Expanding the Music Theory Canon — new textbook

Expanding the Music Theory Canon — new textbook

An important new book is being released today!   Expanding the Music Theory Canon: Inclusive Examples for Analysis from the Common Practice Period  by Dr Paula Maust  is a print volume drawn from her Website of the same name.  Providing selections by women and BIPOC...
Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023

Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023

ICYMI — Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant — WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley.  Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera “Escalator Over The...
All Hail The Tenth Muse! Part 2

All Hail The Tenth Muse! Part 2

By Dr. April Lynn James.  Part 1 is published here  My bestselling book,* The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera, is a major revision of the dissertation I completed in 2002. Why did I not publish it then? I had other things to do with my life...