The Marginalium | History of Music Theory

Researching the Transfer of Central-European Music Theory and Composition Treatises to China

Gesine Schröder December 3, 2017

My interest in the circulation of European music theory in China was initially piqued through the doctoral work of Wang

Conference Report November 28, 2017

On November 8th and 9th, the SMT History of Theory Interest Group / AMS Study Group co-sponsored a conference on

Anicia Timberlake August 22, 2017

What can music pedagogies for children tell us about how grown-ups think about music? My recent work examines the politics

Guangming Li April 12, 2017

Music theory is an essential part of Chinese music and culture. Its centrality to understandings of cosmology and social order

Peter van Tour March 14, 2017

In recent times, quite a few European conservatories have been reintroducing thoroughbass methods in their music theory curricula.[1] The surge

Lan Li and Carmel Raz February 17, 2017

Global Histories of Music Theory is a conference that will be held at Columbia University in New York on February 20, 2017. In

Sumitra Ranganathan December 7, 2016

Sumitra Ranganathan bani (lit. word or sound) is an elusive concept in the performance of Dhrupad, a genre of north

Britta Giesecke von Bergh, Sören Sönken, and Katharina Thalmann November 15, 2016

The Sixteenth Annual Congress of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH) was held in Hanover from September 30th to October 2nd,

Michael Weinstein-Reiman October 29, 2016

Michael Weinstein-Reiman For this post, I turn to an unlikely protagonist, self-proclaimed bad musician Denis Diderot, polymath of the French