Popular Music in Higher Education: Finding the Balance

20 September 2019 Bridging the Gap: Popular Music and Music Education, ed. Carlos Xavier Rodriguez (Reston, VA: Reston, VA), 246. John Covach, in a discussion of the growth of the American college system and its curricula, states that “the highbrow nature of classical...

Voice Leading and Harmony as Expressive Devices in the Early Music of the Beatles: She Loves You

01 October 1993 and Practice 16 (1991); "Swallowed by a Song: Paul Simon's Crisis of Chromaticism," in a forthcoming book co-edited by John Covach and Graeme Boone. 12G. Barry Golson, ed., The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon & Yoko Ono: The Final Testament . .....

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

01 January 2016 pillar is similar to the concern about the creativity pillar. Diverse repertoire in the field is growing, and as John Covach has pointed out, it is far easier to study popular music, including jazz, both as a student and a scholar these days—it can even...

[i]The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950[/i], by Allen Forte

01 October 1996 he knows and loves is a book that will soon become a seminal work in the study of American popular music. authors: John Covach author_ids: 1002 authors: John Covach author_ids: 1002

Design for Change: Creating Significant Learning Experiences in the Music Classroom

02 October 2006 Lori. "'Joanie' Get Angry: k.d. lang's Feminist Revision." In Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis, 93-112. John Covach and Graeme M. Boone, eds. New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. Candy, Philip C. Self-Direction for Lifelong Learning: A...

Introducing Musical Meaning through Popular Music

20 September 2018 19–37. —. “Swallowed by a Song: Paul Simon’s Crisis of Chromaticism.” Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis. Ed. John Covach & Graeme M. Boone. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. pp. 113–153. Ferris, David. Schumann’s Eichendorff...

Creating Music Curricula of the Future: Preparing Undergraduate Music Students to Engage

27 September 2017 suggestions for curricular revision aimed at doing so. A significant contribution to the discussion is John Covach’s (2015a) recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which led to his more detailed proposal for a core curriculum that...

Integration, Diversity, and Creativity in Current Music Theory Pedagogy Research

01 January 2016 the following presentation, which addressed diversity in the theory classroom: - "Pop Music in the Theory Classroom" (John Covach) de Clerq, Trevor. "Grooves, Drones, and Loops: Enhancing Aural Skills Exercises with Rock Music Contexts." Engaging...

When Recollection Is All We've Got: Analytical Explorations of "Catchy" Songs

01 October 2007 R2 75339, 1998). Everett, Walter. "Swallowed by a Song: Paul Simon's Crisis of Chromaticism," Understanding Rock, ed. John Covach and Graeme M. Boone. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Josefs, Jai. Writing Music for Hit Songs: Including New Songs...

Schoenberg's Theoretical Writings after the Harmonielehre: A Study of the Published and Unpublished Manuscripts

01 October 1993 Contemporary critics have described Schoenberg the theorist by focusing on his analytic concerns with surface motives.l It is my contention that hitherto unpublished manuscripts such as Der musikalische Gedanke und die Logik, Technik und Kunst seiner...

Rock Music, Rock Progressions, and Theory Pedagogy

31 October 2003 inclusion of specific sessions devoted to popular music at annual conferences. In addition, numerous scholars, including John Covach, Walter Everett, and Ken Stephenson, have contributed analytical writings that highlight the richness and diversity of...