1:00–2:45PM: Continuity
"Minding the Gap": Interphrase Connections in Gesualdo's Six Books of Madrigals - Abstract
"How one thing leads to another": The Notion of Process and Unity in Webern's Atonal Music - Abstract
Dovetailing in John Adams's "Chain to the Rhythm" - Abstract
3:00–4:45PM: Schenkerian Approaches
Speaking Dramatically through Linear
Analysis: Characterizations in Menotti's The Telephone
The Referential Roles of G/Fx and A#/Bb in Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9 - Abstract
Schenker's Challenge: Auxiliary Cadences and First Movements - Abstract
7:15–9:00PM: Stravinsky
Sketch Studies: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Compositional Method
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
Some Assembly Required: The Sketches for the "Sarabande-Step" from Agon - Abstract
Stravinsky's Sketches for the Symphony
of Psalms
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
Structuring Timbre in an Octatonic Context: The Music of Bohuslav Martinu - Abstract
Minimalism, Structure, Salience (and
their absence) in John Adams's Lollapalooza
10:30AM–12:15PM: Speculative Theory
Some Thoughts on Measuring Voice-Leading Distance - Abstract
Ramism in Sixteenth-Century Music Theory: The "New" Dialectic Method and the Cognitive Structure of Friedrich Beurhaus's Treatises - Abstract
Limits of Objectivity: Toward a Quantum Philosophy of Music Theory - Abstract
2:00–3:45PM: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Narrative Codes and Voice-Leading Strategies: Brahms's Intermezzo in E Major,Op. 116, No. 6 - Abstract
Mickey Mousing, Mood Music, and Conceptual Metaphor Theory - Abstract
Types, Tokens, and Figaro: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Musical Structure and Dramatic Narratives in Opera - Abstract
4:00–5:00PM: Keynote
Atonal Pitch Space