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Bellini alla Malibran
by Hilary PorissIn the autumn of 1832, when Maria Malibran (1808–36) was at the height of her fame—recognized widely as one of the most accomplished and exciting prima donnas touring the international...
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To judge from video footage of Last Night of the Proms, 2013, the “dark Satanic Mills” that William Blake references in Jerusalem—Britain's other national anthem (Hubert Parry, 1916)—were on the minds...
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Debussy at 150
by Jann PaslerDebussy by NadarOn the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, new perspectives on his life and music continue to emerge, as well as new questions. From his contracts with his publisher, we...
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AMS Plenary Lecture: Richard Crawford on Gershwin
by Christopher ReynoldsThe American Musicological Society is pleased to announce an endowed plenary lecture to take place at its annual national meetings in November. The President's Endowed Plenary...
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George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition
by Mark ClagueAn aesthetic that spotlights the spontaneity of performance and invites infinite arrangement might seem strange territory for a scholarly edition. The music of George and Ira Gershwin...
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Horses
The “grand carrousel du roi”—a pageant-like affair with horses, music, and fireworks—presented in the Place Royale (Place des Vosges, Paris) during the first week of April 1612, celebrated the...
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Music Lessons
by Bonnie GordonThis week Mark Oppenheimer of the New Republic wrote a provocative essay called “Stop Forcing Your Kids to Learn a Musical Instrument” that asks why we, by which I think he means...
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JMHP : from the editor
by C. Matthew BalensuelaAs the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Music History Pedagogy I am pleased to announce that the new issue (vol. 4, no. 1) is now available HERE. Perhaps “pleased” is not the...
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Verdi at 200 (1)
by Roger ParkerEd. note: Verdi's 200th birthday is Wednesday, 9 October. Or maybe Thursday.Photo Panser BornWikimedia CommonsA first question might be: does Verdi need a birthday? His operas are, after...
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Beethoven IX : the App
by Andrew Dell'AntonioThere’s something about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that inspires complex engagement. Long before the current Beethoven’s 9th Symphony app (TouchPress/Deutsche Grammophon, iOS...
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Verdi at 200 (2)
by Philip GossettEditor's note: This is the second in a series of posts commemorating Verdi's bicentennial. Roger Parker's piece is available here.And so, we celebrate this year the 200th anniversary...
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New Beethoven Research
by David B. LevyWith the Spring 2007 issue of Beethoven Forum (vol. 14, no. 2), the journal which had started with such promise in 1992, came to an end. Did this mean that research on the music and...
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Colin Davis in Boston
by Margo Miller Colin Davis died 14 April 2013 in London at the age of 85. When Colin Davis first conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1967, he was something most players had not experienced. He...
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Scandals and Scores (2013 edition)
by Ryan MinorAnother summer, another scandal: for opera scholars, Wagner fans, and perhaps anyone who reads newspapers, this was the summer of Frank Castorf’s bicentenary production of the Ring cycle...
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Dear Abbé
Professional musicologists offer answers and advice. Free.* DEAR ABBÉ:I was doing some genealogical research concerning my grandmother, Theodosia Harris. There was a newspaper article in the Los...
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Musicology Now at 3 Months
Today marks the 3-month anniversary of this blog, not counting the beta-testing last March. People seem to enjoy it, and we've enjoyed putting it together. Here are the numbers:Total hits:...
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Repeat from the Beginning!
In 1914, at the height of a successful career as concert pianist, Donald Francis Tovey (1875–1940) became the [John] Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh. There he worked for the rest...
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Gershwin′s “Clara” in Pittsburgh
Richard CrawfordA capacity audience of some 500 musicologists provided the final musical illustration of Richard Crawford′s plenary address to the American Musicological Society, “Mr. Gershwin′s...
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Public Musicology . . . 1939
by Carol A. HessThe questions explored at the session on “Public Musicology” during the American Musicological Society's recent meeting in Pittsburgh were hardly new. At least in the United States, we...
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Now Available: the NYNME Archive
Peter Maxwell Davies:Eight Songs for a Mad KingJayn Rosenfeld, fluteJean Kopperud, clarinetLinda Quan, violinHaleh Abgari, singer/shriekerThe New York New Music Ensemble, established 1976, has made...
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