Theory of Music & Musicology

Music theory has recently seen burgeoning efforts to make the field more inclusive and diverse. One prominent response involves a concerted effort ...

To witness war is, in large part, to hear it. And to survive it is, among other things, to have listened to it--and to have listened through it. L...

Wovon »sprechen« Brahms Symphonien, was ist ihr musikalischer Gehalt? War Johannes Brahms ein formtreuer Klassizist oder ein »verkappter Programmmu...

To witness war is, in large part, to hear it. And to survive it is, among other things, to have listened to it--and to have listened through it. L...

Was bleibt? Johann Sebastian Bach gestaltete und verfeinerte sein reiches musikalisches Erbe sehr bewusst: Über Jahrzehnte hinweg trug er sorgfälti...

Nothing strikes the ear quite like a soprano singing in the sonic stratosphere. Whether thrilling, chilling, or repellent to the listener, the reac...

Since the mid-twentieth century, Zoltán Kodály's child-developmental philosophy for teaching music has had significant positive impact on music edu...

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from ...

In response to the anti-war movements of the 1960s, pioneering musician and composer Pauline Oliveros began experimenting with meditation, movement...

Music therapy as an intervention in medical, educational and many other environments has a rich and diverse history of methods, approaches and mode...

'You are the music / While the music lasts' T.S. Eliot, The Four QuartetsDo babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your ...

Theology, Music, and Modernity addresses the question: how can the study of music contribute to a theological reading of modernity? It has grown ou...

Johann Sebastian Bach krönte sein Schaffen geistlicher Musik mit Weihnachts-, Oster- und Himmelfahrtsoratorien sowie mit fünf Messvertonungen gipf...

Maldito Coronavirus!: Mapping Latin American Musical Responses to the Pandemic Moment offers an expansive survey and analysis of local and regional...

This book studies the hyperorchestra as used in music for the screen and draws from the intersection of practice and theory. The term hyperorchestr...