The IU GTA 1998 Theory
Symposium
The Tenth IUGTA Biennial Symposium of Research in Music Theory
was held March 6-7, 1998. There were approximately 50 attendees from various
institutions, from states as separated as Kansas and New York; everyone said
that they greatly enjoyed the papers presented and thought the symposium was
well-run.
Dr. Robert Gauldin's keynote speech, "The Tyranny of Analytic Systems," was
very well received. Rather than being something philosophical and nebulous,
as such speeches often are, this was a solid nuts-n-bolts style analytic talk.
Dr. Gauldin discussed aspects of Chopin's e-minor Prelude Op. 28, no. 4,
the first movement of Brahms' f-minor Clarinet+Piano Sonata Op. 120, no. 1,
and Berg's Four Songs, Op. 2, comparing "Schenker and Sets" analyses
of the pieces with other approaches and finding that a simple "party-line"
approach can miss significant structural points.
The next GTA Biennial Symposium is scheduled to take place during the 1999-2000
academic year. The Program Schedule and Abstracts
of this year's papers will remain available on-line for those interested in
contacting the presenters for further information on their topics. Please note
that this page is no longer being kept up-to-date, and email user ids for the
presenters may not be valid.
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