=== === ============= ==== === === == == == == == ==== == == = == ==== === == == == == == == == = == == == == == == == == == ==== M U S I C T H E O R Y O N L I N E A Publication of the Society for Music Theory Copyright (c) 1996 Society for Music Theory +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Volume 2, Number 3 March, 1996 ISSN: 1067-3040 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ General Editor Lee A. Rothfarb Co-Editors Dave Headlam Justin London Ann McNamee Reviews Editor Brian Alegant Manager Robert Judd Consulting Editors Bo Alphonce Thomas Mathiesen Jonathan Bernard Benito Rivera John Clough John Rothgeb Nicholas Cook Arvid Vollsnes Allen Forte Robert Wason Marianne Kielian-Gilbert Gary Wittlich Stephen Hinton Editorial Assistants Ralph Steffen Cindy Nicholson Nicholas Blanchard Music Example Designer William Loewe Midi Consultant David Patrick Watts All queries to: mto-editor@smt.ucsb.edu or to mto-manager@smt.ucsb.edu ------------------------------------------------------ * * CONTENTS * * AUTHOR AND TITLE FILENAMES 1. Target Article Channan Willner, More on Handel and the mto.96.2.3.willner.art Hemiola: Overlapping Hemiolas (Also available at the URL: http://smt.ucsb.edu/mto/issues/mto.96.2.3/mto.96.2.3.willner.html) 2. Commentaries Eytan Agmon, Conventional Harmonic Wisdom and mto.96.2.3.agmon.tlk the Scope of Schenkerian Theory: A Reply to John Rothgeb (Also available at the URL: http://smt.ucsb.edu/mto/issues/mto.96.2.3/mto.96.2.3.agmon.html) 3. Reviews Douglas Dempster, Review of Peter Kivy's *The mto.96.2.3.dempster.rev Fine Art of Repetition* (also http://smt.ucsb.edu/mto/issues/mto.96.2.3/ mto.96.2.3.dempster.html) Peter Castine, Review of John Cage Symposium, mto.96.2.3.castine.rev Berlin, Germany, Nov. 23-25 (also http://smt.ucsb.edu/mto/issues/mto.96.2.3/ mto.96.2.3.castine.html) 4. Announcements a. Music As Intelligence (Ithaca College conference) b. Public Domain Report Music Bible c. International Musicological Society: Call for Papers d. Georgial Association of Music Theorists: Annual Meeting e. Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) 5. Employment a. Florida State University: School of Music b. Western Michigan University c. Bowling Green State University d. Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland e. Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland 6. New Dissertations a. Cavanagh, Lynn M. "Tonal Multiplicity in Schoenberg's First String Quartet, Op. 7." University of British Columbia, 1996 b. O Maidin, Donncha Sean. "A Programmer's Environment for Music Analysis." National University of Ireland, University College Cork, 1995. c. Rivest, Johanne. "Le Concert for Piano and Orchestra de John Cage ou les limites de l'indetermination" (English transl: "John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra: the limits of indeterminacy"). University of Montreal, Faculty of Music, 1996. d. Vachon, Pierre. "Study of titles in the Piano Works of Robert Schumann, their function and meaning." University of Montreal, Faculty of Music, 1998. e. Walker, Jonathan. "The Work-Concept in Music and Musicology: A Philosophical Study." (provisional title) Queen's University Belfast, School of Music, 1996. 7. Communications Editor's Message 1. Hypertext links to MTO files 2. mto-talk 3. UCSB supports MTO 4. NetAds --------------------- 1. Hypertext links to MTO files The recent Special Issue of MTO (2.2) included a hypertext version of the plain-text table of contents, which is distributed to all subscribers at each release. Beginning with this issue (2.3) the hypertext TOC will include links to all items. Following the hypertext headings in the TOC for announcements, dissertations, or employment leads to the beginning of the appropriate files, where readers will find a menu leading to individual listings. Additionally, following TOC hypertext links for individual listings leads to the relevant locations in the linked files. We hope that the new hypertext TOC will meet with subscribers' approval. 2. mto-talk As subscribers know, our mto-talk moderator, Claire Boge, has decided not to continue in that position. Robert Judd, MTO Manager, will take over the list until a new moderator is appointed. Claire is the SMT Newsletter Editor, a demanding post that has become the more time-consuming now that SMT has begun to offer an online (Web) version of the Newsletter. It was exactly a year ago that Claire became 'talk' moderator and she has done an outstanding job. Anyone who has managed a large mailing list like mto-talk, which has over 1000 subscribers, knows the time it takes to keep the mailing addresses up to date and error free, and to answer queries. I recall, too, that when Claire began as moderator she even provided useful logs of postings to the list when she suspected that some messages had not reached subscribers. She has been an actively contributing member of the SMT Networking Committee, and will continue to offer suggestions regarding the online Newsletter. We thank Claire for her help in getting mto-talk off the ground and sustaining it, and wish her continued success as Newsletter Editor. mto-talk has been very active lately with dialog on the New Musicology essays published in the Special Issue. I am gratified to see the forum come to life after intermittent dormant periods. The exchange on mto-talk has been enlightening and has helped to clarify some of the difficult issues involved. I encourage those who have contributed to the dialog to continue, and those who have not contributed to begin to participate in the thought-provoking discussion. Subscribers should be aware that the mto-talk postings are available, fully indexed by subject, author, date, and thread, on the mto-talk Hypermail page at the URL http://smt.ucsb.edu/www-talk/mto/ current/index.html. 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Recently, on reviewing our record this year the College of Letters and Science at UCSB has recognized our accomplishments in the world of scholarly electronic publishing by awarding MTO a grant of $3,000 for each of the next two years, to be used to pay for subeditorial work, technical assistance, equipment, and supplies. SMT and the staff of MTO are extremely grateful for the University's confidence and generous support. 4. NetAds Subscribers may recall the announcement in a previous issue about MTO NetAds, approved at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the SMT. NetAds, in the words of the approved proposal, are "announcements of availablility (including pricing) [rather] than elaborate, hard-sell solicitations." MTO subscribers, or anyone, may submit a NetAd for inclusion in MTO. Each will be subject to review by the MTO Co-editorial Board and, in case of questions, by the Networking and Publications Committees. 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