John Deal
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Misconceptions in Linking Free Jazz with the Civil Rights Movement
This article deals with two misunderstandings that intertwine to confuse students, teachers, and commentators of jazz history if they study American history at the same time that they study the music itself. The first misunderstanding is that during...
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Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825-60, by Katherine K. Preston. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993. xvii + 479 pp. ISBN 0-252-01974-1. Opera in America: A Cultural History, by John Dizikes. New...
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Union Musicians and the Medal of Honor During the American Civil War
Abstract The sound of fifes, drums, and bugles are recognized as a commonplace yet significant part of the Civil War soundscape. Those who performed this music, however, have drawn less attention than the pieces they performed. This is unfortunate, as...
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The Indian Music Debate and "American" Music in the Progressive Era
A little over a hundred years ago, composers and music critics in the United States launched a debate about the viability of an idiomatically American music and whether its roots could be found in folk music. One of the roots under discussion was music...
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Carissimi’s [i]Jephte[/i] and Jesuit Spirituality
Abstract The lament that ends Jacomo Carissimi’s Jephte is frequently anthologized and taught in undergraduate surveys, and is justly famous for its emotional impact. Although it is generally thought to have been composed for performance at the...
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Business and Music in Peacebuilding Activities: Parallels and Paradoxes
Abstract The goal of this article is to share five crucial ways of thinking about the most effective ways to apply music in peacebuilding activities. It is based on the presentation I gave for the online summit on Music, Business and Peace on May 12,...
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Abstract Music instruction in the college and the conservatory is dominated by the ancient master-apprentice model of instruction, which has problematic cultural and pedagogical ramifications. This essay first investigates apprenticeship from...
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Historical Approach: No. 13, "Ich folge dir gleichfalls" from Bach Passion according to St. John
This article was originally part of a Round Table discussion entitled Four Approaches to the Understanding of a Single Musical WorkThe Aria "Ich folge dir gleichfalls" from the St. John Passion of J.S. Bach, which took place at the seventh annual...
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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition. Edited by Stanley Sadie; executive editor, John Tyrell. London: Macmillan; New York: Distributed within the United States by Grove's Dictionaries, 2001. 29 volumes. Grove Music...
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The Musical World of Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard's life (1098-1179) spans most of the twelfth century, one of the richest and most fascinating periods in cultural and intellectual history. Among the distinguished personages of this century are Dante Alighieri, Peter Abelard and his wife...
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A Web of Words: Elliott Carter’s End of a Chapter
Over the course of his career, Elliott Carter set the work of a variety of poets to music. Among these are some true early 20th century modernist pioneers–Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky–as well as the recent master John Ashbery. In...
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Improvisation in the Aural Curriculum: An Imperative
Improvisation has long been a part of the music curriculum, at least in certain areas of study. It is a staple of jazz studies where students learn the skill through ensembles and specific courses. Organists are taught improvisation as a means of...
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Abstract While serial music is a mainstay of college instruction in both music theory and music history courses, many people still struggle to find a human connection to the compositional practice. This article explores metaphorical connections between...
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From Faculty Member to Department Chair: Making the Transition to Administration
Music Society, 2006. Sullivan, Todd. “Moving Forward into Administration” College Music Symposium 49, May 2009. authors: John Deal author_ids: 267 authors: John Deal author_ids: 267
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SYMPOSIUM: Music Appreciation What do we really mean by "Music Appreciation"? Can it be taught? If so, what are some of the ways in which successful college music teachers have handled this subject? SYMPOSIUM has invited four distinguished teachers of...
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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...
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Reflections on the Relationship of Analysis and Performance
Reflections on the Relationship of Analysis and Performance1 Introduction In their common endeavor to make and deliver personal interpretations about musical compositions, the activities and preoccupations of analysts and performers of music intersect...
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Jenny Lind and P. T. Barnum: A Success Story of Music, Business, and Philanthropy
Abstract Soprano Jenny Lind (1820–87), known as the “Swedish Nightingale,” toured the United States in 1850 under the auspices of “America’s Greatest Showman” and self-proclaimed “Prince of Humbug,” P. T. Barnum (1810–91). The tour was a phenomenal...
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Aesthetics, Ideology and Musical Value
Do American musicologists and critics make ideology-free judgments? To what extent is such a thing possible or desirable? It is evident that art and music which clearly demonstrate social or political intent may be evaluated to advantage in those...
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Paying Attention to Music and Baseball: Listening to the Savannah Bananas
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...
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