Philipp Lojak
@thelowjack.bsky.social
musicologist / composer
opera then and now
PhD student @Yale University
opera then and now
PhD student @Yale University
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Philipp Lojak
@thelowjack.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte for Clarinet (2022)
YouTube video by Philipp Lojak
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Exciting News!!
My piece "Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte" for clarinet is now available on Youtube. It is played by the amazing Sebastian Langer and combines expression with lightheartedness.... cool stuff.
So, check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7k9...
My piece "Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte" for clarinet is now available on Youtube. It is played by the amazing Sebastian Langer and combines expression with lightheartedness.... cool stuff.
So, check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7k9...
My presentation about the Teatro Amazonas at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society went really well!! It’s a pity, though, that the conference room was utterly uninstagramable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My presentation about the Teatro Amazonas at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society went really well!! It’s a pity, though, that the conference room was utterly uninstagramable.
Jago from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello would have good chances for a great career in the Republican Party.
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Jago from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello would have good chances for a great career in the Republican Party.
How do musicologists call the rich suburbs of Orlando?
Rolando Villazon(e)
Rolando Villazon(e)
October 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How do musicologists call the rich suburbs of Orlando?
Rolando Villazon(e)
Rolando Villazon(e)
October 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I came to the US because my dream is to become a musicology professor here. Profs usually get a H1B before they apply for a GreenCard. I don't believe universities can afford 100k for every new professor... do intl. students have to abandon their dreams?
#AcademicSky
dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w...
#AcademicSky
dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w...
Will US Universities Pay $100,000 for H-1B Visas? - Daily Nous
The Trump administration announced on Friday that as of yesterday, new applications for H-1B visas will only be accepted if accompanied by a $100,000 payment. H-1B visas allow employers to legally hir...
dailynous.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I came to the US because my dream is to become a musicology professor here. Profs usually get a H1B before they apply for a GreenCard. I don't believe universities can afford 100k for every new professor... do intl. students have to abandon their dreams?
#AcademicSky
dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w...
#AcademicSky
dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w...
People don't trust Big Pharma. At least, Big Pharma is regulated.
You shouldn't trust Big Supplement.
You shouldn't trust Big Supplement.
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
People don't trust Big Pharma. At least, Big Pharma is regulated.
You shouldn't trust Big Supplement.
You shouldn't trust Big Supplement.
The right does everything to claim moral high-ground right now: "Look! We are better than the left!"
Please let us not forget all the horrible mockery and ridicule that republicans had poured over murdered and assaulted politicians from the democratic party.
Trump, DJTrump Jr, Mike Lee, Van Orden
Please let us not forget all the horrible mockery and ridicule that republicans had poured over murdered and assaulted politicians from the democratic party.
Trump, DJTrump Jr, Mike Lee, Van Orden
September 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The right does everything to claim moral high-ground right now: "Look! We are better than the left!"
Please let us not forget all the horrible mockery and ridicule that republicans had poured over murdered and assaulted politicians from the democratic party.
Trump, DJTrump Jr, Mike Lee, Van Orden
Please let us not forget all the horrible mockery and ridicule that republicans had poured over murdered and assaulted politicians from the democratic party.
Trump, DJTrump Jr, Mike Lee, Van Orden
"we are no longer living in the age of idiots"
- Charles de Saint-Évremond in a letter from 1685 to the prepubescent page Monsieur Dery, trying to convince him to submit to castration
Take away: If somebody claims the superiority of our age and uses it as an argument, watch out.
- Charles de Saint-Évremond in a letter from 1685 to the prepubescent page Monsieur Dery, trying to convince him to submit to castration
Take away: If somebody claims the superiority of our age and uses it as an argument, watch out.
September 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"we are no longer living in the age of idiots"
- Charles de Saint-Évremond in a letter from 1685 to the prepubescent page Monsieur Dery, trying to convince him to submit to castration
Take away: If somebody claims the superiority of our age and uses it as an argument, watch out.
- Charles de Saint-Évremond in a letter from 1685 to the prepubescent page Monsieur Dery, trying to convince him to submit to castration
Take away: If somebody claims the superiority of our age and uses it as an argument, watch out.
Tragic. Music is an important piece of most people's life. Thus, musicology is key to understand how the world is experienced. To understand us as humans. Today and in the past.
#News University of Chicago will pause most humanities PhD admissions for 2026–27 to review programs. Music Composition & Sound Practices stays open; no Theory, History, or Ethnomusicology. Plan was revised after faculty consultations amid criticism. What’s your take? #HigherEd #Humanities
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tragic. Music is an important piece of most people's life. Thus, musicology is key to understand how the world is experienced. To understand us as humans. Today and in the past.
The APA has required capitalization after colons for years. As a colon-sucker, I embrace the CMOS move towards standardization.
August 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The APA has required capitalization after colons for years. As a colon-sucker, I embrace the CMOS move towards standardization.
August 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
There are feel-good words and risky words for musicologists.
Never say "style." This will make musicologists passionately dispute. Be aware using "modern"... oh, and "genre" is risky, too.
But everybody loves archives. Say it and everybody will feel good and won't ask further questions.
Never say "style." This will make musicologists passionately dispute. Be aware using "modern"... oh, and "genre" is risky, too.
But everybody loves archives. Say it and everybody will feel good and won't ask further questions.
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
There are feel-good words and risky words for musicologists.
Never say "style." This will make musicologists passionately dispute. Be aware using "modern"... oh, and "genre" is risky, too.
But everybody loves archives. Say it and everybody will feel good and won't ask further questions.
Never say "style." This will make musicologists passionately dispute. Be aware using "modern"... oh, and "genre" is risky, too.
But everybody loves archives. Say it and everybody will feel good and won't ask further questions.
I'm tired of books that structure their chapters like operas/suites/sonatas/...
"Chapter 1: Overture" etc. etc.
This is soooo unoriginal! This was done a million times and does not add anything.
"Chapter 1: Overture" etc. etc.
This is soooo unoriginal! This was done a million times and does not add anything.
August 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm tired of books that structure their chapters like operas/suites/sonatas/...
"Chapter 1: Overture" etc. etc.
This is soooo unoriginal! This was done a million times and does not add anything.
"Chapter 1: Overture" etc. etc.
This is soooo unoriginal! This was done a million times and does not add anything.
I found a market study claiming that the opera "MArket"/"marekt" (sic) will grow 5-7% annually over the next 8 years. I WAMT to take seriously. So much.
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I found a market study claiming that the opera "MArket"/"marekt" (sic) will grow 5-7% annually over the next 8 years. I WAMT to take seriously. So much.
Normal philosophical argument:
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
Every second argument by Slavoj Žižek:
Premise 1
Marx Anecdote
Some quote by Lacan or Hegel
Joke about Stalinism
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
Every second argument by Slavoj Žižek:
Premise 1
Marx Anecdote
Some quote by Lacan or Hegel
Joke about Stalinism
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Normal philosophical argument:
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
Every second argument by Slavoj Žižek:
Premise 1
Marx Anecdote
Some quote by Lacan or Hegel
Joke about Stalinism
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
Every second argument by Slavoj Žižek:
Premise 1
Marx Anecdote
Some quote by Lacan or Hegel
Joke about Stalinism
Exciting News!!
My piece "Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte" for clarinet is now available on Youtube. It is played by the amazing Sebastian Langer and combines expression with lightheartedness.... cool stuff.
So, check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7k9...
My piece "Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte" for clarinet is now available on Youtube. It is played by the amazing Sebastian Langer and combines expression with lightheartedness.... cool stuff.
So, check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7k9...
Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte for Clarinet (2022)
YouTube video by Philipp Lojak
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Exciting News!!
My piece "Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte" for clarinet is now available on Youtube. It is played by the amazing Sebastian Langer and combines expression with lightheartedness.... cool stuff.
So, check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7k9...
My piece "Pezzi sopra figure della Commedia dell'Arte" for clarinet is now available on Youtube. It is played by the amazing Sebastian Langer and combines expression with lightheartedness.... cool stuff.
So, check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7k9...
Props to the people who were brave enough to agree in this survey.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Props to the people who were brave enough to agree in this survey.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
I researched for musicology journals in the last couple of days and it is shocking how many journals have thrown in the towel in recent years!!
#Musicology
#Musicology
June 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I researched for musicology journals in the last couple of days and it is shocking how many journals have thrown in the towel in recent years!!
#Musicology
#Musicology
I love the early Roland Barthes. Semiology, Mythologies etc... these were truly illuminating readings for me.
But I hate the late stuff. Grain of the voice etc... it really doesn't do anything for me.
But I hate the late stuff. Grain of the voice etc... it really doesn't do anything for me.
June 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I love the early Roland Barthes. Semiology, Mythologies etc... these were truly illuminating readings for me.
But I hate the late stuff. Grain of the voice etc... it really doesn't do anything for me.
But I hate the late stuff. Grain of the voice etc... it really doesn't do anything for me.
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that was passed by the house of representatives today threatens Yale's tax exemption.
21% instead of 1.4% on endowment income. This is great threat to the university!
#AcademicSky
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/05...
21% instead of 1.4% on endowment income. This is great threat to the university!
#AcademicSky
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/05...
McInnis urges outreach to senators as House passes endowment tax hike
After the House of Representatives passed a bill that would increase Yale’s endowment tax from 1.4 to 21 percent, University President Maurie McInnis called on Yale community members to urge their sen...
yaledailynews.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that was passed by the house of representatives today threatens Yale's tax exemption.
21% instead of 1.4% on endowment income. This is great threat to the university!
#AcademicSky
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/05...
21% instead of 1.4% on endowment income. This is great threat to the university!
#AcademicSky
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/05...
#Musicology bubble:
In your opinion, what is the most important book in musicology published in the last ten years?
In your opinion, what is the most important book in musicology published in the last ten years?
May 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#Musicology bubble:
In your opinion, what is the most important book in musicology published in the last ten years?
In your opinion, what is the most important book in musicology published in the last ten years?
It's done! All papers submitted! The semester is over! 🥳
May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's done! All papers submitted! The semester is over! 🥳
The answers of LLMs are often very wordy. I ask for a specific information and get novel.
So, I have a suggestion for ChatGPT, Gemini etc.: Implement a mode where the user can decide between different lengths and depths of answers.
So, I have a suggestion for ChatGPT, Gemini etc.: Implement a mode where the user can decide between different lengths and depths of answers.
May 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The answers of LLMs are often very wordy. I ask for a specific information and get novel.
So, I have a suggestion for ChatGPT, Gemini etc.: Implement a mode where the user can decide between different lengths and depths of answers.
So, I have a suggestion for ChatGPT, Gemini etc.: Implement a mode where the user can decide between different lengths and depths of answers.
I just wrote a paper about Saariaho's "Innocence" and Cerrone's "In a Grove" and the wording drove me crazy:
"In 'In a Grove' and in 'Innocence,' the composers..."
Problems in a life of a musicologists...
#musicology
"In 'In a Grove' and in 'Innocence,' the composers..."
Problems in a life of a musicologists...
#musicology
May 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I just wrote a paper about Saariaho's "Innocence" and Cerrone's "In a Grove" and the wording drove me crazy:
"In 'In a Grove' and in 'Innocence,' the composers..."
Problems in a life of a musicologists...
#musicology
"In 'In a Grove' and in 'Innocence,' the composers..."
Problems in a life of a musicologists...
#musicology
Reposted by Philipp Lojak
fuguing/fuging is going to kill me all day 🐝
May 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
fuguing/fuging is going to kill me all day 🐝