[Smt-talk] Princeton and Theory

[Paul Setziol]

Hello all,

About Dmitri's post below -

Isn't it reasonable to say that a PhD. is a theory PhD. if the comprehensive examinations and dissertation are in theory?  The other posts bringing up composition/theory might be judged accordingly.  What is the nature of the dissertation?

A rose by any other name...

Best wishes

Paul Setziol
Musicianship Coordinator and Department Chair
Music Department
De Anza College
Cupertino, California
USA

setziolpaul at earthlink.net
setziolpaul at deanza.edu

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dmitri Tymoczko <dmitri at Princeton.EDU>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2010 6:11 AM
>To: SMT Talk <smt-talk at societymusictheory.org>
>Subject: [Smt-talk] Princeton and Theory
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>I wanted to take a moment to clarify the situation vis-a-vis theory  
>and Princeton.  Currently, Princeton has four people who do theory:  
>Kofi Agawu, Scott Burnham, Noriko Manabe, and me.  Together, we cover  
>a pretty broad range of topics from analysis to history of theory to  
>Schenker to semiotics to popular music to whatever it is that I do.   
>Kofi and Noriko, of course, also do ethnomusicology.
>
>Formally, the department offers degrees in composition and in  
>musicology; which means that would-be theorists have to apply to one  
>of these programs (typically musicology).  However, for the past  
>several years we have been making a concerted effort to make a home  
>for people who want to be theorists.  This includes, e.g., designing  
>general examinations geared toward theory and analysis, advising  
>solidly theoretical dissertations, and so on.  And we currently have a  
>small-but-impressive group of theory grad. students.
>
>Our program is not for everyone, since we can't offer a whole suite of  
>"Intro to ... " courses.  But for the right sort of (independent, self- 
>motivated) person, it can be a great place to learn theory.  So I  
>would definitely encourage interested students to take a look at our  
>program.
>
>DT
>
>Dmitri Tymoczko
>Associate Professor of Music
>310 Woolworth Center
>Princeton, NJ 08544-1007
>(609) 258-4255 (ph), (609) 258-6793 (fax)
>http://music.princeton.edu/~dmitri
>
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