Let’s Make a Deal:The Beatles, Ed Sullivan, and the British Invasion
by John Covach New York promoter Sid Bernstein called himself “the man who brought the Beatles to America.”<1> Bernstein’s oft-told story of how he came… Read More
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Listening to Downton Abbey (part 1)
by Michael Accinno Spoiler Alert: This post treats Series 4, Episode 3 (US Episode 2) of Downton Abbey, which was broadcast by UK network ITV… Read More
To Be or Not:Is “The Star-Spangled Banner” Really Based on an Old English Drinking Song?
by Mark Clague As we approach the September 14, 2014, bicentennial of the United States national anthem, online resources about the anthem’s history are multiplying. Read More
Conference Report: Video Game Music
by Ryan Thompson I enjoyed speaking at the inaugural North American Conference on Video Game Music, which took place at Youngstown… Read More
Gluck’s Nationality
by Eric Schneeman NOTE: 2014 marks the Gluck tercentenary and the bicentenary of The Star-Spangled Banner. We treat the latter in a forthcoming post. Read More
Dear Abbé
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Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: What does… Read More
Who Was M. D. Herter Norton?
Every musicologist is familiar with the firm of W. W. Norton, publisher of the time-honored Music in Western Civilization by Paul Henry Lang, published in… Read More
Publisher’s Corner: In Praise of the Elevator Pitch
by Mary C. Francis Scholars, why is your writing and research important to your readers? If you can’t answer that question with conviction, in two… Read More
The Composers’ Forum: Favorite Moments
by Melissa J. de Graaf The Composers’ Forum was a weekly series of new and contemporary music concerts sponsored by the Federal Music Project and… Read More
Rapper’s Delight
by Loren Kajikawa Editor’s note: Loren Kajikawa’s lecture “Before Rap: DJs, MCs, and Pre-1979 Hip Hop Performances” was delivered on 25 September, 2013 as part… Read More
How I Got Over
by Robert Fink A complicated skirmish over musical form under capitalism appears to have broken out recently amongst the leftist intelligentsia. The opening provocation, from… Read More
2013: the Stats
Happy New Year! Here are the 2013 statistics for Musicology Now, formally launched in August 2013. Read More
Perséphone
Perséphone was a mélodrame (with speakers, vocal soloists, chorus, dance troupe, and orchestra) premiered at… Read More
Festschriften 2013
by Michael Accinno Friends, pupils, and colleagues honored, during 2013, three distinguished American musicologists with Festschriften saluting lifetime achievement. Jane Bernstein… Read More
Dear Abbé
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ABBÉ’S HOLIDAY It’s that time of year again… Sugar Plum Fairies… Messiah… holiday concerts (with… Read More
Just For The Love of It
Amateurs, Professionals, and the British Early Music Movement by Nick Wilson Many aspects of the British early music movement (“Early Music”) continue to… Read More
Honors
Each year, the American Musicological Society names as Honorary Members longstanding members who have made outstanding contributions to further our objectives and the field of… Read More
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Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: Why is… Read More
Whither the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées?
by Cesar Leal Gabriel Astruc Inaugurated on April 30, 1913, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is an… Read More
Fiddling in the “Last Best West”
by David Gramit We don’t know much about the fiddler preserved in this turn-of-the-century… Read More