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Also a great paper from Eddy Campbell on the influence of piobaireachd on Boulez, which was explicit, especially relating to the idea of subsuming a line in grace notes.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also a great paper from Eddy Campbell on the influence of piobaireachd on Boulez, which was explicit, especially relating to the idea of subsuming a line in grace notes.
During Boulez’s tenure at the New York Philharmonic, one disgruntled letter and Boulez’s response. From a great paper in Edinburgh by Gabryel Smith.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
During Boulez’s tenure at the New York Philharmonic, one disgruntled letter and Boulez’s response. From a great paper in Edinburgh by Gabryel Smith.
Following representation from multiple academic freedom groups, King’s College London has dropped the requirement for an EDI statement from their advert for a lecturer in music history. Compare the two versions below.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122145-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122145-...
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Following representation from multiple academic freedom groups, King’s College London has dropped the requirement for an EDI statement from their advert for a lecturer in music history. Compare the two versions below.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122145-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122145-...
Boston University, via the library, have been asking scholars to sign a ‘citation justice’ pledge. Unsurprisingly, this says nothing about the most glaring omission in many academic articles today - citations of sources in languages other than English.
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Boston University, via the library, have been asking scholars to sign a ‘citation justice’ pledge. Unsurprisingly, this says nothing about the most glaring omission in many academic articles today - citations of sources in languages other than English.
In my capacity as Awards Officer for the Society for Music Analysis, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 Pascall Medal is William E. Caplin, pioneer of the school of music analysis known as 'form-functionalism'.
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In my capacity as Awards Officer for the Society for Music Analysis, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 Pascall Medal is William E. Caplin, pioneer of the school of music analysis known as 'form-functionalism'.
The guidance does allude to specific hypothetical examples relating to a) pro-Palestinian protests; b) a blog from a trans activist.
June 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The guidance does allude to specific hypothetical examples relating to a) pro-Palestinian protests; b) a blog from a trans activist.
Highly recommended - a new essay from one of the sharpest young cultural commentators, Ella Dorn, unpacking Laura Mulvey’s canonised essay on visual pleasure and narrative cinema.
fairyland.substack.com/p/the-girls-...
fairyland.substack.com/p/the-girls-...
June 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Highly recommended - a new essay from one of the sharpest young cultural commentators, Ella Dorn, unpacking Laura Mulvey’s canonised essay on visual pleasure and narrative cinema.
fairyland.substack.com/p/the-girls-...
fairyland.substack.com/p/the-girls-...
Letter in today’s Times in support of the Office for Students decision re Sussex University.
Times letters: Difficulties of making free trade work for all
www.thetimes.com/article/9892...
Times letters: Difficulties of making free trade work for all
www.thetimes.com/article/9892...
April 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Letter in today’s Times in support of the Office for Students decision re Sussex University.
Times letters: Difficulties of making free trade work for all
www.thetimes.com/article/9892...
Times letters: Difficulties of making free trade work for all
www.thetimes.com/article/9892...
Excellent stuff from William Hague in his inaugural as Chancellor of Oxford University today
February 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Excellent stuff from William Hague in his inaugural as Chancellor of Oxford University today
The letter from the Society for Music Analysis to the VC of Cardiff University, about the decision to close the School of Music and also her comments on this and the Royal Welsh College, presented as if they offered similar things.
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The letter from the Society for Music Analysis to the VC of Cardiff University, about the decision to close the School of Music and also her comments on this and the Royal Welsh College, presented as if they offered similar things.
My professorial inaugural lecture, one week from today. Do sign up and share!
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve....
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve....
February 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My professorial inaugural lecture, one week from today. Do sign up and share!
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve....
www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve....
Two of Jeffrey Herf’s books which are essential reading on this subject.
January 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Two of Jeffrey Herf’s books which are essential reading on this subject.
One of the best recent pieces of writing on the current situation in higher education. In a US context, but with wider application.
www.chronicle.com/oauth/token?...
www.chronicle.com/oauth/token?...
November 30, 2024 at 6:37 PM
One of the best recent pieces of writing on the current situation in higher education. In a US context, but with wider application.
www.chronicle.com/oauth/token?...
www.chronicle.com/oauth/token?...