Dear Abbé
Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. CHERS LECTEURS, CHÈRES LECTRICES: The first photograph… Read More
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Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: Do you know who these… Read More
Figuring Rameau
by Thomas Christensen 2014, as Gina Rivera reminds us in her posting from November 2014,… Read More
Where’s Waldo?
More on Waldo Selden Pratt . . . In The Musical Times, September 1939 (no. 1159, p. 684)— Percy A. Scholes notes his death:… Read More
“Musicology” Turns 100
by Matthew Werley Waldo Selden Pratt In January 1915, the American seminary professor Waldo S. Read More
Interview: Richard Taruskin
The fourth and last in this series of video interviews reflecting on American musicology features Richard Taruskin, interviewed by Beth E. Levy. (At one point… Read More
Leon Botstein on the Liberal Arts
Learning is like sex, and other reasons the liberal arts will remain relevant by Leon Botstein This article first appeared in… Read More
On Adémar de Chabannes (989–1034)
James Grier, professor of music history at the University of Western Ontario, has been working on music and liturgy in medieval Aquitaine for more than… Read More
2014: the Stats
Happy New Year! Here are the 2014 statistics for Musicology Now, formally launched in August 2013, and today… Read More
Interview: Simon Morrison
The third of our video interviews reflecting on American musicology features Simon Morrison, the noted Prokofiev specialist, reflecting on his recent work in Russia toward… Read More
JAMS 67/3 (Fall 2014)
Volume 67, no. 3, of the Journal of the American Musicological Society—or JAMS, as it… Read More
1914: The Christmas Truce
by Carol A. Hess Among the many things World War I left in its wake is an impressive and diverse body of musical works. The… Read More
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Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: I am 8 years… Read More
Mozart’s Grace
by Scott Burnham Perfection, revelation, incarnation, grace, redemption. Such metaphors resonate throughout the history of… Read More
Interview: Ellen T. Harris
The second of our video interviews reflecting on American musicology features Ellen T. Harris, who became president of the American Musicological Society in November 2014. Read More
William Scheide 1914-2014
Bill Scheide was known to musicians everywhere as owner of the Haussman portrait (second version,… Read More
Interview: Christopher Reynolds
We are pleased to present the first of several video interviews reflecting on American musicology. Christopher Reynolds, immediate past president of the American Musicological Society,… Read More
The Eastman Studies
by Ralph P. Locke A recent post on this blog mentioned “the staggeringly weighty displays of recent books” at the annual meeting of the… Read More
A Major Crisis
by Steven Ilagan NOTE: For a holiday offering we republish this post from Steven Ilagan’s column “Tunespoon” as it appeared in the California Aggie… Read More
Honors 2014
Each year, the American Musicological Society names as Honorary Members longstanding members who have made outstanding contributions to further the society’s objectives and the field… Read More