point of pilgrimage this summer. Tourists, pre-frosh campers, local teens, procrastinating grad students, and even… Read More
Florence Foster Jenkins Collection at Schubertiade Music & Arts
Schubertiade Music & Arts (a former employer of one of MN‘s curators) is offering a… Read More
Music do I hear?
Ross Duffin discusses the types of musical arrangements featured in Shakespeare’s theater in a wonderful post featured on the Oxford University Press Blog. Click … Read More