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
Articles
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
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
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