Assuming john is required, and e is required, and taylor is required, the following 36 results were found.
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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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“Experience is an Identity”: The Collegiate Marching Band and Expressions of Communal Identity
Abstract The communities formed in higher education institutions often view marching bands as an essential representation of communal identity. Marching bands are able to project this communal identity through musical and visual performance practices...
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“Oh My Son!”: The Musical Origins and Function of King David’s Lamentation
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...
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An Analysis of Triadic Post-tonality in Sky Macklay’s [i]Many Many Cadences[/i] for String Quartet
Abstract Emerging composer Sky Macklay has written a string quartet entitled Many Many Cadences (2014) which inventively combines the basic operations of neo-Riemannian triadic transformations and voice leading (e.g., Parallel (P), Leading-tone (L),...
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Voice Leading and Harmony as Expressive Devices in the Early Music of the Beatles: She Loves You
A recent issue of Popular Music contains a review of Tim Riley's armchair listening guide to the Beatles, Tell Me Why, that concludes with the following statement: "No amount of academic analysing could capture the sheer geniality, innocence and barely...
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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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The Newberry Library, Chicago, contains a distinguished music collection, rare book, manuscript, and print holdings, and archives relevant both to the United States (and its Indian populations) and to the city of Chicago. Thus it is understandable that...
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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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Abstract In the field of ethnomusicology, the study of children’s music has long been overlooked which leads to a lack of understanding of the complex contexts of children’s musical worlds. Therefore it is imperative that we explore the historical and...
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Psychomusicology—Perceptual/Cognitive Research with Implications for the Composer and Performer
Stimulation of interest in the study of music as a sensory experience has generally been attributed to Helmholtz. But the scientific and technological advances of the past two decades, coupled with concentrated research efforts by music researchers,...
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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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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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Music Therapy in Handel's England: Browne's Medicina Musica (1729)
The development of contemporary uses for music in therapy is generally attributed to the twentieth century or even the late nineteenth century; however, a text on the subject was published in 1729. The book, Medicina Musica, or, a Mechanical Essay on...
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Remixing Western Music History
Abstract The problem faced by music historians of how (or whether) to impart reverence for music created through the institutions of imperialism, patriarchy, colonialism, and slavery is not a new one; nevertheless, as decolonizing initiatives take hold...
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Community and University Cooperation: Service Role and Support Factor
instruction and, particularly in the arts, for enhancing certain forms of research/creative activity. authors: John E. Taylor author_ids: 1117 authors: John E. Taylor author_ids: 1117
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How the human mind structures its complex environment is a topic that has been explored for generations by individuals from a wide variety of disciplines. Musicians now seem to be generally aware that pattern perception is highly relevant to their...
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Introducing Musical Meaning through Popular Music
Abstract When analyzing challenging texted art music, all too often the act of labeling a concept (for example, “common-tone modulation”) can mislead students into thinking that the label is the end of the story. Several factors, such as difficulty in...
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Help Wanted? Exploring Altruism in a Music Conservatory through Positive Social Deviance
The purpose of this project was to explore student reactions to altruism in the affective context of a music conservatory. Through a series of scenarios designed to breach social norms, the author gauged conservatory students’ willingness to accept...
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Cultural Influences of Organ Music Composed by African American Women
Cultural Influences on Organ Music Written By African American Women 1 Abstract In this paper, major events in African American history are described and contrasted with the history of organ music written by African American women in the twentieth- and...
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A Survey of Musical Taste in Relationship to Age and Musical Training
Investigation of musical taste, preference, and attitude has continued as a major research area in music education since the 1930's. Early studies concerned variables such as intelligence, aptitude, sex, age, and personality. A thorough, recent review...
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