Clik here to view.
Fighting body shaming through burlesque: the NYC Hot Box Girls expansion to...
by Chanda VanderHartThe New York City Hot Box Girls, pet project of impresario Rebecca Greenstein, have become a New York institution in the five years since their inception, actively touring within...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do Republicans and Democrats Hear Music Differently?
by Christopher ReynoldsHow do you hear this? Fragment of Beethoven's manuscript for String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135Some years ago I wrote an article that dealt in part with the possibility that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Perspectives on Music Therapy
Four music therapy experts offer insightful assessments of the current field over at OUPblog - check it out!
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Magic Moment
Introducing Cherubino's Leap:In Search of the Enlightenment Momentby Richard KramerLet me begin with the title. The first part (before the colon) is meant as a provocation. Who doesn’t want to read...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Harmony/Counterpoint Teacher/Student dialogue
by John HalleThis is an abridged version of a lengthier dialogue from John Halle's blog.STUDENT: Why do I need to take this class?TEACHER: It’s required.STUDENT: Why is it required?TEACHER: Because you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Party Politics
by Simon MorrisonStill from Robbie Williams'"Party Like A Russian."When English pop singer Robbie Williams released his single “Party Like a Russian,” the song stalled on the charts yet still made...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts on Dylan's Nobel
by Steven RingsClose-up of portrait of Bob Dylan. Richard Avedon, Copyright 1963.Of all the responses to Bob Dylan’s Nobel, my favorite comes from Leonard Cohen, who likened it to “pinning a medal on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Audiovisual Returns
Excerpt adapted from Deirdre Loughridge, Haydn’s Sunrise, Beethoven’s Shadow: Audiovisual Culture and the Emergence of Musical Romanticism (University of Chicago Press, 2016).by Deirdre LoughridgeIt is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Excerpt: "Stravinsky's 'Great Passacaglia'"
by Don TrautThe following is partially excerpted from the author’s forthcoming book, Stravinsky’s ‘Great Passacaglia’: Recurring Elements in the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (University of...
View ArticleMusicology Now and Later
Welcome to a new phase in the life of Musicology Now, the official blog of the American Musicological Society. As (now past) President Ellen Harris informed members of the society in a communication...
View ArticleColloquy: Race, Ethnicity, and the Profession (Part 1 of 4)
On Friday, November 4, 2016, the American Musicological Society held a special session on Race, Ethnicity and the Profession during its annual meeting. The panelists were members of a newly configured...
View ArticleColloquy: Race Ethnicity and the Profession (Part 2 of 4)
[Ed. Note: The following paper was presented by Mark Burford of Reed College as part of the special session on "Race Ethnicity, and the Profession" at the AMS Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia....
View ArticleColloquy: Race, Ethnicity and the Profession (Part 3 of 4)
[Ed. Note: The following paper was presented by Bonnie Gordon of the University of Virginia as part of the special session on "Race Ethnicity, and the Profession" at the AMS Meeting in Vancouver,...
View ArticleColloquy: Race, Ethnicity and the Profession (Part 4 of 4)
[Ed. Note: The following paper was presented by Ellie Hisama of Columbia University as part of the special session on "Race, Ethnicity, and the Profession" at the AMS Meeting in Vancouver, British...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nicht diese Töne: What If a Black Lives Matter Protest Had Silenced...
By Naomi André and William Cheng Image from The Collegian, Fresno State University (2014)Here is a collaborative, co-imaginative piece responding to the “Special Session on Race, Ethnicity, and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Queen is a Doctor of Musicology?
by Elina HamiltonAfter a long day of classes, preparing lectures, and grading assignments, I snuggled into my sofa with a glass of red wine in one hand and turned to the newest Netflix series, The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Politics Invades the Theater? It's Always Been There
By Elizabeth T. Craft[Ed Note. A version of the following Op-Ed originally appeared in the Salt Lake CityTribune on December 3, 2016. It is presented here for the readers of Musicology Now with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts on "The Thought of Music"
by Lawrence KramerThe Thought of Music (2016) is the third volume in a trilogy of books on musical understanding that began with Interpreting Music (2010) and continued with Expression and Truth: On...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theodore Drury and the Dilemmas of Race, Class, and Music at the Opera House
by Kristen Turnerpicture of Drury as Faust taken from a program for the May 5, 1902 performance of Faust by the Theodore Drury Grand Opera Company, Harvard Theatre Collection Few African-American...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Not Another Music History Blog! Public Musicology on the Internet
by Linda Shaver-GleasonIt’s like looking into a mirror.It seems like one of the favorite things for musicologists to do on social media is to point out when someone is wrong on the internet, which...
View Article