News and Events in Historical Musicology at Columbia

French Baroque Masterpieces: Prof. Geoffrey Burgess performs with the Choir of Trinity Church

05/20/2008 - 7:30pm
05/20/2008 - 9:30pm
Etc/GMT-4
Location:
Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street


Geoffrey Burgess
, who has been visiting on the Columbia Historical Musicology faculty this
year, is also a renowned oboist, and next week will collaborate with the Choir of Trinity
Church
at Wall Street in music of the French Baroque: not his usual area of opera, but in
a program of music from the Chapelle Royale.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
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Enlightening Harmonies: Rameau and the Corps Sonore in the Oracular Tradition of French Baroque Opera

03/28/2008 - 4:15pm
Etc/GMT-4
Location:
620 Dodge Hall

A Historical Musicology Colloquium featuring Geoffrey Burgess (Columbia University) and Sean Parrresponding.

All HM Colloquia are free and open to the public.
Contact dmc2127@columbia.edu for more information. 

A Modification to Consider in Layer Theories of Tonality

04/25/2008 - 4:00pm
04/25/2008 - 6:00pm
Etc/GMT-4
Location:
620 Dodge Hall

A Historical Musicology Colloquium featuring Joseph Dubiel (Columbia University).  Respondant TBA.

All HM Colloquiua are free and open to the public.
Contact dmc2127@columbia.edu for more information.

Important Announcements for ALL Applicants to Our Graduate Programs

Important announcements for all applicants to our PhD and DMA programs.

  • The application deadline for all of our programs is December 15, 2007
  • Apply online directly at the GSAS website by clicking here.
  • Please use the "Academic Area" links to the left or the "Contact and Visitor Information" link to the left to determine whom to contact for specific questions. If you are unsure, address questions to Prof. Fox, the Director of Graduate Studies, by email (aaf19@columbia.edu)

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Scott Burnham: "The A Word (...anecdotal reflections on Analysis)" with Edgardo Salinas

11/30/2007 - 4:00pm
11/30/2007 - 6:30pm
Etc/GMT-4
Location:
620 Dodge Hall

Scott Burnham holds a a M.M. in Music Composition from Yale University School of Music, and a Ph.D. in Music Theory and Analysis from Brandeis University. His scholarly interests include the history of tonal theory, problems of analysis and criticism, and 18-and 19th-century music and culture; publications reflecting these concerns have appeared in such journals as Beethoven Forum, Current Musicology, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Music Theory, Musical Quarterly, Music Theory Spectrum, and 19th-Century Music. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Humanities Center.  read more »

Scott Burnham: "The A Word (...anecdotal reflections on Analysis)" with Edgardo Salinas

11/30/2007 - 4:00pm
11/30/2007 - 6:30pm
Etc/GMT-4
Location:
620 Dodge Hall

Scott Burnham holds a a M.M. in Music Composition from Yale University School of Music, and a Ph.D. in Music Theory and Analysis from Brandeis University. His scholarly interests include the history of tonal theory, problems of analysis and criticism, and 18-and 19th-century music and culture; publications reflecting these concerns have appeared in such journals as Beethoven Forum, Current Musicology, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Music Theory, Musical Quarterly, Music Theory Spectrum, and 19th-Century Music. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Humanities Center.  read more »