Tyler Osborne
ktylerosborne.bsky.social
Tyler Osborne
@ktylerosborne.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of music theory @ UofL. Bookworm, noisy music, has won more blue ribbons than PBR.
Am I watching congress file in for the speech tonight or a livestream of the post-church Golden Corral line…?
March 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Hooooly shit…industrial protoambient nightmare music from 1922(!!!) that hits the feels way too hard.
Arseny Avraamov - Symphony Of Factory Sirens (Public Event, Baku 1922)
YouTube video by Miguel Negrón Oyarzo
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February 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Checks out.
December 4, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Major Sunday conundrum: do I mow my lawn one more time before winter truly sets in?
November 24, 2024 at 6:21 PM
A student in my art song by women composers class told me today “I thought art song was lame when the course started, but now I think it’s so cool.”
My work here is done.
November 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Survived the SMT/AMS double feature with two completely different projects. Totally blown away and inspired by y’all’s kindness and excellent ideas!!
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Composer & pianist Fanny Mendelsssohn was born #OTD in 1805 - surely one of the most extraordinary composers to have published so little in her own lifetime. Thank goodness her scores are being given a new lease of life now - here's her phenomenal Piano Trio: open.spotify.com/track/2H3BWk...
November 14, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Bad AI or a joke…? Regardless, yer a composer, Dmitri…
September 27, 2024 at 1:17 AM
For a music theorist, coming across a Gen Alpha playlist on Spotify is one of the most surreal and perplexing musical compilations I could have imagined.
September 10, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Today, I reminded my students of the significance of February 14th: on this day 112 years ago, Arizona was declared a state. Make sure to tell your loved ones “happy Arizona day.”
February 14, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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This is totally on me, but this anti-tenure action happening in my own state government right now was NOT on my radar. I hear that phone messages are having an effect and the bill was not voted on as planned today. I just called to dictate a message to the House Education Committee—no on HB 228.
Posted @withregram • @ucwkymurray The Kentucky House of Representatives Education Committee is convening a meeting tomorrow at 8am to discuss and possibly vote on anti-tenure legislation. UCW is mobilizing ALL faculty across the state to reach out TODAY to oppose this legislation.
January 23, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Received revision suggestions for a book chapter a couple months after submission. Now attempting to remember what the hell I wrote about.
January 17, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Nothing makes your stomach drop quite like seeing that the IMSLP site is down.
January 12, 2024 at 8:24 PM
How have I missed that this gem not only exists, but has for SIXTEEN YEARS?!

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Alanis Morissette - My Humps
Alanis Morissette - My Humps
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December 12, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Current research has led me to discussing 18th-century automatons and recent Russian anti-government EDM in the same sentence. Where the hell is this going?
December 12, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Just watched Midsommar and couldn’t help but notice the underlying message of “don’t show up to someone’s party and be a jerk.”
December 7, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Well, Covid, it took you almost four years, but you finally found me. Happily accepting all documentary and horror film recommendations while I’m in my quarantine cocoon.
December 6, 2023 at 1:22 AM
Homework Question: “how would you fix the misspelled chord in this example?”
Best student response: “by not pigeonholing yourself with silly little chromaticisms.”
Not the answer I was looking for, but thanks for the laugh.
December 4, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Teaching lesson learned today: no matter how badly the white board needs cleaning, don’t use board cleaner on it right before a class unless you’re in for an adventure.
December 1, 2023 at 2:07 AM
According to this years’ Spotify Wrap-Up I’m a dark and moody “musical vampire.” I also pretty much use Spotify exclusively for the music that I research…what does this say about my research? Come to my talks if you want to get angsty, I guess.
November 29, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Just had a student email me to ask if they should take a piano part down an octave for an aural skills assessment to avoid voice crossing. I’m raising some thoughtful counterpointers after all!
November 28, 2023 at 9:59 PM
I was pretty sure that no composer would throw me for a loop with sonata form better than Hensel did. Emilie Mayer is quickly proving me wrong.
November 21, 2023 at 12:57 AM
Multitasking today has been college football and analyzing some pretty wild 19th-c. sonatas. Looking for some TDs and ESCs.
November 19, 2023 at 2:19 AM
How is it 2023 and we still have publishers who don’t put measure numbers in their scores?
November 16, 2023 at 2:32 AM
It’s Fanny Hensel’s birthday today. Here’s one of her many gifts to us, which happens to be my favorite use of cyclic form ever.

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11
Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 (published 1850)Performed by the Abegg TrioMovement One: Allegro molto vivace - 0:00Movement Two: Andante e...
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November 14, 2023 at 8:57 PM