Congratulations to Dr. Halina Goldberg whose article, “Chopin’s Album Leaves and the Aesthetics of Musical Album Inscription,” is featured in the Journal of American Musicology. Dr. Goldberg’s article addresses the presence of musical compositions and inscriptions from Romantic-era music enthusiasts and composers, including Schubert, Schumann, Wieck Schumann, Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn Hensel, Liszt, and Chopin, in friendship… Read more »
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Publication and Performances of late IU Musicology Professor Walter Kaufmann’s Compositions
The compositions of late IU Musicology Professor Walter Kaufmann have been subject of renewed interest from performers, publishers and audiences. Some of his works have been recently recorded by ARC Ensemble (CHANDOS). Now Doblinger Musikverlag is embarking on a project to publish his large compositions, many of which remain in manuscript at the Walter Kaufmann… Read more »
Professor Jill Rogers featured on BBC Radio 3 Interview
On February 27, 2021, Professor Jill Roger’s was featured in an interview on BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters, in which she discussed her recently-published book, Resonant Recoveries: French Music and Trauma Between the World Wars (Oxford University Press). Released in January 2021, Resonant Recoveries offers a new perspective on interwar French music and demonstrates that… Read more »
Recent Publication of “Descriptive Piano Fantasias”
Congratulations to Professors Halina Goldberg and Jonathan D. Bellman whose anthology, Descriptive Piano Fantasias, was recently published by A-R Editions. These critical performing editions are prepared by researchers and include commentary on historical context and performance practice to aid scholars and performers alike. Descriptive Piano Fantasias contains once popular but forgotten compositions from the late eighteenth… Read more »
New book on Charles Ives released by Distinguished Professor Emeritus J. Peter Burkholder
Award-winning music historian and IU Musicology Distinguished Professor Emeritus J. Peter Burkholder has spent a lifetime exploring the life and work of Charles Ives. Although he retired in 2019, Burkholder remains an active researcher and has just released a new book, titled Listening to Charles Ives: Variations on His America (Rowman & Littlefield). Burkholder is… Read more »
IU Graduate Music Theory & Musicology Students Present 27th Annual Symposium on Research
Over the next two Saturdays — February 20 and 27, 2021 — the IU Graduate Theory and Musicology Associations will host (virtually) the Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The event is free and open to the public. Dr. Imani Mosley (University of Florida College of the Arts) will deliver the keynote on February… Read more »
Prof. Zanovello featured on Italian National Radio
Prof. Giovanni Zanovello’s research was recently featured in the Radiotelevisione italiana‘s Radio 3, the cultural channel of Italian public radio. It appeared in episode 8 of the series “Renaissance Music in Ten Objects,” with Gaia Varon and Vincenzo Borghetti. The project–inspired by Neil MacGregor’s fortunate A History of the World in 100 Objects (broadcast on… Read more »
“LISTENING TO LATIN AMERICA: Jazz Entanglements in the Caribbean”
On January 20, 2021, Naxos Musicology International published an opinion article by Sergio Ospina Romero. The article, titled “LISTENING TO LATIN AMERICA: Jazz Entanglements in the Caribbean,” addresses the problematic language that is often used to define musical practices and individual artists that exist in non-US cultures. Naxos Musicology International, a new online platform for… Read more »
IU Musicology Scholars Receive AMS Teaching Award
At the 2020 annual business meeting of the American Musicological Society, it was announced that the AMS Teaching Award for 2020 was awarded to The Norton Guide to Teaching Music History, edited by IU Musicology Ph.D. graduate and friend of the department, C. Matthew Balensuela. Dr. Balensuela is currently Professor of Music at DePauw University… Read more »
Prof. Ayana Smith Receives Award for Racial Justice Research
In June of this year, IU announced the creation of a new Racial Justice Research Fund designed to provide start-up funding for race-related research, workshops, and to engage members of the university community. As of September 21, the fund was supporting 31 projects and continues to accept proposals on a rolling basis. Ayana Smith, associate… Read more »