Music for Flag Lowering Ceremonies
By Drew Massey It seems that power struggles these days are frequently mediated by the language of sport. Obama chose not to “spike the… Read More
Articles by Kevin Romoser
Of Sound Minds and Tuning Forks: Charcot’s Acoustic Experiments at the Salpêtrière
Plate 20, Iconographie… Read More
Exotic Reflections
by Ralph Locke I have long been intrigued by the problem of how music relates to what is widely called “the exotic.” By “the exotic”… Read More
Dear Abbé
Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free. DEAR ABBÉ: Do you know who this… Read More
The Voice Returns: New Season, Same Blind Spot?
by William Cheng William Cheng’s essay first appeared in Pacific Standard, 25 September 2015. Season 9 of NBC’s The Voice… Read More
David G. Hughes (1926–2015)
A memorial for Professor Hughes takes place Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 4:00 PM EDT, in John Knowles Paine Concert Hall on the Harvard Campus. Read More
Harold Arlen: Music From Way Up High
by Walter Rimler Harold Arlen was part of a community of songwriters who were friends and supporters of each other’s work. “We were always… Read More
Curators in the Musical Museum: The Case of Haydn
by Bryan Proksch The idea that the canon of musical works is a sort of museum—an idea advanced by Lydia Goehr, Peter Burkholder, and others—makes… Read More
Letter from Florence
Jessie Ann Owens writes: I am fortunate to be a visiting professor at Villa I Tatti this semester, and to rediscover the beauty of the… Read More
That Debate, again
by Bonnie Gordon 2015 is a big year for fiftieth anniversaries in music. In 1965 Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk festival, members… Read More