Friday, December 7, 2012
Chants and Chance
Description:
AURELIAN'S TONES: THE CAROLINGIAN _OCTOECHOS_ REVEALED
BARBARA HAGGH-HUGLO, Professor of Musicology
It is assumed in virtually all musicological scholarship that Gregorian chants are classified in eight tones according to their musical characteristics. A close reading of the ninth-century 'Musica disciplina' leads Professor Haggh-Huglo to conclude that the tones are psalm recitation pitches. She explores the considerable consequences of this new interpretation.
ASKING QUESTIONS
DORA HANNINEN, Associate Professor of Music Theory
Analysts of John Cages music face many challenges, and not only of methodology. Even more fundamental is the need to articulate an appropriate ethic of music analysis. This paper considers aspects of intention; the ecology of musical sound; and the politics, nature, and purpose of music analysis, as it develops an ethic of analysis as a non-reductive, transformative activity.
{Will appear in FYI on Dec 4, 2012
Start Time:
4:00 PM
End Time:
6:00 PM
Room:
Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall
Common Location Name:
Clarice Smith PAC
Other Contact Information:
Cara Natalie Fleck
School of Music
+1 301 405 7283
fleckc@umd.edu
www.music.umd.edu
