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Krebs 1999 is written as dialogues between Florestan and Eusebius as they are reading a treatise on metric theory. Florestan and Eusebius are characters created by Robert Schumann, representing Schumann’s passionate and introspective sides! You probably can sense their different… Continue Reading →

Here is the link to the LiederNet Archive, created and run by Emily Ezust. You can find the original text and English translation for 90% of the lieder or song you can think of! http://www.lieder.net/lieder/cindex.html  

Hi all, below is a link to the Musicking Conference, put together by the Musicology department at UO! http://blogs.uoregon.edu/musicking/activities-and-events

Meghan shared with me other ways to think about quadruple hypermeter. Hyperbeat 1 (almost always) serves as an initiation of something new Hyperbeat 4 serves as an upbeat, leading you back to hyperbeat 1 Hyperbeat 3 sounds stable and somewhat strong, but… Continue Reading →

There are a few terms I wish to clarify. Parenthetical insertions are “insertion of unessential melodic ideas between the segments of a phrase” (Rothstein 1989, 87). It is related to expanded hyperbeat because it may prolong the harmony from the… Continue Reading →

Dear class, Please bring the score of Haydn’s Minuet, op. 64, no. 6, 3rd movt, to class on Week 2 Tuesday. (The quartet movement that we rush through at the end of the class on Week 1 Thursday.) Enjoy the… Continue Reading →