Dear Abbé
Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: From time… Read More
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Joe
by D. Kern Holoman Joseph Kerman at 60 Just before his 60thbirthday, after Andrew Porter… Read More
Remembering Joe Kerman
Sarah Fuller I came to graduate study at Berkeley in 1961 as someone unschooled in the labyrinths and habitudes of musicology and with great… Read More
Down with Eleven: On the overamplification of American life
by Jay Nordlinger Re-posted, with kind permission, from National Review / Digital, April 7, 2014. It’s not our biggest problem, or even in the top… Read More
Valentin Silvestrov and What the Times Dictate
by Peter J. Schmelz Valentin Silvestrov Among the almost daily shocks and surprises from the… Read More
In memoriam Joseph Kerman
Joseph Kerman April 3, 1924 – March 17, 2014… Read More
Indexing Psalms and Music
by Meridith Murray Those of us who are church musicians are always looking for new insights into sacred texts. Music scholarship can help us find… Read More
Pop Triumphalism, concl.
NOTE: the thread– Robert Fink: How I Got OverJohn Halle: Pop Triumphalism Redux, a response to Robert Fink Prof. Fink concludes:… Read More
Reflections on Contemporary Ellingtonia
by John Howland Duke Ellington’s 1999 centennial, as I observe in the current issue of Musical Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2013), fostered a wave of new… Read More
Pop Triumphalism Redux, Neoliberal Aesthetics, and the Austerity Agenda: A Response to Robert Fink
by John Halle NOTE: a longer version of this response appears at Professor Halle’s website, HERE. A central point of my piece “The… Read More
New Videos: Louise Talma / Before Rap
Kendra Preston Leonard: “Meaning and Myth in Louise Talma’s First Period Works” The American Musicological Society… Read More
On the Lecture-Recital
by Michael J. Puri “What do you do?” “I teach music.”“That’s great! What instrument do you play?” Sound familiar? No matter how… Read More
20 Feet From Stardom: Entertainment or History?
by Andrew Flory NOTE: The 86th Academy Awards will be presented on March 2, 2014. The film treated here is nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Read More
Remembering Howard Mayer Brown
by Ellen T. Harris NOTE: February 20, 2014, is the twenty-first anniversary of the death of the distinguished American musicologist Howard Mayer Brown (1930–93). Read More
Bach in Weimar: the Bach-Haus petition
by Robert L. Marshall The best source for information about the proposal to create a Bach memorial on the site of his original home can… Read More
Pete Seeger (1919–2014)
by Judith Tick To me Pete Seeger was his stepmother’s stepson. Ruth, he called her—her own children called her Dio—and I liked the warm way… Read More
Pop Orientalism
by W. Anthony Sheppard NOTE: Here we post Tony Sheppard’s recent TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) talk “Pop Orientalism: Tin Pan Alley to Taiwan… Read More
Music & Disability Studies: An Introduction
by Blake Howe Curious about disability, but unsure of what it is? This is a short primer on the field of Disability Studies, and covers… Read More
What I Do in Musicology
by Laurence Libin NOTE: The AMS Newsletter of the American Musicological Society features a series of reflections from musicologists who have pursued non-tenure-track careers. We… Read More