Music Theory Southeast

14th Annual Meeting

Friday, March 4–Saturday, March 5, 2005

 

The University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

 

Friday, March 4

 

1:00–2:45PM: Continuity

Nancy Rogers (Florida State University), Chair

 

"Minding the Gap": Interphrase Connections in Gesualdo's Six Books of Madrigals - Abstract

John Turci-Escobar, University of Georgia

 

"How one thing leads to another": The Notion of Process and Unity in Webern's Atonal Music - Abstract

Carolyn Mullin, University of Oregon

 

Dovetailing in John Adams's "Chain to the Rhythm" - Abstract

Alex Sanchez-Behar, Florida State University

 

3:00–4:45PM: Schenkerian Approaches

Boyd Pomeroy (Georgia State University), Chair

 

Speaking Dramatically through Linear Analysis: Characterizations in Menotti's The Telephone - Abstract

Elizabeth Lena Smith, Florida State University

 

The Referential Roles of G/Fx and A#/Bb in Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9 - Abstract

Hiu-Wah Au, Elizabethtown College

 

Schenker's Challenge: Auxiliary Cadences and First Movements - Abstract

Mauro Botelho, Davidson College

 

7:15–9:00PM: Stravinsky Sketch Studies: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Compositional Method - Abstract

Jane Clendinning (Florida State University), Chair; Joseph Straus (The Graduate Center, CUNY), Respondent

 

Overview and Initiation: The Sketches for the "Grand Chorale" from The Soldier's Tale - Abstract

Don Traut, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

 

Some Assembly Required: The Sketches for the "Sarabande-Step" from Agon - Abstract

Mark Richardson, East Carolina University

 

Stravinsky's Sketches for the Symphony of Psalms - Abstract

David Smyth, Louisiana State University

 

 

Saturday, March 5

 

8:30–10:15AM: Rhythm and Timbre

Gabe Fankhauser (Appalachian State University), Chair

 

Rhythm, Resistance, and Analysis in Haydn's Quartet, Op. 20, No. 3 - Abstract

Eugene Montague, University of Central Florida

 

Structuring Timbre in an Octatonic Context: The Music of Bohuslav Martinu - Abstract

Hubert Ho, University of California, Berkeley

 

Minimalism, Structure, Salience (and their absence) in John Adams's Lollapalooza - Abstract

Michael Buchler, Florida State University

 

10:30AM–12:15PM: Speculative Theory

Adam Ricci (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Chair

 

Some Thoughts on Measuring Voice-Leading Distance - Abstract

Clifton Callender, Florida State University

 

Ramism in Sixteenth-Century Music Theory: The "New" Dialectic Method and the Cognitive Structure of Friedrich Beurhaus's Treatises - Abstract

Elisabeth Kotzakidou Pace, Washington University in St. Louis

 

Limits of Objectivity: Toward a Quantum Philosophy of Music Theory - Abstract

Adrian P. Childs, University of Georgia

 

2:00–3:45PM: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Deborah Burton (Florida International University), Chair

 

Narrative Codes and Voice-Leading Strategies: Brahms's Intermezzo in E Major,Op. 116, No. 6 - Abstract

Melissa Hoag, Indiana University

 

Mickey Mousing, Mood Music, and Conceptual Metaphor Theory - Abstract

Juan R. Chattah, Florida State University

 

Types, Tokens, and Figaro: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Musical Structure and Dramatic Narratives in Opera - Abstract

Matthew Shaftel, Florida State University

 

4:00–5:00PM: Keynote

Atonal Pitch Space

Joseph Straus, The Graduate Center, CUNY

 


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