Anything Goes? Composition at the Turn of the Century

01 January 1999 Editors's Note: See below for A Response by Nancy Van de Vate A Response by Elliott Schwartz A Response by Jeremy Beck Composers today live in a pluralistic age. The profusion of different styles as well as the vast resources of music history at their...

The Basset Clarinet of Anton Stadler

01 October 1982 Anton Stadler was a clarinet virtuoso of Vienna and close friend of Mozart (Fig. 1).1 Figure 1. Silhouette of Anton Stadler. Courtesy of the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, East Berlin. Stadler and Theodor Lotz (who was Royal Instrument Maker to the...

Poking the Pillars: A Preliminary Evaluation of Integration, Diversity, and Creativity

01 January 2016 An earlier version of this article was presented as part of the special session, "Integration, Diversity, and Creativity: Reflections on the 'Manifesto' from The College Music Society," at the Society for Music Theory annual meeting, St. Louis, October...