tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58467272011-08-12T18:09:37.919-04:00the theory of emilyemilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-35150756746487105532008-03-17T15:58:00.002-04:002011-02-22T22:26:29.196-05:00

In an effort to unify my web presence, this blog is moving:http://emilykausalik.com/Check it.

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-12699730190072510942008-03-16T21:19:00.002-04:002008-03-16T21:21:55.251-04:00

I have written a proposal and had it approved. Holy crap. The title is:A FISTFUL OF DRAMA:A STUDY OF MUSICAL FORM IN THE DOLLARS TRILOGYWitty, yet cliche. I think I'll put up a PDF of the proposal at some point.Also, tomorrow I am officially accepting Texas's offer. woot.

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-68780972107200483272008-03-03T17:31:00.004-05:002008-12-10T03:59:39.688-05:00

For some reason, Qdobas and Paneras are almost always next door. This is great for two reasons: (1) I love Qdoba and eat there quite often, and (2) Panera has free Wi-Fi. This combination allows me to sit at Qdoba, eat a veggie burrito, and mooch off of Panera's free wireless. I've been sitting here for over two hours now, reading sources and do research for my thesis, and about ten minutes ago

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-62154815516113294322008-02-28T01:45:00.000-05:002008-02-28T01:46:24.637-05:00

Hi Emily,Dr. Van den Toorn mentioned that he had left you a message.Congratulations! You'll get the official letter from the university soonthat explains that this fellowship covers all the costs of university studyat UCSB. You might also want to look at Moodle (Google Moodle and UCSB) tosee some of the listings in the film department. And don't forget that weare only two hours from tinseltown

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-69818441863410076852008-02-24T14:56:00.003-05:002008-12-10T03:59:39.771-05:00

Yes. Three Os in DOOOM. That's how bad it is.Anyway, the final part of my competancy exams takes place tomorrow at 2:30pm. I have hit the 24 hour mark, so I thought I would reflect on the organizational process I have developed.I'm a very visual person, so I used a color coding technique. Green folders are GOOD TO GO! Purple are HEY, MORE WORK NEEDED. Yellow files have been read and bullet

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-48893428454488288792008-02-20T14:59:00.002-05:002008-02-20T15:01:09.466-05:00

In case you don't read You Ain't No Picasso, or are too lazy to click on my Google Reader link, here is a great cover of Gene Clark's "Tonight You Belong To Me" by Fiona Apple and a few members of Nickel Creek. In my opinion, Fiona Apple can do no wrong. I love her.

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-90227791299531470592008-02-13T00:52:00.001-05:002008-02-13T00:54:22.575-05:00

So. I just received an email from Patricia Hall, the theory coordinator at UCSB and my roomie at the M&MI conference I went to last May in NYC. (If you don't know that story comment and I'll fill you in.) Anyway, she emailed me to let me know about my being accepted into the program (already knew), about my TAship (uhhh .... didn't know that!) and my fellowship nomination (heard about that). But

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-5820866282574776522008-02-09T21:01:00.000-05:002008-02-09T21:03:13.946-05:00

Dear Emily,I am delighted to inform you that the theory faculty has recommendedthat you be admitted to the Ph.D. program in music theory at theUniversity of Texas! You were one of only a few students chosen froma very large pool of applicants and I commend you for thisachievement. Your official letter of acceptance will be arriving inthe mail shortly.We are prepared to offer you a scholarship

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-82044762382479262162008-02-08T22:38:00.000-05:002008-02-08T22:57:45.655-05:00

Hey hey. I'll do this in order.I've been nominated for a departmental fellowship at UC-SB. That definitely rules. I still have yet to hear from the six remaining schools, though I've heard that UT-Austin has made decisions and that UKansas-Lawrence has just begun looking at apps. I'm hoping that by the end of February I'll know from everywhere and will have some choices.Today was the Tonal

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-39442098487913489142008-01-24T23:48:00.000-05:002008-01-24T23:50:01.274-05:00

Dear EMILY:It is a pleasure to inform you that you have been admitted to graduate study at the University of California, Santa Barbara. On behalf of Chancellor Yang and myself, I welcome you! UCSB faculty, staff, active student groups, and alumni look forward to interacting with you. Whether in class, through research, in writing, or in conversations, we value your creative contributions and hope

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-80031968513205293872008-01-22T21:45:00.000-05:002008-01-22T21:48:24.349-05:00

This is seriously amazing. I'll let the video explain itself.And from what I understand, he did go on to win the competition.He released an album with a cover of REM's "Everybody Hurts (Sometimes)" that is pretty fantastic. It was translated into Italian to lend some "authenticity" to the recording. But then again, authenticity is a tricky term ...

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-35103982412777016742008-01-20T23:08:00.000-05:002008-01-20T23:09:26.959-05:00

Four more chapters that I forgot about! Damn!

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-67517372242914207272008-01-20T00:49:00.000-05:002008-01-20T11:03:27.144-05:00

I ordered Chinese for dinner last night, and got this fortune:Then about three hours later I received this email:Dear Ms. Kausalik, You will soon be receiving official notification by mail, but I wanted to let you know informally that you have been admitted to the Masters program in Music at the University of Nottingham. Congratulations! As you probably know, the Masters program here is one of

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-9026221912019272372008-01-19T18:32:00.001-05:002008-01-19T18:40:36.271-05:00

Woo! I just finished my editing gig for The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History. Granted, I could have gotten it all done much sooner, but I am a super bad procrastinator to ridiculous extremes. I think I'm a masochist or something.Anyway, the last few chapters are so cool. He basically traces the progression of jazz, rock, blues, hip-hop, Brill Building pop tunes, and all sorts of stuff,

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-62848292897077190442008-01-16T17:07:00.001-05:002008-01-16T17:07:52.659-05:00

"Composers are like little kids; they like to play with all the toys in the toy box."- Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History (Alpha Books, forthcoming)

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-76566214364783441702008-01-14T15:22:00.001-05:002008-01-15T00:40:52.000-05:00

I'm trying out the long title thing. I like it.Anyway, I received an email from Philip Tagg today, containing instructions on how to obtain his out-of-print text "Ten Little Title Tunes: Towards a Musicology of the Mass Media."Many factors have made a complete mess of distributing this book.1. Airleaf publishing, the company we (the MMMSP) paid to print, bind anddistribute the book became the

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-58134298361653627752008-01-13T15:52:00.000-05:002008-01-13T15:57:28.944-05:00

Back in October, I got an email from Michael Miller asking if I would do technical editing for his upcoming text The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History. He had asked an old professor of mine for a recommendation of someone to ask, an my name was passed along. How cool is that? So now I'm through chapter 6 of the text, and it's been pretty fun. Going through and doing the editing has been a

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-78105448294122743972008-01-07T13:27:00.000-05:002008-01-07T13:36:44.745-05:00

As you might have gathered, I have been watching TONS of spaghetti westerns as research for my thesis. It's really great; I watch a sweet movie, can usually knit or crochet while it's on, and I'm researching too! No brainer, for sure.Well anyway, my friend Scott does a lot of movie posts (seeing as he got his bachelors in film studies) and I am taking a cue from him and giving one a shot. I've

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-26908143056651981212007-11-26T11:49:00.000-05:002007-11-26T11:50:55.297-05:00

In honor of editing my Morricone research paper, I am posting this awesomely hilarious video that is scarily true to the original theme.

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I survived the conference, did well in the workshop, met people from prospective PhD programs, and hung out with my old mentor from Butler. All in all it was a good weekend.The reason for this post, however, is to say that in a feat or brilliance this morning I decided to make my imitative duo project based on a hymn melody. Loosely, but based on one none-the-less. I think that should make

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-89485206500398545602007-11-11T17:27:00.000-05:002007-11-11T17:39:37.223-05:00

A sonata is a linear journey of tonal realization, onto which might be mapped any number of concrete metaphors of human experience. Since a central component of the sonata genre is its built-in teleological drive--pushing forward to accomplish a generically predetermined goal--the sonata invites an interpretation as a musically narrative genre. A sonata dramatizes a purely musical plot that has a

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-63390349887315521302007-11-10T23:47:00.000-05:002008-12-10T03:59:40.367-05:00

This little blurb never made it to the StaticMultimedia.com Halloween feature, so I thought I'd stick it here.This really is the perfect Halloween game. A bloody sidescroller, Splatterhouse puts you in the shoes of Rick, a masked Jason-like psycho searching through a mansion for his girlfriend. As the game progresses you’ll find yourself facing some of the most twisted and grotesque creatures

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-31437496921540931712007-10-12T13:40:00.001-04:002007-10-12T13:46:11.144-04:00

Here it is:- University of Chicago- University of California, Santa Barbara- Northwestern University- University of Texas, Austin- University of Iowa- University of MichiganAll in theory, naturally. I decided to scrap the musicology idea. After meeting professors at Northwestern and UChicago I know that theory is the right place for me.

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-80258002538798443562007-09-24T20:21:00.000-04:002007-09-24T20:25:24.760-04:00

I just signed up for the GRE ... again. November 1st, 2007, 9:00am at the University of Toledo campus. Total doom. But I need a higher score than my last one if I'm going to have a shot at any PhD programs. My GPA from Butler isn't that great, and I'm sure my writing samples won't hold a torch to other ones. That and I've never been published. Nor do I have non-TA teaching experience. I feel like

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-33017029065982313022007-08-31T22:00:00.000-04:002007-08-31T22:01:39.470-04:00

Because I am a horrible procrastinator. But I am reading one chapter a day over the next 18 days and I'm getting this accomplished. I tried to make a ticker to motivate myself but I can't find one. So I'm posting here.Tonight I re-read chapter 1. Tomorrow, ch. 2. We'll see how this goes.

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-63497912965420912022007-08-25T12:31:00.000-04:002007-08-25T12:32:26.492-04:00

When I get some free time I think I may write a musicological paper on The Muppet Show. How cool would that be?

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-51478483307905154122007-07-06T16:20:00.001-04:002007-07-06T16:28:51.286-04:00

It is official; I am teaching Aural Skills 1 & 2 again next year. I though I would be disappointed by this, but it is actually pretty comforting. I get to hone my skills and hopefully help this students out much more than my students last year. Bigger and better and whatnot.As far as the GSWP goes, we received an email from Hepokoski/Darcy the other day containing to sample analyses and info

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-67913360577339873112007-06-17T13:06:00.000-04:002007-06-17T13:38:05.594-04:00

My professor enjoyed the introduction I wrote up for this paper, so I thought I would share it here. I am currently revising it, in hopes of using it for doctoral apps and possibly a publication somewhere. If you are interested in reading more, leave a comment.In the March 2007 issue of Wired Magazine, writers Nancy Miller and Steven Johnson presented an impressive exposé on the development of

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-65551629759759655402007-05-30T00:15:00.001-04:002007-05-30T00:15:54.617-04:00

Workshop 1: SONATA THEORYInstructors: Warren Darcy and James Hepokoski Sonata Theory is a new genre-based approach to the study of sonata-form movements and the larger workings of multimovement sonatas, symphonies, and chamber music of the classical period. Late 18th-century sonatas are most productively heard within the context of a broad, flexible background knowledge of standard

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-16296315371316325422007-05-22T16:35:00.000-04:002007-05-22T16:37:59.664-04:00

Dear GSWP Applicant,Congratulations! Out of 36 applications for the GSWP Sonata Theory Workshop, yours was one of the 15 randomly selected. The participants and their school affiliations are indicated below. Since there are others who have to be turned away, please send me an email before the end of this week confirming your participation.You will be an important member of one of the first

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-85246882426193242092007-05-04T07:42:00.000-04:002007-05-04T07:44:03.276-04:00

Apparently Grove Music Online has a list of jazz nightclubs from all around the world. Fatty’s JazzCasino.It was established in 1955 by Fatty George as a venue for his Two Sounds Band, which included Joe Zawinul and Carl Drewo. In February 1956 Lionel Hampton visited the club and an album was recorded there (Fatty George Meets Lionel Hampton, Mastertone 013). It closed in 1958, when George

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-1307471128940821512007-04-25T23:12:00.000-04:002007-04-25T23:32:51.465-04:00

Dramma per musica and the Electric Guitar CowboyMusical Traditions in Maestro Morricone’s ‘Man with No Name’ TrilogyBy Emily KausalikRESEARCH TOPICS/PROBLEMS:1. Wagner is great and all, but does all film music really rely on his leitmotifs?- Morricone’s music stems from the Italian operatic tradition, rather than the Wagnerian/Germanic.2. Can analytical tools of other musics shed light on

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-36595427757347705392007-04-13T15:51:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:52:31.965-04:00

Yale decided to cancel the class in Vienna this summer, so now I'm stuck with tickets to Vienna.But I'm working out some research plans, and perhaps a trip to Prague and/or Venice.

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-79506997718292415602007-02-14T17:55:00.000-05:002007-02-14T18:07:58.844-05:00

Well, it's been a while. I have a few interesting papers in the work ...- Interobjective Analysis and Three Little Tunes in Final Fantasy IX- Continuation and Hybrid Phrasing as Extramusical Expression in Beethoven's Egmont Overture- The Punk Rock Formula: Rebellion Through Failed Structures and Harmonic TendenciesI'll post my abstracts once I get more writing accomplished.My thesis is still on

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Yale Summer Program Abroad 2007: Vienna, Austria Music. S138 Major Austrian Composers of the Early Twentieth Century. Dates: July 9-August 10, 2007. Instructor: Allen Forte, Yale UniversityAn introduction to the music of Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern (the "Second Viennese School") in the cultural and geographical settings related to the genesis of selected compositions by these

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Anderson, Gillian B. and Ronald H. Sadoff. “Music and Image Bibliography.” http://pws.prserv.net/loosepoodle/AndrsonSadofBib.pdf. Buhler, James, Carol Flinn, and David Neumeyer, editors. Music and Cinema. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2000. Dickinson, Kay, editor. Movie Music: The Film Reader. New York, NY: Routledge, 2003. Donnelly, K.J., editor. Film music: Critical

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-37852421063685216822006-11-05T23:19:00.000-05:002006-11-05T23:24:18.690-05:00

Title:The Harmonic Languages of Florestan and Eusebius in Schumann’s Phantasiestücke, op. 12Proposal:Robert Schumann’s dual nature is well documented in studies of his literary and musical works. Florestan, the extrovert, is flamboyant and ebullient; Eusebius, the introvert, is controlled and introspective. These two personalities transcended every aspect of Schumann’s life, both professionally

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-34889864224516546022006-10-24T22:00:00.000-04:002006-11-04T16:41:48.069-05:00

The Minor Second in Béla Bartók’s Second String Quartet, Mvt. IIOne of the most interesting devices Bartók uses in his second string quartet is the minor second interval. Bartók’s uses the minor second like a cadential gesture in this movement; the appearance denotes the ending of an idea and introduces the following phrase. Take, for example, the very opening of the movement. Bartók

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Buhler, James, Caryl Flinn, and David Neumeyer, editors. Music and Cinema. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2000. Colón Perales, Carlos, Fernando Infante Del Rosal, and Manuel Lombardo Ortega. Historia y teoria de la musica en el cine: Presencias afectivas. Sevilla, Spain: Alfar, 1997. Dickinson, Kay, editor. Movie Music: The Film Reader. New York, NY: Routledge, 2003. Donnelly,

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-59659567110444295732006-10-15T22:30:00.000-04:002006-11-04T16:31:42.955-05:00

Abstract forPERFORMANCE PRACTICE ISSUES FOR THESYMPHONIC CHOIR IN BÉLA BARTÓK’SCANTATA PROFANA (1930)byEmily KausalikIn 1996 Robert Shaw led the Atlanta Symphonic Orchestra and Choir in a performance of Béla Bartók's Cantata Profana. Leading up to the performance Shaw reflected in a letter to the choir members that of the works scheduled for the program, Cantata Profana had proven to be the most

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-66950232202828930022006-10-07T20:44:00.000-04:002006-10-07T21:24:25.016-04:00

Check this out.This picture is a graph created by Kevin J. Swinden for his article in volume 27/2 of Music Theory Spectrum. Let me break it down for you:- An upward pointing triangle is a major triad- A downward pointing triangle is a minor triad- Mix structures are denoted by the diagonals (Ab-C-E, A-C-Eb, Eb-G-B, E-G-Bb, etc.)- Motions toward the Left/West denote moves towards the Subdominant

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Abstract forPERFORMANCE PRACTICE ISSUES FOR THESYMPHONIC CHOIR IN BÉLA BARTÓK’SCANTATA PROFANA (1930)byEmily KausalikSince its inception in 1930, Béla Bartók’s Cantata Profana has been considered one of the most difficult choral works of the Twentieth Century. An overview of the harmonic language, switching of tonalities and harmonic language, and density of part-writing in the chorus exposes

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-35734623287802340302006-09-10T18:09:00.000-04:002006-09-10T18:10:06.635-04:00

Dear Emily,unfortunately my father's movie scores are notpublished.He is the only one who owns them.Suvini Zerboni in Milan is a good connection for hiscontemporary production.Sorry I can't help you...Cheers,Andrea Morricone

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-89760166658948877412006-09-09T14:33:00.000-04:002006-09-09T14:55:59.456-04:00

Over the course of the last three weeks I have more-or-less decided on my thesis topic for my dual masters degree. Through a recent surge of interest in (1) spaghetti westerns and (2) Gregorian/Early sacred chant I have dreamed up the topic of relating early chant melodies to the writings of Ennio Morricone. Morricone is known best for his film scores from The Mission, The Good, the Bad, and the

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-1157342538922502522006-09-03T23:56:00.000-04:002006-09-04T00:03:27.166-04:00

Schumann, Carnaval Op.9, No. 3 "Arlequin," mm. 1-16Schumann, Carnaval Op. 9, No. 4 "Valse Noble," mm 1-16

emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17507244025685911316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846727.post-1157078393572120982006-08-31T22:03:00.000-04:002006-08-31T23:00:19.636-04:00

The following is a self-gradifying (haha) centering of thoughts for a term paper proposal needed in BGSU's MuCT 514, 20th Century Analysis: The Hungarian Connection.When discussing Béla Bartók in a music history class, a student is faced with one of two works: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta or the Concert for Orchestra. There are a few others, such as the Sonata for Two Pianos and

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For an interesting read, check out:McCreless, Patarick. “An Evolutionary Perspective on Nineteenth-Century Semitonal Relations.” The Second Parctice of Nineteenth-Century Tonality. Ed. William Kinderman and Harold Krebs. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. 87-113.Here is my reaction to the article condensed into paragraph form:The McCreless article offered some very interesting

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In the article entitled “Into the Foothills: New Directions in Nineteenth-Century Analysis” from Vol. 11/1 of Music Theory Spectrum, author Christopher Lewis highlights conceptions of diatonic tonality of the 19th-century as follows:- William Benjamin suggests that any two diatonic collections may interlock, not limited to just parallel major and minor modes. In a sense, because diatonic

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First, I have to confess that I know very little about Bartók, in regards to either of his roles as composer or ethnomusicologist. In a few of the theory courses I took in my undergraduate career we touched on his compositions and usages of folk melodies, but we never really discussed his history, his passion for creating a unique style of his own, or his influences early in his compositional

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French composer and musician Clément Janequin is one of the most notable composers of the Renaissance era over the course of musical history. Born in 1485, he was raised in a time of great musical development and change. The expansion of music and musical education grew beyond the influence of the parish, and in turn allowed for new and exciting compositional ideas and techniques to flourish.

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