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Music Theory’s White Racial Frame by Ewell, Philip

“…Abstract For over twenty years, music theory has tried to diversify with respect to race, yet the field today remains remarkably white, not only in the people…”
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Making a Home of The Society for Music Theory, Inc by Lett, Stephen

“…Abstract This article studies the values animating the profession of music theory in the North American academy. Focusing on the creation and development of…”
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Her Music Academia : A Public Scholarship Initiative by Bangura, Lydia

“…Abstract As a subfield of music theory scholarship, public music theory engages audiences outside of the academy. The onset of the internet has additionally…”
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The Audience Chimera: On Platforms, Publics, and Power by Arnold, Cory

“…Abstract A central question in recent scholarship on public music theory has been understanding its purpose and its relationship to traditional academic…”
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Narrative and Tonal Structure in Herrmann’s Score for Vertigo by Şehİraltı, Oğuz

“…Abstract This article examines the relationship between tonal and narrative structures in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film Vertigo. I argue that this relationship…”
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Performing Te: Gesture and Timbre in Fujikura Dai’s neo for Solo Shamisen by Momii, Toru

“…Abstract This article proposes an intercultural analysis of gesture and timbre in Fujikura Dai’s neo for solo shamisen (2014). I analyze neo through the…”
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Theorizing Musical Improvisation for Social Analysis by Martin, Ryan

“…Abstract The connections between musical improvisation and society are a topic of frequent scholarly interest. These investigations take a range of analytical…”
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Closed, Closing, and Close to Closure: The Nineteenth-Century “Closing Theme” Problem as Exemplified in Mendelssohn’s Sonata Practice by Taylor, Benedict

“…Abstract There is little theoretical consensus on what constitutes a closing theme in a sonata-form exposition. William Caplin’s formal-functional theory…”
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Contrapuntal Parody and Transsymphonic Narrative in Mahler’s Rondo-Burleske by Reenan, Sam

“…Abstract This article deconstructs the intersections of form, counterpoint, and narrative that contribute to parody in the third movement Rondo-Burleske of…”
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Meter as RhythmMusic in Time: Phenomenology, Perception, Performance by Parkhurst, Bryan

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Hermeneutic Limits; or, When Not to Theorize: Notes for Interpreting Our Phoenix by Trans Indigenous Mexican-American Composer Mari Esabel Valverde by Lee, Gavin S K

“…Abstract Trans composers, like other people marginalized by race, gender, or sexuality, are often caught in the trap of identity constructs, which both envoice…”
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Radically Inconspicuous Absence: Truncated Sonata Forms in Interwar Paris by Blättler, Damian

“…Abstract This article identifies a set of sonata-form movements written in interwar Paris that do not recapitulate their secondary theme and yet end simply in…”
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Naamyam , Creative Music, and Immigrant Act: Meditations on Jon Jang’s Musical Setting of Genny Lim’s “Burial Mound” by Law, Ho Chak

“…Abstract Jon Jang, an American composer, bandleader, and activist of Chinese descent, begins his five-movement Island: The Immigrant Suite No. 1 (1995) with a…”
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Lyricist as Analyst: Rhyme Scheme as Music-Setting in the Great American Songbook by Lawrence, John Y

“…Abstract Although most songwriting teams in the Great American Songbook wrote music first and lyrics second, most studies of music-text interaction in this…”
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When Intra- and Interthematic Functions Collide: Conflation in Robert Schumann’s Orchestral Sonata Forms by Poon, Matthew

“…Abstract This article analyzes formal fusion in the first movements of Schumann’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and the finale of his Overture, Scherzo, and Finale…”
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Diatonic Voice-Leading Transformations by Frederick, Leah

“…Abstract This article draws on the mathematical approaches of Tymoczko (2011) and Hook (2008) to construct a transformational space of closed-position diatonic…”
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Antifocal Anaphoras in Hip-Hop Vocals by Ohriner, Mitchell

“…Abstract This article examines the pitch content of the delivery of anaphoric lyrics in hip-hop. Anaphoric lyrics consist of lines with a reiterated beginning…”
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The Limited and The Limitless: Harmonic Voltas and Puns in the Third Movement of Ben Johnston’s Seventh String Quartet by Willis, Laurence Sinclair

“…Abstract Extended just intonation confronts us with musical problems arising from the sheer array and variety of pitch relationships that can be written,…”
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The Music in the Data: Corpus Analysis, Music Analysis, and Tonal Traditions by Chiu, Matt

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Adventures in Tonal Gravity: George Russell’s Analysis of Maurice Ravel’s “Forlane” by Hannaford, Marc E

“…Abstract George Russell conceptualized his Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization as a theory of tonality. He includes an analysis of the opening of…”
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