Music Research in Puerto Rico

01 October 1983 Music Research in Puerto Rico Written by Donald Thompson Symposium Volume 23 All descriptions of native music in Puerto Rico in Precolumbian times and during the early colonial period are derived from the writings of a handful of observers. The first...

Musical Puerto Rico: Microcosm in the Mainstream

01 October 1999 moment, in music as in many other aspects of island life, Puerto Rico is again a microcosm in the mainstream. authors: Donald Thompson author_ids: 915 authors: Donald Thompson author_ids: 915

An Evolutionary View of Neapolitan Formations in Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas

01 October 1980 Liszt refused to place Beethoven's works in periods. He would divide them, instead, into two categories. The first, that in which traditional and recognized form contains and governs the thought of the master; and the second, that in which the thought...

Redefining Music Appreciation: Exploring the Power of Music

01 June 2015 Abstract How might we create a world empowered by music? How might we change our culture to accept music as an innate intelligence and assist others in discovering the joy, enchantment, mystery, and power of music in their daily lives? Answers to these...

". . . Our Daily Bread"

01 October 1972 There is a greater need than pianoforte teachers and singing teachers, and that is a numerous company of writers and talkers who shall teach the people how to listen to music so that it shall not pass through their heads like a vast tonal...

From Hultsfred to Nashville: Factors Influencing the Success of a Music Cluster

01 October 2024 Abstract Business Clustering is a phenomenon common in many industries around the world. Technology, manufacturing, and creative industries all experience the clustering of businesses to a certain geographical area to partake in the competitive...

On Translating Schoenberg's Harmonielehre

01 October 1983 passage in the text of the translation is the source of all the remaining quotations here. 13Many thanks to Professor Donald Thompson of the University of Puerto Rico; he encouraged me to write this piece, and his advice along the way has been...

The D.A.: An Alternative Doctoral Pattern for the Arts

01 October 1986 Major changes in the education of prospective college music faculty were advocated at the 1984 Dearborn Conference on Music in General Studies. The arguments were valid and well presented as a statement of the problem, but somewhat less so when it came...

On [i]Symposium[/i] at 40

01 November 1999 interests in ethnomusicology have included Gerard Behague, Fredric Lieberman, Barbara Reeder Lundquist, Bruno Nettl, Donald Thompson, Ricardo Trimillos, and many others. Indeed, the College Music Symposium has been an important voice for ethnomusicology...