Articles

Debussy at 150

by Jann Pasler Debussy by Nadar On the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, new perspectives… Read More

Bellini alla Malibran

by Hilary Poriss In the autumn of 1832, when Maria Malibran (1808–36) was at the height of her fame—recognized… Read More

The H word

Humanities. A summer of glossy manifestos and thoroughgoing press response kicked off when Harvard published its treatise on the future of arts and humanities there. Read More

Pedagogically Speaking

by Stephen C. Meyer At the forthcoming annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in Pittsburgh I will conclude my… Read More

Connecting

Once connected to the news each morning (unlike certain New Yorkers last week), I try… Read More

Big (Bad) Data

by Robert Fink The effect of “big data” on the humanities is a hot topic in intellectual circles these days, and every so often, the… Read More

Prokofiev on the Train

by Kevin Bartig On the evening of 8 February 1930, a train spirited Prokofiev and his wife Lina south from New York City. The cloudy… Read More

Puccini’s Music Box

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Editor’s Note: W. Anthony Sheppard’s solution of a “musicological mystery many decades old”–a Swiss music box that plays Chinese tunes heard in Turandot and Madama… Read More

Maestros & Divas. Still.

Sir Antonio Pappano’s rant on diva cancellations, 13 March 2013–“this generation of singers [is] weaker in their bodies or don’t care. I don’t know what… Read More

What is Ecomusicology?

Ecomusicology, writes Aaron S. Allen “considers the relationships of music, culture, and nature; … it is the study of musical and sonic issues, both textual… Read More