Riemann’s Phrasing Edition and the Energetics of Meter

By Thomas Ingram This post serves as a preview of a lightning talk that will take place at PAIG’s virtual meeting on Thursday, January 14. Although Hugo Riemann is primarily remembered as a theorist of harmony, phrasing theory was a consistent concern throughout his career. This was particularly true of the 1880s, when he published… Continue reading Riemann’s Phrasing Edition and the Energetics of Meter

An Analysis of Gabriela Montero’s (2012) Live Improvisation on “Nun danket alle Gott”

By Gilad Rabinovitch (Florida State University) This post serves as a preview of a lightning talk that will take place at PAIG’s virtual meeting on Thursday, January 14. We tend to associate historical European music-making with “composers” who “write compositions”; however, from the middle ages to the early nineteenth century, this European tradition involved a… Continue reading An Analysis of Gabriela Montero’s (2012) Live Improvisation on “Nun danket alle Gott”

Performing Structure: Tempo in Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations

By Michael Rector (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay) This post serves as a preview of a lightning talk that will take place at PAIG’s virtual meeting on Thursday, January 14. Starting in the 1970s, Glenn Gould became increasingly interested in proportional tempi as a means of structuring his performances of multi-movement works.  The culmination of… Continue reading Performing Structure: Tempo in Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations

Analyzing Performance and Performing Analysis: Light Shows in Hip Hop and EDM

By Olivia R. Lucas (Louisiana State University) This post serves as a preview of a lightning talk that will take place at PAIG’s virtual meeting on Thursday, January 14. Concert lighting is an essential component of contemporary popular music performance that assists in providing an immersive, multi-sensory experience.  Although light shows primarily strike audiences as… Continue reading Analyzing Performance and Performing Analysis: Light Shows in Hip Hop and EDM