The Beginning of the End(game): Promoting Avengers: Endgame
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and directors Anthony Russo and Joseph V. Russo (collectively the Russo Brothers) have been notorious for their reluctance to give… Read More
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Musicology Now Avengers: Endgame Quick Takes
By James Deaville
When Susan Thomas recently suggested the opportunity for a new Quick Takes blog series, I immediately thought of the… Read More
“What can the AMS do?”: The Scholarly Society and the Academic Jobs Crisis
By Danielle Fosler-Lussier
Since 2008, the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty at higher-education institutions has declined by 35%. The Delphi Project… Read More
The Memories of Music in Game of Thrones
By Alex Ludwig
This year is certain to test the Ironborn… Read More
Three Musical Works About “Old Paris”
By Jacek Blaszkiewicz
My first time in front of Notre Dame was in 2014. I had just passed my PhD qualifying exams and had flown to Leeds to… Read More
Folk Music and Fascism: A Divisive History
By Ross Cole
Folk music is near synonymous with the left. This union is so apparent and longstanding in the Anglophone world… Read More
Whither “Musicologist”?
By Jacques Dupuis
Apple’s June 5, 2017 Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) keynote presentation was, by many measures, a fairly standard, very polished… Read More
Dissertation Digest: The Politics of Opera in French Provincial Cities, 1685-1750
By Natasha Roule
Title-piece from an opera libretto printed in Lyon in 1706. Photo: Natasha Roule. From the… Read More
Man/Myth/Music: Hearing the Life and Legacy of John McCain
By Dan Blim, Dana Gorzelany-Mostak, James Deaville, Naomi Graber
On August 25, 2018, John Sidney McCain III—naval aviator, war hero, senator, two-time presidential contender, and stalwart Republican—succumbed to… Read More
El Tricentenario: The Music of San Antonio’s 300th Anniversary
By Stefan Greenfield-Casas
San Antonio, TX. Best known as the home of the Alamo, the Spurs, and some of (if not the)… Read More
Why Listen To Animals?
By Rachel Mundy
Note: This essay appears simultaneously in the blog of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, SLSA New Creations. Some readers may… Read More
Book Preview: Rethinking Difference in Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Music: Theory and Politics of Ambiguity
By Gavin S.K. Lee
How should music research approach different social formations and musical expressions of gender and sexuality—and the very concept of… Read More
Dissertation Digest: Listening to a Liberated Paris: Pierre Schaeffer Experiments with Radio
By Alexander Stalarow
Dissertation Digest: Listening to a Liberated Paris: Pierre Schaeffer Experiments with Radio I first became interested in Pierre Schaeffer when… Read More
Teaching Music & Difference—Let’s Get It On: Pedagogy, Sexuality, and Music
By Amber R. Clifford-Napoleone
Note: This essay is the final installment in Musicology Now‘s “Teaching Music & Difference” series, which features additional essays by … Read More
Teaching Music & Difference: Thick Listening
By Angela Glaros
By Angela Glaros Note: This… Read More
Teaching Music & Difference: Critical Awareness for a Global Music Industry
By Rebekah Moore
By Rebekah Moore Note: This essay is the second installment in Musicology Now‘s… Read More
From the Archives: Finding the Unexpected
By James Parsons
As anyone who has engaged in archival research can attest, what one discovers can be rewarding, but also, as… Read More
Six Easy Ways to Foster an Accessible and Inclusive Music History Classroom
By Kimberly Francis, Meagan Troop, Michael Accinno
Many music educators today grapple with this daunting question: How do we create and foster accessible teaching and learning… Read More
Teaching Music and Difference: Music, Culture, and Difference in Globalization
By Jesús A. Ramos-Kittrell
Note: This essay is the first installment in Musicology Now‘s “Teaching Music & Difference”… Read More
Harry Hay, the Mattachine Society, and Musicology’s Role in the early U.S. Gay Rights Movement
By John Gabriel
June is LGBTQ Pride Month, an ideal occasion to think about the intersections of musicology and the long, ongoing… Read More