Indiana University Graduate Theory Association
14th Biennial Symposium of Research in Music Theory
Bess Meshulam Simon Music Library and Recital Center
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Program
Friday Evening, February 10
5:00-6:00 p.m.: Symposium registration (Ford-Crawford Hall foyer)
6:00: Opening remarks
6:05-7:30: Musical Meaning
Timothy Best (Indiana University), Chair
Marion Guck (University of Michigan), “The Relation between Musical Sound and Musical Feeling” [Cancelled due to illness]
Kevin Korsyn (University of Michigan), “The Tombeau as Metagenre”
Frank Samarotto (Indiana University), “Thick Formalism: Structure as Meaning in Brahms’s Im Herbst, Op. 104 #5”
7:30-8:00: Break
8:00-9:30: Panel discussion—Issues of Musical Meaning
Michelle Clater, Session Coordinator
Robert Hatten (Indiana University), Discussion Chair
Marion Guck (University of Michigan) [Will not be attending due to illness]
Marianne Kielian-Gilbert (Indiana University)
Kevin Korsyn (University of Michigan)
David Lidov (York University)
Frank Samarotto (Indiana University)
9:30: Reception (International Center)
Saturday, February 11
8:00-9:00a.m.: Continental breakfast (Ford-Crawford Hall foyer)
9:00-10:30: Modes of Conflict in Analysis
Kyle Fyr, Indiana University, Chair
Brad Thomas Osborn (Florida State University), “Hypermetrical Faux Pas:
Symbiotic Rhythmic Analysis and Character-Driven Hermeneutics in Radiohead’s ‘Idioteque’”
Juan Chattah (Florida State University), “Towards a Model of Irony in Film Music”
Stanley V. Kleppinger (Butler University), “Tonality and Text in Copland’s ‘Nature, the gentlest mother’”
10:30-11:00: Break
11:00-12:00: Schenkerian Studies
Frank Samarotto (Indiana University), Chair
Michaela R. Rejack (The Ohio State University), “Angelika Elias – An Introduction through Schenkerian Analysis”
Michael Baker (Indiana University), “Transformation vs. Prolongation in Brahms’s In der Fremde”
12:00-1:15: Break for lunch (area restaurants)
1:15-2:45: Music, Process and Culture
Joerg Adler (Indiana University), Chair
Justin Lavacek (Indiana University), “The Emperor’s New Clothes: Ritual and Aesthetics in Popular Cantus Firmus Masses of the Renaissance”
Brian Hulse (Christopher Newport University), “Repetition Theory”
Michael Chikinda (SUNY at Buffalo), “Due liriche di Anacreon and a Narrative of Exile”
2:45-3:00: Break
3:00-4:00: Keynote Address
Trina Thompson (Indiana University), Session Coordinator
David Lidov (York University), “Some Remarks on the First Movement of Beethoven’s
Piano Sonata, Op. 90 with Regard to Theories of Musical Representation of Bodily Movement”
4:00: Concluding reception (International Center)
Abstracts
Friday Evening, February 10
Musical Meaning
The Relation between Musical Sound and Musical Feeling [Cancelled due to illness]
Marion Guck, University of Michigan
The Tombeau as Metagenre
Kevin Korsyn, University of Michigan
Thick Formalism: Structure as Meaning in Brahms’s Im Herbst, Op. 104 #5
Frank Samarotto, Indiana University
Panel discussion—Issues of Musical Meaning
Robert Hatten (Indiana University), Discussion Chair Bio
Marion Guck (University of Michigan) Bio
Marianne Kielian-Gilbert (Indiana University) Bio
Kevin Korsyn (University of Michigan) Bio
David Lidov (York University) Bio
Frank Samarotto (Indiana University) Bio
Saturday Morning, February 11
Session 1: Modes of Conflict in Analysis
Hypermetrical Faux Pas:
Symbiotic Rhythmic Analysis and Character-Driven Hermeneutics in Radiohead’s “Idioteque”
Brad Thomas Osborn, Florida State University
Towards a Model of Irony in Film Music
Juan Chattah, Florida State University
Abstract Bio
Tonality and Text in Copland’s “Nature, the gentlest mother”
Stanley V. Kleppinger, Butler University
Session 2: Schenkerian Studies
Angelika Elias – An Introduction through Schenkerian Analysis
Michaela R. Rejack, Ohio State University
Transformation vs. Prolongation in Brahms’s In der Fremde
Michael Baker, Indiana University
Saturday Afternoon, February 11
Session 3: Music, Process and Culture
The Emperor’s New Clothes:
Ritual and Aesthetics in Popular Cantus Firmus Masses of the Renaissance
Justin Lavacek, Indiana University
REPETITION THEORY
Brian Hulse, Christopher Newport University
Due liriche di Anacreon and a Narrative of Exile
Michael Chikinda, SUNY at Buffalo
Abstract Bio
Keynote Address
Some Remarks on the First Movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata, Op. 90
with Regard to Theories of Musical Representation of Bodily Movement
David Lidov, York University
Sponsored by the IU Graduate Theory Association