Recent General Interest Articles

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   Deniz Peters, Author of the Month, March 2012

   Deniz Peters is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Aesthetics of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria. 

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   Thom Holmes, Author of the Month, February 2012

   Thom Holmes is a composer and music historian. He studied composition with Paul Epstein in Philadelphia, was the longtime publisher of the magazine Recordings of Experimental Music (1979–85), and worked with John Cage. Request your complimentary exam copy of Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture, 4th Edition here.

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   Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari, Authors of the Month, January 2012

   Terry E. Miller is Professor Emeritus of Ethnomusicology at Kent State University, where he co-founded the Center for the Study of World Musics.
   Andrew Shahriari is Instructor of Ethnomusicology at Kent State University and teaches the world music survey course in online classes. 

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   Edward Pearsall, Author of the Month, December 2011

   Edward Pearsall holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He served on the faculty at Texas Tech University before joining the UT theory faculty in 1999 and is the current president of the Texas Society for Music Theory. His research addresses topics ranging from cognitive approaches to prolongation in tonal and post-tonal music to theories of rhythm, interpretation and performance, the music of George Crumb, and biological explorations of music and the mind.

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   Kathryn Kalinak, Author of the Month, November 2011

   Kathryn Kalinak is Professor of English and Film Studies at Rhode Island College. She is the author of Settling the Score: Music in the Classical Hollywood Film (1992), How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford (2007), and Film Music: A Very Short Introduction (2010). In 2011, she was named the Margaret Tucker Thorp Professor at Rhode Island College.

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   Review: Oh Boy! Masculinities and Popular Music

   "... Jarman-Ivens’ collection contains a series of thoughtful, well-written articles that investigate masculine identity construction in a number of different popular music genres. ... This anthology is a must for any scholar’s library that focuses on the cultural production and social positioning of masculinity in contemporary society, standing as a benchmark collection exploring masculinities in their variety of expression in the world of popular music." --Meryl Krieger, Journal of Folklore Research
    

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   Excellent review of Fundamentals for the Aspiring Musician

   "Clearly written and well-organized, Fundamentals for the Aspiring Musician is the best interactive text I have yet encountered. From the ease of loading the product to the clear suggestions for use, the authors have obviously taken great care to design a product that is pedagogically excellent and technologically efficient. ... This product works extremely well and provides the instant response today's students expect when they work with electronic products."
   --Julie Dunbar, Professor of Music, Edgewood College  

8. 

   Roy Christopher reviews two Routledge Music titles

   Xenakis: His Life in Music and John Cage: Music, Philosophy, and Intention, 1933-1950 

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   Review of Focus: Irish Traditional Music

   Irish Studies Review
   By Fintan Vallely
   Online publication date: 4 May 2011

10. 

    Music Theory Online review of Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills

    "Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills... brings to the vast field of musicianship pedagogy a union of old and new concepts in a well-conceived rhythm and pitch design...With this text and its accompanying materials, musicians receive resources that truly enhance their twenty-first century aural skills and music theory classroom." 

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