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the musicologist

the musicologist

has 25 followers and is following 30 people

i am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in musicology. oh the exciting life of studying art music in the 21st century! i enjoy reading books, talking to smart people and listening to inordinate amounts of lectures and podcasts in an effort to gain the necessary knowledge to mount a global conquest. i love talking to people about things i don't understand.
  • Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • member since October 13, 2009

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  • Ross

    Ross says

    Hi, there.

    In your picture it looks like you may be hiding behind a copy of St. Matthew Passion. I have a longstanding question about this Holy of Holies and I thought you may be able to answer. When I hear the final chorus some of the final chords of the major phrases, and of the entire piece itself, do not sound tonic, but rather a tonic with some reed instrument (oboe?) playing a diminished tone. I have grown to love the effect, but wonder what Bach intended. I looked at a score a few years ago and everything seemed to resolve to the tonic at the end, but I’ve listened to it repeatedly and the final note does NOT sound tonic in my two recordings. The last time I heard the work performed live the final note sounded completely tonic, but this was at the National Cathedral where the setting, while glorious, made the acoustics murky. I don’t mean to bother you; I just thought you may know what I am talking about. Thanks for your time.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    Up to six as I was writing the note.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    The "Books on Classical Music" group is now up to five members. Are you finished the semester yet, or ready to post some of your reviews? I'm afraid the new members will go away when they just see all my reviews.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    Are you ready to try again? I'm still annoyed that I couldn't find a group for discussing classical music, so I decided to start one. It occurred to me that maybe the problem with the one you started was just that the name "Musicology" made it sound restricted to professionals. I called mine "Books on Classical Music". Original, isn't it. If you are interested it is here: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/55360/discussions
    I decided to start off by reposting some of my own reviews so it wouldn't be empty to start with. If you are interested, could you take a few minutes to "cut and Paste" some of your reviews?

    The Adorno is slow going, I'm about half-way finished. Fortunately, it's only about 200 pages.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    I've started Adorno's Beethoven, I'm managing about a page every two hours.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    What happened to your musicology group? I just noticed it was missing from my list. I assume it was because no one else ever joined; too bad, because it was the only group I've seen on shelfari that wasn't either just oriented to popular music or by invitation only.

    I'm just starting my usual winter project reading on music. I'm starting with the Global Music series -- I just finished the teacher's manual, not really relevant to me since I don't teach music, but I thought it would give me clues how to read the other volumes -- and then plan to read some books on Beethoven (going chronologically, since last winter I did Haydn and Mozart).

    I have ordered the Adorno book on Beethoven for the fourth time, hopefully this time it won't get cancelled on me.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Sagecoveredhills

    Sagecoveredhills says

    I haven't read Velvet Elvis, but read my first Rob Bell book last month--SexGod--a good marketing title!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • ianjsimpson

    ianjsimpson says

    Cool. Thanks forthe tip. I'll download and have a listen.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Two Readers in Love

    Two Readers in Love says

    Thanks for the freindship request. I was glad to see that someone with an actual music education had positive things to say about "The Rest is Noise." I really enjoyed that book, but I don't have the background to put it into any critical context. With the exception of Glass and Adams, I came to the book as a complete neophyte, and I initially had to rely heavily on the accompanying website to familiarize myself with much of the music. Thanks to that one book, I have been steadily expanding my musical horizons past the 19th century into the 20th. I haven't quite made it into the 21st century yet, so - based on your profile - I'll be looking towards your shelf with interest.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • ianjsimpson

    ianjsimpson says

    Hey. You asked about Reason, Faith and Revolution. I actually found it a bit unfocused. There was some good ideas and it was well written, but the arguments were sullied by his obsession at shouting at Dawkins and Hitchins. These people should stop yelling at each other and get down to the point...
    Have you read or planning to?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    Hi busman,

    Glad to be friends with you. Actually, it's more like 90 in common -- we just chose different editions. Almost everything except the children's books, which I read as they come in at work and never bother to record.

    The Adorno is still only on my plan to read -- probably next year. I am very interested in him both because of my (amateur) interest in musicology and my interest in philosophy (my major when I was in college.) He couldn't be any worse than Hegel's Phenomenology! The one I most want to read is the one on Beethoven and philosophy -- I don't remember the title -- but it seems to be unavailable; I've ordered it twice for the library and had it cancelled both times. It's the one that was quoted so much in Said's On Late Style, which I read earlier this year.

    I usually stop all my other reading about the end of November and read a project for a month or two on music; this goes back to when my sister was in college majoring in music and I would buy all the used books on music I could find, read them in November and early December and give her a big box of them for Christmas. This year I'm going to read a series on world music with CDs and then some biographies of Beethoven. (Last year was Mozart and Haydn; I'm gradually working my way forward chronologically.)

    I probably won't be on shelfari for the next week and a half; I'm on vacation, flying out there (Raleigh) tomorrow for my niece's wedding Saturday, then taking the train up the coast to visit friends in DC and Portland and flying back to Salt Lake City next Friday. My brother's family has lived in NC for more than 30 years, my other niece went to NC State.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Greetings!
    Thank you very much for the Shelfari friendship request - - I'm honored to accept! Yes, I am currently reading St. Augustine's "Confessions" . . . finally! It is a seminal work, and the version I am reading (Henry Chadwick translator) references the classical influence on Augustine's wording and thinking. How is musicology? Just curious, who are your favorite 21st century composers? I am an Arvo Pärt and Einojuhani Rautavaara fan, have you listened to them much?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Amanda

    Amanda says

    Yes! I'm a junior psych major.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    We're all ignorant until we know better, right? It's the ignorant people who wallow in their ignorance that can bug a person.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristel

    Kristel says

    Welcome to 1001 books. You can keep track of the books you have read from the book, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, join in the discussions on the books we are reading for the month (BOTM) or you can debate the merits of the list as some enjoy doing. We hope you will want to join in the choosing of BOTM and the discussions. The current books are pinned to the top for that month. There are older discussions that can be found by searching discussions. If there is any way the group administrator can help further feel free to ask one of us. If you don’t own the book the list can be found at the top in the group description or at http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm?content_id=22845. A downloadable list of the second edition is available at http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

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