[Smt-talk] Female theorists in history

[David Froom]

Patricia Carpenter, another Schoenberg student, was one of the most  
profound teachers I ever experienced (during my doctoral studies at  
Columbia).  She didn't publish a lot, but what she did was remarkable  
work -- and her reach as a teacher is vast.

The theorist Severine Neff at UNC-Chapel Hill (a terrific theorist,  
and one of Carpenter's most successful students) may also be a  
resource for further names.

David Froom
Professor and Chair
Music Department
St. Mary's College of Maryland

On 16 Oct 2011, at 10:27 PM, Jill T. Brasky wrote:

> Dear John (and everyone),
>
> Elvis impersonations notwithstanding, and using a broad definition  
> of theory, Schoenberg's student Dika Newlin may be of some interest,  
> too.
>
> All best,
> Jill
>
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> "I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to  
> invade Poland." —Woody Allen
>
> On 16 Oct 2011, at 22:13, Andrew Westerhaus wrote:
>
>> Dear John (and list),
>>
>> Regarding the original posting, there is a rather obscure  
>> pedagogical treatise by a female Scottish theorist that uses games  
>> to teach elementary music theory and dates from 1803:
>>
>> Anne Gunn (late Young), An introduction to music in which the  
>> elementary parts of the science, and the principles of thorough  
>> bass and modulation, as illustrated by the musical games and  
>> apparatus, are fully and familiarly explained, with copious  
>> examples: together with a description of the apparatus, compleat  
>> directions for playing the several games, with introductory and  
>> additional games, illustrating the different cliffs on a plan  
>> entirely new (Edinburgh: Muir, Wood and Company, 1803). [OCLC:  
>> 45716748]
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew
>>
>> ----------
>> Andrew Westerhaus
>> Ph.D. candidate, History and theory of music
>> University of Chicago
>> westeraj at uchicago.edu
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:43 PM, John Snyder <JLSnyder at uh.edu> wrote:
>> > Dear Collective Wisdom,
>> >
>> > A student, looking for a paper topic, has inquired about the  
>> possibility of
>> > writing
>> > on a female theorist (or several), in historical context. I know  
>> a number of
>> > outstanding
>> > female theorists, but must admit that all of them are living, and  
>> wouldn't
>> > make
>> > good subjects for the paper in question. Help, anyone?
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > --
>> > John L. Snyder
>> > Professor of Music Theory and Musicology
>> > Moores School of Music
>> > University of Houston
>> > 713-743-3143
>> > JLSnyder at uh.edu
>> >
>
>
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