Haps at JAMS
NOTE: With volume 67, no. 1, the Journal of the American Musicological Society—or JAMS,… Read More
Articles
The Unlikely History of Sixties Rock and Roll
by Christopher Doll In narratives of American popular-music history, the song “Louie Louie” is usually depicted (to the extent it surfaces at all) as a… Read More
Music and Higher Education in the 1970s
NOTE: The following, from the archive, are position statements by noted music scholars for the symposium “Music in Higher Education in the 1970’s,” held at… Read More
Let the Sisters Sing
by Cesar Favila The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles Besides the opera… Read More
New Discovery in Johanna Beyer Research
by Amy C. Beal Our government may not work quickly, but in some cases it eventually gets around to something useful and important. Eight months… Read More
The Band Played On
by D. Kern Holoman Alfred Cortot and Wihelm Kempff during the concert… Read More
Christian Wolff at 80
by Amy C. Beal Christian Wolff at recording sessionsfor his Exercises, September 2005,near… Read More
Listening to Downton Abbey (part 2)
by Michael Accinno Note: Listening to Downton Abbey (part 1) is available HERE. On 8 June 1926, a distinguished crowd gathered… Read More
The Magical Power of “Let It Go”
In this recent video, musicologist W. Anthony Sheppard (editor of the Journal of the American Musicological Society and department chair at Williams College) investigates how… Read More
Dear Abbé
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Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: From time… Read More
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