Here is the second of two video interviews prepared during the American Musicological Society’s national meeting in Louisville in November 2015. Don M. Randel talks with Carol A. Hess and Elisabeth Le Guin about their new books on Hispanic subject matter. All three were honored at the meeting: Randel, as… Read More
We are pleased to present the first of two video interviews prepared during the American Musicological Society’s national meeting in Louisville earlier this month. Here Lewis Lockwood talks with Christopher Reynolds about his new book, Beethoven’s Symphonies: An Artistic Vision (W. W. Norton, October 2015). Cuepoints: 1:00 … Read More
The fourth and last in this series of video interviews reflecting on American musicology features Richard Taruskin, interviewed by Beth E. Levy. (At one point Professor Taruskin salutes his mentor Joel Newman, who has since died; see the Columbia University notice HERE.) Musicology Now is investigating the possibility of… Read More
The third of our video interviews reflecting on American musicology features Simon Morrison, the noted Prokofiev specialist, reflecting on his recent work in Russia toward a history of the Bolshoi. He is interviewed by Peter Schmelz. Cuepoints: 00:20 working in Moscow and St. Petersburg archives 04:30 the Bolshoi project and… Read More
The second of our video interviews reflecting on American musicology features Ellen T. Harris, who became president of the American Musicological Society in November 2014. Cuepoints: 00:22 on Handel and his friends 05:20 on archives and historical narrative 09:30 Handel as informant to Hanover 11:30 musicology old… Read More
We are pleased to present the first of several video interviews reflecting on American musicology. Christopher Reynolds, immediate past president of the American Musicological Society, considers initiatives undertaken during his term of office and what he sees as the state of the discipline today. Read More