[Smt-talk] Princeton and Theory

[Leslie Kinton]

I agree with Paul.  My Ph.D. is listed as one in musicology (U of T refuses 
to allow theory doctorates), but my dissertation was a complete foreground 
and middleground Schenkerian analysis of Dvorak's 7th Symphony, and my 
advisors were David Beach and Ed Laufer who are certainly not musicologists. 
On my CV, I list it as a theory doctorate.  As Paul said, a rose by any 
other name....

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Leslie Kinton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Piano Performance
Don Wright Faculty of Music
University of Western Ontario
Anagnoson & Kinton website:  www.pianoduo.com

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Setziol" <setziolpaul at earthlink.net>
To: "Dmitri Tymoczko" <dmitri at Princeton.EDU>; "SMT Talk" 
<smt-talk at societymusictheory.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] Princeton and Theory


> 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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