Huh! (What Did You Say?): For Violin, String Trio and B-Flat Clarinet
By T. J. Anderson (NHC Fellow, 1996–97)
Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
By Tim Carter (NHC Fellow, 2015–16) Carousel (1945), with music by Richard Rodgers and the book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, was their second collaboration following the surprising success of Oklahoma! (1943). They worked again with Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner of the Theatre Guild (producers), Rouben Mamoulian (director), and Agnes de Mille (choreographer). But with Oklahoma! still running … Continued
The Union of Words and Music in Medieval Poetry
Edited by James I. Wimsatt (NHC Fellow, 1987–88), Rebecca A. Baltzer, and Thomas Cable In these essays, five noted scholars draw upon the insights of musicology, philology, linguistics, and metrics to illuminate central aspects of the relationship between poetry and music in the Middle Ages.
Beethoven on Beethoven: Playing His Piano Music His Way
By William S. Newman (NHC Fellow, 1983–84) In this provocative new study, William Newman presents to the reader “whatever intentions on Beethoven’s part can be documented or can be supported by reasoning and analysis in the primary sources for his music.” His aim, in brief, is to get as close as possible to the performance … Continued
International Dictionary of Black Composers
Edited by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. (NHC Fellow, 1992–93; 1996–97; 2003–04) A two-volume reference work with biographies and work information for 185 black music composers from across two centuries. The Dictionary was a project of the Center for Black Music at Columbia College Chicago
Rückspiegel: Zeitgenössisches Komponieren im Dialog mit älterer Musik
Edited by Christian Thorau (NHC Fellow, 2008–09), Julia Cloot, and Marion Saxer Contemporary composing in dialogue with older music in cooperation with the Institute for Contemporary Music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
Unbinding Gentility: Women Making Music in the Nineteenth-Century South
By Candace Bailey (NHC Fellow, 2019–20) Southern women of all classes, races, and walks of life practiced music during and after the Civil War. Candace Bailey examines the history of southern women through the lens of these musical pursuits, uncovering the ways that music's transmission, education, circulation, and repertory help us understand its meaning in … Continued
Civil Rights and Rhythm and Blues
When we think of the soundtrack of the 1960s civil rights movement, we tend to think of folk anthems. Some, like “We Shall Overcome,” were staples of movement rallies. Others, like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” transcended the rallies to become pop hits. But black popular music has had a … Continued
Rock and Roll and American Fiction of the 1950s
Memphis, Tennessee, 1952: Sam Phillips creates the legendary Sun Studio and records the first ever rock and roll single, “”Rocket 88,”” by Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm. Fast-forward one year. “”Crazy Man, Crazy,”” recorded in New York by Bill Haley and his Comets, becomes the first rock and roll song to make the Billboard American … Continued
Hip Hop Scholarship
When A.D. Carson presented his 34-song rap album as his dissertation at Clemson, his songs went viral. Carson, now a professor of hip-hop at the University of Virginia, uses music to explore identity, language, citizenship and justice. In this webinar Carson will discuss his album, Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes and Revolutions, and … Continued