VOLUME NINE NUMBER TWO ewsletter AUGUST 1986

A PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY

Bloomington 1986 Conference must be received by October 20, 1986. No for the visitor. Of special interest are art ex­ The ninth annual meeting of the Society for refunds will be made after November 1, 1986. hibits in the University Art Museum (designed Music Theory will be held November 6-9, 1986 Registration at the conference will also be by I.M. Pei) and materials in the Lilly Rare in the Indiana Memorial Union on the campus available at $35 for regular and $18 for student Books Library. Both buildings are one block and emeritus members. of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. from the Indiana Memorial Union. The Univer­ The program committee chaired by Vernon sity Library and the School of Music Library are Kliewer (Indiana University) has planned thir­ PROGRAMS On Friday evening November 7 also within walking distance. Conference par­ teen sessions including 36 papers ranging Dean Charles H. Webb has graciously offered ticipants will have access to extensive sports from 16th-century topics through the most re­ to host a cocktail reception for the Society in facilities near the Union; check at the Front cent music and emphasizing areas such as the University Club. Also that evening, the In­ Desk for information. form, rhythm, and jazz. In addition, two special diana University School of Music will present sessions have been scheduled including one a free concert featuring contemporary music TRAVEL Britt Airlines offers direct service to on computer research and one on making a performed by ensembles conducted by Jan Bloomington from the Chicago and In­ place for women in the profession. Joseph Ker­ Harrington and Harvey Sollberger. On Satur­ dianapolis Airports. Be sure to give your flight man will be the keynote speaker and we look day, preceding the keynote address, Lewis destination as Bloomington, Indiana, since forward to a full and interesting four days. The Rowell, Chairman of the SMT Publications Britt also serves Bloomington, Illinois. preliminary convention schedule appears in Awards Committee, will announce the first Indianapolis International Airport is approx­ this newsletter and lists committee and award recipients. Saturday evening the Indiana imately 50 miles from Bloomington, and bus business meetings, papers and other events. University Opera Theater opens its presenta­ transportation between the airport and Bloom­ tion of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Tickets ington is not convenient. There are, however, REGISTRATION To pre-register for the con­ may be ordered on the registration form. Seats several car rental services available as well as ference, please complete the enclosed red are available in the orchestra section or in the limousine service. If you wish to use the Bloom­ registration form and return in the envelope terraces of the Musical Arts Center, an outstan­ ington Limousine Service, return the enclos­ provided with your check made payable to ding opera and concert facility on the campus. ed blue form directly to them (P.O. Box 5182, SMT Conference. Mail to: SMT Conference, The University Theater opens its production of Bloomington IN 47402). From the Bloomington Mary Wennerstrom, Treasurer, Indiana Univer­ Shakespeare's Macbeth on November 7 and Airport contact Yellow Cab Co., Inc., telephone sity School of Music, Bloomington IN 47405. 8. Tickets ($5 each) will be available at the I.U. (812) 339-9744; the current rate is $6.65. Registration fees are $30 for regular members Auditoriun1 Box Office after your arrival. For those planning to drive, several in­ and $15 for student and emeritus members. The campus of Indiana University, widely ac­ terstate highways lead to Indianapolis. From ln- claimed for its woodland beauty and limestone In order to guarantee opera tickets, the form (to page 5) buildings, offers a wide spectrum of activities ·2·

1Oth Annual Meeting In Rochester From the Editor EXECUTIVE BOARD 1985-86 The society's tenth annual meeting will be held This will be the last issue of the SMT Newslet­ in Rochester, New York, November 5-8,1987. ter under my editorship; hence this wordy The Program Committee is chaired by Robert message. Morris (Eastman School of Music) and in­ It is impossible to thank all those who have David Lewin, president, 1988 * cludes: William Caplin (McGill University), Ver­ contributed advice, information and en­ Harvard University non Kliewer (Indiana University), 1986 Chair; couragement during the past six years but I David Lewin (Harvard University), ex officio; must try. I would like to thank Allen Forte, Wallace Berry, past president, 1987 Hedi Siegel (Hunter College, CUNY); Deborah Wallace Berry, David Lewin, Mary Wen­ University.~f British Columbia Stein (Eastman School of Music) and members nerstrom, Richmond Browne, David Beaoh, yet to be named. David Beach (Eastman William Caplin, all of whom have been Lewis Rowell, vice-president, 1988 School of Music) is in charge of arrangements. especially generous with their time, have Indiana University The committee will recognize the tenth an­ shared their wisdom, have tolerated my calls niversary of the Society's founding in a number at odd hours, and have suffered with me (and of ways still to be determined. Also, in view of sometimes for me) when I have erred. Richmond Browne, secretary, 1988 Eastman's historic eclecticism, the committee I cannot name each officer and member wno School of Music hopes to attract proposals focusing on perfor­ has provided information and suggestions, but University of Michigan mance and analysis as well as pedagogy of I am deeply grateful to them. Thanks, also, for Ann Arbor, Ml 48109 theory, 20th-century music, and other topics those flyers of anonymous origin that have ap­ to be announced. peared in my mail announcing this conference Mary Wennerstrom, treasurer, 1988 A formal call for papers will be mailed to the or that journal. I hope you will continue to direct School of Music membership shortly. The deadline will be your communications to the new editor. Indiana University February 15, 1987, and ideas and proposals Nor can I name all those who have con­ Bloomington, IN 47405 should go to: tributed their labor (as conscripts!), stuffing Robert Morris, Program Committee Chair envelopes, sorting the bulk mailing and the Eastman School of Music like. Suffice it to say that there were students, Dorothy Payne, 1986 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester NY 14604. colleagues and house guests-so that University of Texas, Austin nowadays people are skeptical of my mid-day dinner invitations in early March or August. I John Rothgeb, 1986 must thank Ros'y, who has served as SUNY, Binghamton Spectrum Deadline proofreader, stutter, sealer, errand and message-person for seven issues and whose welcomes submis­ Music Theory Spectrum experience sorting bulk mailings has been David Beach, 1987 sions at any time of the year and will make Eastman School of Music invaluable. every effort to render publication decisions I would be remiss if I did not mention the firm within a reasonable length of time. The who has produced the Newsletter for the last Janet Schmalfeldt, 1987 deadline for submissions for Volume 9 six issues, Harty's Printing of Dallas, and Wan­ (scheduled for publication in summer 1987) is McGill Unviersity da Sullivan, who has handled the account. December 1, 1986. Papers and editorial cor­ Their devotion to serving our needs is perhaps Robert Gauldin, 1988 respondence should be sent of John Clough, best conveyed by an anecdote involving the Editor, Music Theory Spectrum, Department Eastman School of Music Spring 1985 issue: We had produced a six­ of Music, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo NY 14260. page newsletter, which I suggested be tri­ Robert P. Morgan, 1988 folded to fit a letter-size envelope after bifolding to 81!2 by 11. Though no one resisted overtly, University of Chicago McGill Theory Symposium I was asked repeatedly whether I really wanted On March 14-15, the Faculty of Music of McGill the tri-folding and of course I replied that I did. *term ends University hosted the McGill Theory Sym­ (Always sensitive to costs, I knew we would posium: A Perspective on Music Theory in save a few dollars by using No. 10 envelopes.) Canada Today, which, for the first time, On delivery day I arrived to find most of the brought together leading music theorists from staff-sales, production, maintenance, owners John Clough across Canada to exchange research and and perhaps a customer who happened in at SUNY, Buffalo foster a network of professional contact. The the wrong time-gathered around a large con­ Editor, Music Theory Spectrum following papers were presented: Wallace ference table frantically folding Newsletters. I Berry, "The Relations of Analysis to Perfor· never again suggested tri-folding. mance: A Syllabus of Issues"; William E. It has been a privilege to watch the Socie­ William Caplin Caplin, "Structural Expansion in Beethoven's ty's growth and maturation from this vantage McGill" Unversity Symphonic Forms"; Anne C. Hall, "Metric Ac­ point. It has also been edifying, and great fun. Chair, Publications Committee cent"; Robert Jones, "Musical Continuity in I shall miss the excitement if not the omnipre­ Tippett's King Priam"; Edward Laufer, "A sent dread of catastrophe. Vernon Kliewer Linear Approach to Twentieth-Century Com­ Lately, my sense of having "peaked" as Indiana University positions"; Christopher Lewis, "Tonalite Newsletter editor has increased, of knowing Chair, 1986 Program Committee engloutie: Syrinx revisited"; Jean Jacques Nat­ that if it is to continue to improve it needs fresh tiez, "How Do We Deal With the Proliferation talent; and so I asked President Lewin to ex­ of Models of Musical Analysis?"; Janet cuse me from this post, a request he has Schmalfeldt, "Alban Berg's Path to Atonality: graciously honored. Besides, I believe that the Piano Sonata, Op. 1" During the con­ such periodic changes are healthy for all con­ THE SMT NEWSLETTER is cluding round table discussion, led by Bo cerned. I was delighted to learn of James published in March and August by Alphonce, possible ways of sustaining the Baker's appointment as my successor for an the Society for Music Theory. Deadlines are February 1 and momentum of interchange generated by the initial three-year term, beginning with Volume June 15. Material for {uture issues Symposium were discussed: these included 10, No. 1, for it surely affirms my judgement. should be sent to: holding similar conferences at other Canadian Those who know him will agree that his writing James Baker, Editor Universities, organizing a special meeting of is as elegant as his person, and that he will SMT Newsletter Canadian scholars at the SMT annual conven­ bring his leadership ability and ingenuity to Dept. of Music, Box 1924 \ tion, and establishing a Canadian chapter of bear on this project as he does in all things. 6rown University ~ the SMT. Richard S. Parks Providence, AI 02912 William E. Caplin McGill University -5-

(Bloomington, from page 1) Holiday Inn Annual Business Meeting 2601 N. Walnut (812) 332-9453 37 43 dianapolis, take State Highway 37 south to The SMT Annual Business Meeting will be held Bloomington. The .approach from the south is Indiana Motor Lodge in the Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana best through Louisville; take Interstate 65 north 200 MaUock Rd. (812) 336-0905 33 37 Union on Saturday, November 8 at 5:00p.m. to Columbus, Indiana, then proceed west on (Rt. 46 bypass and College) State Highway 46 to Bloomington. Indiana MotelS University is located five blocks east of the 126 S. Franklin Rd. (812) 33&0689 19 23 center of town. See the enclosed map of ma­ (At. 37 bypass and West 3rd) jor highways and building locations. Making a Place for Women II Ramada Inn Parking is available in two lots at the Indiana 1710 Kinser Pike (812) 334-3252 44 49 An informal meeting for men and women to Memorial Union, and registered guests may discuss the status and role of women within p~rk at no_charge by presenting the regular Stony Crest Motel the profession and the Society will be held on 1300 N. Walnut (812) 332-9491 25 32 dispenser t1cket to the cashier at the front desk Thursday evening, November 6, 1986 from of the hotel in exchange for a guest parking Travelodge 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. during the SMT pass. Registered guests at the Poplars may 2615 E. 3rd (812) 339-6191 32 38 meeting in Bloomington. Anne C. Hall will park there at no charge. For those with cars EXHIBITS AND INFORMATION Any journal, speak on the topic "Traps for Women Into not staying in either hotel, campus parking per­ publisher, or group that wishes to include any Which I Have Fallen." We will discuss the mits may be obtained for $1 per day from the information in the registration folders or that future role and function of such a group and front desk at the Unions Building. The two wishes to exhibit material including brochures, the possiblity of official status for a "Commit· Union lots also permit hourly parking at $.50 books, equipment, etc. should write to SMT Ex­ tee on Women's Concerns" within SMT, and per hour (maximum $4.00 per day). hibits, David Neumeyer, School of Music, In­ there will be a forum for any other pertinent diana University, Bloomington IN 47405 for in­ issues. For further information contact: Judy ACCOMMODATIONS AND MEALS All of the formation on procedures and fees for exhibits. Lochhead, Dept. of Music, SUNY at Stony guest rooms at the Indiana Memorial Union All material to be placed in the folders must Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794. have been reserved for the SMT conference arrive in Bloomington by Friday, October 31. for the nights of November 6-8. To make your Exhibit space will be available beginning at reservation, please return the enclosed yellow 9:00 AM on Thursday, November 6. Space card directly to the Union after indicating the must be reserved by October 31. type of housing desired and your check-in and Newsletter Address Change check-out dates. Some rooms have also. been GENERAL Bloomington remains on Eastern reserved for Wednesday evening, November Materials for future issues of the SMT Newslet­ Standard Time year round. The average 5. Please do not send cash. Although the hotel ter should go to James Baker, SMT Newslet­ temperatures in early November range from ter Editor, Dept. of Music, Box 1924, Brown cards indicate otherwise, your reservation will a low of around 40 degrees to a high of around automatically hold your room for a post-6:00 University, Providence, AI 02912. The 60. However, temperatures at that time have p.m. arrival. You should receive a written con­ deadlines remain the same: February 1 for the been known to range from 32 to 75! Be firmation from the Union. Note that these spring issue, and June 15 for the fall issue. prepared for rainy weather; snow is unlikely. r?oms will be held for the conference only un­ We hope that you will be able to attend the til Monday, October 20, after which they will 1986 convention in Bloomington. The dates b.e released for sale to the general public. were set and announced several years ago and A restaurant, coffee shop, and a cafeteria were ,;hosen because of the availability of the in the Indiana Memorial Union offer a range Future Meetings Unioh facilities. We are sorry that the American of food service at moderate rates for your con­ Musicological Society has chosen the same The tenth annual SMT meeting will be held in venience. Only nonalcoholic beverages are weekend for its convention; we look forward, R?chester, New York, November 5-8, 1987, served in the public areas of the Union; however, to an exciting SMT program of w1th the Eastman School of Music as host and however most guest rooms are equipped with papers, special sessions, social activities, con­ will be a solo conference. The 1988 small refrigerators. A number of good me~ting certs and opera and we hope that you will be is set for Baltimore, and 1989 for Austin both restaurants, several of which serve alcoholic with us. with AMS. Plans are being explored for ~joint b~verages_. are located within walking Mary H. Wennerstrom, for the meeting with AMS and SEM in the San Fran­ d1stance. L1sts of Bloomington restaurants will 1986 Local Arrangements Committee cisco area in 1990. be available at the conference. Rooms have also been reserved at the Poplars, a conference center two blocks from the Union. Breakfast is available there, and several restaurants are located within a two­ block area. If you wish to make reservations at the Poplars, please return the enclosed green sheet directly to them. Note that a deposit of one night's room rate is required to hold your reservation. Other Bloomington motels are listed below with prices. Contact them directly for reservations if desired· no rooms have been reserved specifically fo; the conference. The locations of the Union, the Poplars, and the motels listed below are all identified on the enclosed map. Those wishing the most reasonable rates should consider sharing rooms with three or four persons in the Union or the Poplars, or, for those with cars staying at the Motel 6. '

OTHER BLOOMINGTON 'MOTELS Fireside Inn (Best Wesiern) Single Double 4501 E. 3rd Sl. (812) 332-2141 $38 $45 Howard Johnson's 1722 N. Walnut (812) 332·7241 33 37 (Vancouver. from page 4) The Midwest Theory Society will meet with Burkhart (Queens College) chose as his topic, Bloomington this fall and in Rochester for our the Great Plains Chapter of the College Music "Schenkerian Rhythmic Analysis: A tenth anniversary in 1987, to concentrate on Society, April 25-26, 1987, at Kansas State Demonstration," and Roy Johnson chaired a matters of theory only. University, Manhattan, Kansas. The deadline panel discussion, "How Much Is Too Much For Vancouver was a celebration of the for submitting papers is November 3, 1986. Analysis?" world-wide activity of music-making and the Send proposals to Charles Smith, Dept. of contemplation of music. Our Society con­ Music, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701. The Fourth Biennial Symposium on tributes significantly to that picture and Research in Music Theory, sponsored by the demonstrated its best work in the illustrious Graduate Theory Association of the School of agora that was Vancouver. Music, Indiana University, was held in Bloom­ It was funny, though, to be speaking with all The Central Gulf Theory Society held its third ington on March 7-8, 1986. Paper topics includ­ the eloquence one can summon-to an au­ annual conference March 14-15 at the Univer­ ed Schenkerian analysis, its application to jazz dience whose collective gaze is right past your sity of Arkansas in Little Rock. Theorists from and popular music, analysis of early music, shoulder ... out the window ... hypnotized by the six states participated in the event hosted by Byzantine music theory, and various analytic snow on the mountains. UALR Theory Coordinator Robert Boury. Next approaches to 19th and 20th-century music. Richmond Browne SMT Secretary year's conference is scheduled for spring 1987 William Poland (Ohio State University) The University of Michigan at Samford University. Inquires should go to delivered the keynote address. The sym­ Dr. James Jensen, Dept. of Music, Samford posium coincided with the Bloomington University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, premier of John Eaton's opera, The Tempest. Regional Meetings AL 35229. The Texas Society for Music Theory will hold The Music Theory Society of New York its Ninth Annual Meeting at Stephen F. Austin State will hold its 1986 annual meeting Oc­ State University in Nacogdoches, Texas in the The Florida State University Music Theory tober 10-11 at SUNY Binghamton. Papers on spring of 1987 (dates to be announced). The Society held its fourth annual forum on March a wide range of topics are planned, including deadline for submitting complete papers or. 8, 1986. Papers were presented by William a special sesson on phenomenological ap­ any theory topic is December 20, 1986. For Davis (University of Georgia), Danny Mathers proaches to the analysis of music chairet.. by more information contact Thomas Clark, TSMT (Florida State University), James Perone Judy Lochhead. For more information contact President, School of Music, North Texas State (SUNY at Buffalo) and Marshall M. Thomason Prof. Lochhead at the Dept. of Music, SUNY University, Denton, TX 76203. (University of Texas). Guest speaker Charles at Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY 11794-5475.

Grants and Fellowships fellowships for any college senior ar recent some to non-U.S. citizens who are permanent graduate who is a U.S. or Canadian citizen, residents. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial can present evidence of outstanding academic Foundation. promise and wishes to begin graduate work in The Fellowship Program provides up to preparation for a career of teaching and $15,000 for 6-12 months to support and allow The Guggenheim Foundation offers scholarship in a humanistic field of study. free time for research in the humanities and Fellowships to further the development of Those who have been candidates in a previous in the social sciences. Applicants must have scholars and artists by asisting them to engage year, however, are normally not eligible. Can­ the Ph.D. or equivalent awarded before in any field of knowledge and creation in any didacy must be initiated by a nomination from January 1984,, The application deadline is of the arts, under the freest possible conditions · a faculty member addressed to the program's September 30, 1986. and irrespective of race, color and creed. appropriate Regional Chairman, or to the Na­ Fellowships are awarded through two annual tional Office if the nominee is overseas or ex­ Grants for Research in Chinese Civilization competitions; one open to citizens and perma­ pects to be there early 1986. and Mellon Fellowships for Chinese Studies nent residents of the United States and Nominations must reach Regional Chairmen provides up to $25,000 to facilitate postdoc­ Canada, the other open to citizens and perma­ by November 3, 1986. Applications must reach toral research and further specialization in the nent residents of all the other American states, Regional Chairmen by December 8, 1986. area of Chinese civilization. The application of the Caribbean, of the Phillippines, and of The stipend for Mellon Fellows entering deadline is December 1. the French, Dutch, and British possessions in graduate school in the fall of 1987 will be the Western Hemisphere. Fellowships will be Grants-in-Aid provides up to $3,000 to sup­ $9,000 plus payment of tuition and standard awarded by the Trustees upon nominations port humanistic research. The application fees to their graduate schools. Fellowships will made by a Committee of Selection. deadline is December 15. be renewed for a second year on recommen­ Fellowships in music are awarded only to com­ dation of the graduate school concerned. In posers of music or to scholars who propose Research Fellowships for Recent Recipients that year, the graduate school is expected to research into the history or theory of music. of the Ph.D. provides up to $10,000 to sup­ cover one-third of tuition and fees; the Mellon Appointments are ordinarily made for one port humanities scholars whose Ph.D. degrees Fellowships will cover the remainder. In addi­ year, but in no instance for less than six con­ were awarded since January 1, 1984. The ap­ tion, Fellows who have performed with distinc­ secutive months. The amount of each grant will plication deadline is September 30. tion and are ready to complete their Ph.D. be adjusted to the needs of the Fellows, con­ dissertations not later than the fifth year of sidering their other resources and the purpose Research Grants for East European Studies graduate study will be eligible for stipends in provides up to $25,000 to support humanistic and scope of their studies. Members of the the final year of dissertation work; tuition and teaching profession receiving sabbatical leave studies relating to East European countries fees will be the responsibility of the Fellow and on full or part salary are eligible for appoint­ and particularly invites comparative research his or her institution in this final year. pn social institutions and processes. The ap­ ment, as are holders of appointments under Fields eligible are the traditional humanities the Fulbright program, but Guggenheim plication deadline is December 1. disciplines, including music theory and history, Fellowships may not be held concurrently with but not the creative and performing arts. other fellowships. Travel Grants for Humanists enables For information contact; Dr. Robert F. Applications must be made in writing on or scholars to participate in international meetings Goheen, Director, Melton Fellowships in the before October 1, 1986, by the candidates held outside North America. Grants cover par­ Humanities, Woodrow Wilson National themselves in the form prescribed, address­ tial airfare. Application deadlines are Fellowship Foundation, P.O. Box 288, November 1 for meetings scheduled March ed to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Princeton, NJ 08542. Foundation, 90 Park Avenue, New York NY through June, March 1 for meetings July­ 10016. Final selection of Fellows for 1987-88 October and July 1 for meetings scheduled will be made in late March 1987. Application American Council of Learned Societies November through February. forms will be mailed on request. The ACLS administers several programs for For complete information members should which SMT members may be eligible. All re­ request the brochure: Aids to Individual Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities quire the Ph.D. or equivalent. Most are Scholars. The address is ACLS, 228 East 45th The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation offers available to U.S. and Canadian citizens and Street, New York NY 10017-3398. -4- Mary C. Tilton (Bloomington, Indiana): 'The Influence of Psalm Tone and Mode on the Saturday, 8 November 1986 Structure of the Phrygian Toccatas of Claudio 9:00-12:00 SMT Papers Merulo" History of Theory-18th Century Music Jazz (Music Addition 007) (Georgian Room) ). Kent Williams, University of North Carolina), David Beach (Eastman School of Music), Chair Chair jonathan W. Bernard (Yale University): "The Milton L. Stewart (Seattle, Washington): Marpurg-Sorge Controversy" "Structural Development on Confinnation by Thomas Christensen (New Haven, Connecticut): the Charles Parker Quartet" "L 'Art de Ia basse fondamentale: An Unknown Steve Larson (University of Michigan): Treatise by Rameau" "Integration in a Jazz Performance: Concealed Leta E. Miller (University of California, Santa Repetition in Oscar Peterson's Performance of Cruz): "Music Theory as Science: Evidence from Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight" the Royal Society ofLondon, 1660-1750" 5:00- 6:00 Business Meeting (Whittenberger Auditorium) Berg/Webern (Whittenberger Auditorium) 8:00 Opera, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Musical Dave Headlam (The Eastman School of Music): Arts Center "Row Structure in Der Wein in Relation to Lulu" C. F. Hasty (New Haven, Connecticut): "Material and Form in Webern's Twelve-Tone Music" R Lance Olsen (Stockton State College): "M.S. F Sunday, 9 November 1986 21 Berg 53: The Connection between Berg's Seraphite Symphony (1913) and the Three 8:00- 9:00 SMT Joint Meeting of 1986 and 1987 Orchestral Pieces, op. 6" Program Committees (Distinguished Alumni . Room) 1:00- 2:30 Plenary Session (Whittenberger Auditorium) 9:00-12:00 SMT Papers Greetings, Charles H. Webb, Dean, School of Music, Indiana University 20th Century Theories (Georgian Room) Presentation of Publications Awards, Lewis Steven E. Gilbert (California State University, Rowell (Indiana University) Fresno), Chair joseph N. Straus (Queens College, City Keynote Address, joseph Kerman (University of University of New York): "The Problem of California, Berkeley) Prolognation in Post-Tonal Music" john L. Snyder (Northfield, Minnesota): 2:45- 4:30 SMT Papers "Entrophy as a Measure of Musical Style: "The American Serialists (Whittenberger Influence of a priori Assumptions" Auditorium) Gregory Proctor (The Ohio State University) and Chair to be announced Herbert Lee Riggins (The University of Alabama, Andrew Mead (University of Michigan): "About Birmingham): "Levels and the Reordering of About Time's Time: Milton Babbitt's Recent Chapters in Schenker's Free Composition" Rhythmic Practice" Rhythm (Whittenberger Auditorium) T. B. Carrabre (Graduate Center, The City University of New York): "Two Etudes in the Fred Lerdahl (The University of Michigan), Chair Evolution of Twelve-tone Tonality" Peter C. van den Toorn (University of California, Berkeley): "Stravinsky Re-barred" 16th Century Topics (Georgian Room) Paul Wilson (University of Miami): "Form and W. T. Atcherson (University of Iowa), Chair the Quality of Time in Bartok's Piano Sonata" Philip Russom (Indiana University): "The Theory Stephen Parkany (Amherst College): "Putting of Double Counterpoint in the Sixteenth Two and Two Together: Metrical Periodicity in Century" Siegfried, Act III, Scene 1"

SMT in Vancouver 1985 lations at any given time. their planning by watching old friends, young That sounds like chaos, but it wasn't. It was and promising scholars, and internationally The sheer beauty of Vancouver cannot be forgotten. fun. It was hearing the four presidents debate reknowned people you have only heard of with verve the central questions of musical before-all walking casually into the scene to Long after (or instantly before) the great four­ scholarship. It was noting that SMT members mingle and greet one another with genuine power summit conference began and ended, appeared conspicuously on the programs of pleasure. the brilliant speakers, fascinating dinners, job­ the other three societies. In terms of the Despite the agonies of a large meeting-­ hunting and networking became secondary richness of personality, the incredible array of forced to choose from among so many superb thoughts; the snow on the mountains was everything. people one could hear and meet in one offerings knowing that you cannot get to weekend, it must have been the finest single everything-the net effect was exhilarating. In The cover of the abstract booklet reads conference I have attended in nearly twenty SMT meetings alone, one heard the witty Ar­ AMS/CMS/SEM/SMT. The booklet is 148 years. nold Whitall at our keynote session and wat­ pages long. The list of authors, panelists, and For SMT members, special thanks go to ched, later, as David Lewin deftly assumed respondents takes up three pages in itself and Wallace Berry and William E. Benjamin, hosts leadership of the Society. But there will be time contains 249 names. At least 1500 people mill­ not only of our meeting but of the whole enough, when we meet in solo fashion in ed through the meeting rooms of three hotels, shebang. At a reception given by the Univer­ attending one of perhaps six or eight presen- sity of British Columbia, one could appreciate (to page 6) -3-

PROGRAM Friday, 7 November 1986 for the 8:00- 5:00 Registration (East Lounge) Ninth Annual Meeting 12:00- 2:00 Executive Board (Coronation Room) of the SOCIE1Y FOR MUSIC THEORY 9:00-12:00 SMT Papers 18th Century Topics (Georgian Room) 6-9 November 1986 Charles Smith (The University of Connecticut), Bloomington, Indiana Chair Graham H. Phipps (North Texas State University): "Eighteenth-Century Views on the Augmented-Sixth Chord: Documentation of a Shift from Contrapuntal to Harmonic Theory" David Stern (Graduate Center, The City Thursday, 6 November 1986 Universitv of New York): "Hidden Uses of Chorale Melodies in Bach's Cantatas" 9:00-12:00 Publications Committee (Distinguished Pamela L. Poulin (State University College at Alumni Room) Cortland): "F.E. Niedt's Musicalische 9:00-12:00 SMT Publications Award Committee (To be Handleitung, Part I (17001171 0) and). S. Bach's announced) 'Vorschriften und Grundsatze ... ':A Comparison" 11:00- 5:00 Registration (East Lounge) Berio!Ligeti (Whittenberger Auditorium) 12:00- 2:00 Executive Board Meeting (Federal Room) jonathan Kramer (University of Cincinnati), Chair 2:00- 5:00 SMT papers Cynthia Folio (Texas Christian University): "Sets Form (Georgian Room) and Polyphony in Berio's Sequenza for Solo Flute: Implications for the Performer" Leo Kraft (Queens College, The City University of New York), Chair Janice Macaulay (Wells College): "Aspects of Pitch Structure in Gyorgy Ligeti's Melodien fiir Roger Graybill (University of Texas at Austin): Orchester" "Circularity in Brahms's F major Cello Sonata" Zohar Eitan (University of Pennsylvania): David Neumeyer (Indiana University): "Functionality Within Cluster Harmony: Primary "'Proportional Intrigue': On Tonal-Formal Notes and Cadences in the First Movement of Schemes in Hindemith's Music" Ligeti's Double Concertou Charles D. Morrison (University of British Columbia): "Interactions of Conventional and Non-conventional Tonal Determinants in the Final Movement of Bartok's String Quartet No. 6" 2:00- 5:00 SMT Papers Schoenberg (Whittenberger Auditorium) Classical Form (Georgian Room) Chair to be Announced Robert Hatten (The University of Michigan), Fusako Hamao (Yale University): "The Historical Chair Origin of Schoenberg's Combinatorial Ethan Haimo (University of Notre Dame): Hexachord" "Haydn's Altered Reprise" Howard Cinnamon (Hofstra University): "Tonal William E. Caplin (McGill University): "Structural Elements and Unfolding Non-Triadic Sonorities Expansion in Beethoven's Symphonic Forms" in the Second of Schoenberg's Drei Klavierstiicke," Op. 11" David H. Smyth (Austin, Texas): "Large-Scale Rhythm and Formal Closure in Classical Harry Balian (Pennsylvania State University): "An Instrumental Music" Approach to Schoenberg's Expansion of Tonality" 20th Century Topics (Whittenberger Auditorium) 7:30-10:00 Special Session (Georgian Room) Patricia Carpenter (Barnard College, Columbia Making a Place for Women II University), Chair Judy Lochhead (State University of New York at Richard Cohn (The University of Chicago): Stony Brook), Chair "Transpositional Combination in Bartok" 8:30-11:00 Special Session (To be announced) Lynne Rogers (Princeton University): "Stratification in the Works of Stravinsky: An Computer Applications: Two Approaches to Alternative Approach to Counterpoint" Set-~eory-Pedagogy and Analysis ). Philip Lambert (Eastman School of Music): Gary Wittlich (Indiana University), Chair "Ives's Experiment in Quarter-Tone Harmony" Alexander Brinkman (Eastman School of Music) and Craig Harris: "An Integrated-Software System 5:30- 7:00 Coctail Reception hosted by Dean Charles for Set-Theoretic and Serial Analysis" H. Webb and the Indiana University School of Music (University Club) ). Kent Williams (University of North Carolina): "Logo as a Medium for Exploring Atonal Theory" 8:30 Contemporary Concert (Recital Hall)