[i]The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence: Selected Letters[/i], edited by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Harris

01 October 1988 The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence: Selected Letters, edited by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Harris. New York: W. W. Norton, 1987. xviii + 497 pp. A protracted correspondence between composers occurs but rarely. In the history of the...

In Praise of Mentors

01 October 2003 I find myself wanting to dance through a Pentecost of Musics, excited as never before. . . " Hypothetical Predictions of Donald Harris We are seeing, probably not for the first time, that many good, "new" ideas are not necessarily that new, and "old"...

Curriculum for Composers

01 October 1981 and technique. It is our task as teachers—and as composers—to know which is which, and to go on from there. authors: Donald Harris author_ids: 1314 authors: Donald Harris author_ids: 1314

Early Music Matters: Revitalizing the Survey through a Contextual Approach[sup]1[/sup]

20 September 2020 Abstract The early music segment of the Western music history survey is an important opportunity to reach out to undergraduate music students before they become the music educators, performers, and advocates for music in our communities. In such...

Paying Attention to Music and Baseball: Listening to the Savannah Bananas

13 May 2026 In 1956, Ford Frick, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, tried to woo music fans to pay more attention to baseball. Writing in Music Journal, Frick hoped that his “comparison of music and baseball should be of interest to devotees of both of...

“Oh My Son!”: The Musical Origins and Function of King David’s Lamentation

01 October 2009 Introduction In his 1981 article “Prince Henry as Absalom in David’s Lamentations” Irving Godt examined a group of seventeenth-century English settings based on King David’s laments for his son Absalom and his friend Jonathan.1 On the basis of the...

Sketch Study and Analysis: Berg's Twelve-Tone Music

01 October 1993 13-23; and Friedrich Cerha, Arbeitsbericht (Vienna: Universal Edition, 1979). 11Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, Donald Harris, The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence (New York: W.W. Norton, 1987); Donald Harris and Mark Devoto, "Berg's Notes for the...

Community Arts Schools and College Music Programs: A Case for Mutual Goals

28 February 1994 of Director of The Hartt School Community Division, I was working as Assistant Director of NASM, so I knew Hartt's Dean, Donald Harris. I called him to say I was interested in the job. He asked, with surprise, "Why would you be interested?" After all, I...

The New Music Ensemble in the University

01 October 1978 of Michigan, dress rehearsals of Robert Erickson's "Pacific Sirens" and the "Éclat" of Pierre Boulez; a performance of Donald Harris' "Ludus I" and Hal Budd's "Black Flowers"; 3) the Musica Nova Ensemble at Eastman playing in public concert for the 8th...

Berg, Strindberg, and D Minor

01 October 1990 York: St. Martin's Press, 1971), 62. 3The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence, eds. Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Harris (New York: W. W. Norton, 1987), 117. 4See Evert Spinchorn, Strindberg as Dramatist (New Haven and London: Yale University...

Artistic Parallels between Arnold Schoenberg's Music and Painting (1908-1912)

01 October 1995 either." See The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence: Selected Letters, edited by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey and Donald Harris (New York and London: W. W. Norton, 1987), p. 51. Kallir believes he may have begun to recognize his artistic limitations...

[i]And the Beat Goes On: An Introduction to Popular Music in America, 1840 to Today[/i], by Michael C. Campbell

01 October 1996 And the Beat Goes On: An Introduction to Popular Music in America, 1840 to Today, by Michael C. Campbell. New York: Schirmer Books, 1995, pp. xiv, 334. ISBN 0-02-870165-8. Browse the MLs of any good music library and you may be amazed at the...

Incorporating Composition into the Applied Saxophone Pedagogy in Higher Education

14 April 2017 Abstract A composition project within the saxophone pedagogy in higher education can serve as a tool to engage students in new areas of musical exploration that can be beneficial to their saxophone growth. Practicing compositional skills through basic...

Employment Matters in Higher Jazz Education

13 May 2026 Introduction Employment research is a ubiquitous feature in contemporary policy, economic, and business sectors. The higher education sector in the United States has tracked employment data for many decades, aided by organizations such as the American...