VOLUME TWELVE NUMBER ONE ewsletter FEBRUARY 1989

A PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR

Publication Awards 1988 The recipients of the 1989 awards will be announced at the October meeting of Robert Morris and Jonathan Bernard the Society in Austin, Texas. have been named as the recipients of the 1988 Publication Awards by the Society for Music Theory. The awards were announced November 5 at the SMT AusUn 1989 Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory in Baltimore. The twelfth Annual COnference of the Robert Morris, Professor of Society for Music Theory will be held Composition and Music Theory at the jointly with the American MusicOlogical Eastman School of Music of the Society in Austin, Texas, October 26-29, University of Rochester, was the 1989, and will be hosted by the recipient of the Outstanding Publication University of Texas at Austin. The Award for his book Composition with headquarters hotel, where all conference Pitch Classes, published by Yale meetings will take place, will be the Hyatt University Press in 1987. According to Regency, which is located on Town Lake the citation of the Society's Publication south of downtown Austin. Rooms will Awards Committee, Morris's book also be available in the nearby Austin proposes a theory of pitch spaces that Crest Hotel. synthesizes a broad range of recent As in the 1988 meeting in Baltimore, studies in pitch organization. The design Jonathan Bernard the SMT and AMS Program Committees of compositions is a central focus of the will work closely together to make the book, making it a distinguished addition Each of the awards carries a cash conference a truly joint one, rather than to the rich tradition of compositional prize of $250. The awards were simply a concurrent meeting of the two theories of music. announced at the joint meeting of the societies. The two program committees Society for Music Theory and the will meet together in Austin early in March American Musicological Society in to organize from the proposals submitted Baltimore by the Chair of the Publications a number of joint sessions as well as Awards Committee, Wayne Slawson of separate SMT and AMS sessions. the University of California, Davis. Other Of the special events planned during Committee members were Patricia the conference, SMT members will want Carpenter, ; David to note particularly the keynote address, Neumeyer, Indiana University; William which this year will be given by George Rothstein, University of Michigan; and Perle. A number of exhibits and concerts Peter Westergaard, . are also planned. The UT Humanities The Committee invites nominations Research Center will present exhibits of from the entire community of music rare musical books and manuscripts in theorists for the 1989 Outstanding the University's collections. Concerts will Publication Awards. Eligible publications include an evening of electronic and include books and articles (but not computer music, an eighteenth-century unpublished dissertations) written in , and performances by the UT New English and published during the Music Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra. Robert Morris calendar years 1986 through 1988. The exhibits and all evening concerts will Awards are open to scholars of any take place on the UT Campus, located nationality and citizenship. Eligibility for three miles directly north of the Hyatt Jonathan Bernard, Assistant the Young Scholar Award is limited to Regency; bus service will be available. Professor in the Composition/Theory authors who are 36 or younger as of the Closer to the hotels, the Austin club Division of the School of Music, date of publication. scene offers a wide variety of blues, jazz, University of Washington, was selected The deadline for the receipt of country, and rock music. Local for the Young Scholar Award for his book nominations is 1 September 1989. A Arrangements Chairs for the meeting are The Music of Edgard Varese, also nomination-including a self­ Stefan Kostka (SMT) and Rebecca published by Yale University Press in nomination-may be made by sending a Baltzer (AMS), both of UT Austin. Jan 1987. The book, according to the brief letter, which includes a full citation of Herlinger (LSU) is AMS Program Chair, Awards Committee, explores with the publication and the author's address and Joel Lester (CUNY) is Chair of the persistence and precision a music that if it is known, to the 1989 Chair of the AMS Performance Committee. almost seems to have been designed to SMT Publications Awards Committee: elude music theorists, placing Vartlse's Patrick McCreless, Chair Professor Peter Westergaard 1989 Program Committee compositional ideas in the broader Department of Music context of various artistic movements of Princeton University the early twentieth century. Princeton, NJ 08544 SMT Baltimore 1988 From the Publications Committee

The Society for Music Theory held its I am pleased to report that the Executive Board 1988-89 eleventh Annual Conference at the Publications Committee continues to Omni International Hotel, just scant function most effectively in reviewing Gary Wlttllch, president, 1991* walking minutes from newly-refurbished articles for Music Theory Spectrum and in Indiana University Baltimore harbor, where fragrant advising the Executive Board on policy crabcakes and flagrant whales refreshed related to all aspects of SMT publications. David Lewin, past president, 1990 scholars weary of crab canons and At its annual meeting in Baltimore, the midnight cetaceous oil. Committee extended its special thanks Meeting (as is our occasional practice) to John Clough, who has now completed Robert Gauldin, vice-president, 1991 with the American Musicological Society, his tenure as Editor of Spectrum. John Eastman School of Music we enjoyed perhaps the largest such a has worked tirelessly the last three years, gathering ever. Veterans of New York, ensuring that our Society's journal has Richmond Browne, secretary, 1989 Washington DC, Boston, and perhaps sustained the high calibre of excellence School of Music even Vancouver, could not recall when of which we can all be proud. I have University of Michigan our combined attendance had ever personally been enriched through my Ann Arbor, Ml48109 reached the level of nearly 1700 working relationship with John and now participants. wish him all the very best as he turns his Mary Wennerstrom, treasurer, 1990 As Gary Wittlich took the SMT helm energies to new pursuits. The School of Music from David Lewin, we began our second committee then welcomed Jonathan Indiana University decade of conferences with a remarkably Bernard as our new Spectrum Editor. Bloomington, IN 47405 diverse and interesting program, Jonathan comes to the position with arranged by Jonathan Bernard and the considerable editorial experience, and all Patrick McCreless, 1989 1988 Program Committee. If the past of us look forward to working closely with University of Texas, Austin challenge to the Society has been to him. I want also to report that Jonathan widen its interests, the future may hold a Kramer has stepped down from the RichardS. Parka, 1989 threat of rampant centri-"fugueing" (if not Publications Committee. During his University of Western Ontario a plague of terrible puns). many years of service, Jonathan has In addition to many fine papers contributed much valuable advice and Martha M. Hyde, 1990 assembled, as usual, into more or less expertise, especially in the preparation of SUNY, Buffalo orderly topical sessions, there were Volume 7 of Spectrum, devoted to several "Special Sessions" devoted to musical rhythm and time. Bryan R. Simms, 1990 things like musical cognition or the Surely the most exciting news that I University of Southern California problems for women getting tenure. want to comment upon is the approval by These seemed quite successful, the Executive Board for the semi-annual Marlon Guck, 1991 offering shorter prepared remarks by publication of Spectrum. The Committee Washington University more persons and more time for has been working hard for a number of cross-lalk. years to realize this goal, one that so A. Wayne Slawson, 1991 The keynote speaker for our plenary many members of our Society have University of California, Davis session was Leonard Meyer. His remarks eagerly desired. We are most gratified reminded this writer that Meyer has been that final action has now been taken. "term ends thinking about the humanistic issues of Our new publication schedule will be theory and analysis for so long that many inaugurated by a special issue-Volume things I think I thought up are really 11, Number 1-that commemorates "unconscious borrowings" from early SMT's tenth anniversary. This special Jonathan Bernard Meyer. Discussing his background with issue, which members should receive University of Washington friends in Ann Arbor a few weeks later, this spring, will conlain all of the papers Editor, Music Theory Spectrum, Meyer remarked spontaneously that he and bibliographies on the current state of Vols.11-13 was, after all, raised "with a bagel in one research in music theory, presented at hand and Locke in the other." the Plenary Session of the Annual James M. Baker It was gratifying to see many senior Meeting in Rochester. As well, the issue Brown University figures of the music theoretical world will feature a comprehensive Index to Editor, SMT Newsletter taking active roles in SMT (and AMS!) Volumes 1 through 10, carefully sessions. Equally satisfying was the fact compiled by Jane Edmister Penner. As a Roba1Waaon that persons noted a few years ago as bonus, we have also included Allen Eastman School of Music promising graduate students are now Forte's informative and most entertaining Chair, Publications Committee moving into prominence on SMT address, which he delivered at the programs and in committee roles. This banquet following the Plenary Session. Patrick McCraJea argues well for the continuity of the As we move to our new publication University of Texas, Austin Society, as we approach 1989 in Austin schedule, I want to bring to the attention Chair, 1989 Program Committee with the AMS and a very large-scale 1990 of the Society two changes of general meeting with AMS and SEM in Berkeley. policy concerning articles submitted to At the third biennial British Music Spectrum. First, the traditional Analysis Conference, held at Oxford in December 1 deadline will no longer be in The SMT Newsl.nllf' is published In February and September just before our meeting in effect. Articles will be considered August by the Society for Music Theory. Respective deadlines are January 15 and June 15. Material for Baltimore, I noted many American throughout the entire year, and those future issues should be sent m: scholars presenting papers to an accepted will be published as soon as interestingly large number of British and James M. Baker, Editor • foreign students. The overseas SMT Newsletter cooperation which has now begun will Department of Music, Box 1924 lead to international theory Brown University Reminder! P~nce,RI02912 meetings-and the SMT will be able to lead and learn, using its strong A member of the Society who wishes to US/Canadian provenance and quite clear remain In good slandlng must pay dues for sense of ecumenical responsibitity. the year on or before August 1. Richmond Browne, Secretary space within the journal permits. administrative work.) Some institutions Contact& with Regional Societies The Second, we would ask that all new also have research leaves and Vice-President was authorized to contact contributors send a brief abstract of their fellowships specifically for untenured regional theory organizations, including articles at the time they are submitted. faculty. A policy that may prove most possibly foreign ones, to ask about The abstracts of those articles chosen for helpful to junior faculty (both men and relations they may wish to establish with publication will then appear gathered women) is eligibility for (unpaid) parental SMT. together at the back of each issue. leave, which extends the probationary To conclude my report, I want to period preceding formal reviews. Travel Support for Foreign Scho._. The announce that I have now retired as Chair A second category of policies is direct Treasurer was authorized to disburse up of the Publications Committee. In support for research, as well as assisting to $500 per year, on a yearly basis, to stepping down, I want particularly to faculty in seeking grants and fellowships. help defray travel costs for scholars from thank Wallace Berry for having given me This support may take several forms, outside the United States and Canada the opportunity to serve the Society and such as editorial and secretarial whose papers have been accepted by David Lewin for his continual support assistance and funds for travel to the Program Committee for presentation these last number of years. I am very scholarly meetings. A different form of at SMT conferences. (This enlarges a pleased that Robert Wason has been support for research may be provided by previous action authorizing such grants appointed the next Chair and wish him colleagues who read and comment on for British scholars.) well in this most challenging and candidates' papers before the papers are rewarding position. submitted for publication. Overseas Postage Rates Raised The A third category is early preparatory Secretary and Treasurer were authorized William Capfin reviews and advice about strategies for a to raise overseas postage rates to match final review. For instance, there may be SMTcosts. formal early reviews, which can even From the Committee on the Status of involve outside evaluators. These Women reviews often reveal more precisely a department's expectations and methods In 1988 the SMT Status of Women of evaluation. Preparatory reviews may Committee, with the formal support of the provide not only teaching evaluations Contact& for Regional Soclales Executive Board, gathered information but also advice for improving teaching as on patterns of tenuring theorists, male wen. Central Gulf Theory Society and female, and on policies and Most important in the opinion of James A. Jensen strategies for helping junior faculty, several respondents is the assignment of School of Music especially women, achieve tenure. Our a mentor, or a committee of mentors, to Samford University findings, and relevant findings by help candidates plan a strategy for 800 lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AI.. 35229 Rosemary Killam and Joan achieving tenure. This proves especially Groom-Thornton from their survey of helpful to women who find themselves Central Midwest Theory Society women on music faculties, were isolated in a predominantly male Charles W. Smilh, Chairman presented at our session in Baltimore, department, consequently lacking role "Making a Place for Women IV: Getting c/o Brandt Music Hall models and collegial support. For these Soulheast Missouri State University Tenure. • We were particularly women, support groups of junior faculty Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 concerned with the tenuring of women, or women faculty outside the department and the statistics we gathered indicate may be helpful. Florida State Unlvwalty Music that this concern is warranted: in The Status of Women Committee Theory Society 1987-88, in the eleven music encourages the Society to use its Hiram C. Powell, President departments and music schools from members as advisors. The Committee c/o School of Music which we received relevant data, women feels it may be particularly useful in Florida S1all9 University constituted fewer than 7% of the 46 helping junior faculty devise strategies Tallahassee, FL 32306-2098 tenured full-time faculty whose teaching for achieving tenure when they are loads were at least half in theory. For the having difficulty finding the help they Georgia Association of Music most part, however, the policies and need within their own institutions. With Theort.ls strategies that help junior faculty achieve this aim in view, the committee Richard B. Nelson, President tenure would seem to help men and membership is being expanded and its c/o Department of Music women equally. We publish here a list of Mercer University geographical distribution increased. Macon, GA 31207 those policies that department heads SMT members are invited to consult any and recently tenured faculty members member of the Committee. Committee Indiana Unl1181'81ty Graduate consider helpful to candidates in members are Douglass Green, University Theory Asaoclallon achieving tenure. of Texas at Austin; Anne C. Hall, Wilfrid School of Music These policies fall into three Laurier University (Mills College lnciana University categories. First is a reduction of 1988-89); Martha Hyde, SUNY Buffalo Blooming1Dn, IN 47405 work-load, which allows more time for (Columbia University 1988-89); Marianne research and publication. (Insufficient Kielian-Gilbert, Indiana University; Judith Music Theory Society of New number and quality of publications is the Lochhead, SUNY Stony Brook; Richard York State most frequent reason given for denying Parks, University of Western Ontario; and Mary Arlin, Secre1ary tenure.) As well as lighter teaching loads, Joseph Straus, Queens College, CUNY. c/o School of Music junior faculty may be given more credit llhaca College llhaca, NY 14850 for teaching new courses. Related to Anne C. Hall, Chair such policies-although not providing a reduced load-is that of scheduling Executive Board Actions New England Conference of courses to leave large biQCks of time for Music 1heoriata research. Junior faculty may be given Richmond Browne, Secretary of the James M. Baker, President c/o Department of Music reduced committee assignments and Society, announces the following actions of the Executive Board taken at Box 1924 administrative duties, a policy that may Brown University the 1988 Baltimore meeting: prevent the frequent overuse of women Providence, Rl 02912 on committees in predominantly male faculties. (An alternative response to this Music Theory Spectrum will publish two Texas Society for Mualc Theory issues per year, beginning with Volume problem may be the granting of research Stefan Kostka, President leaves to women who have been 11 (1990). The price of a yearly c/o Department of Music assigned excessive committee or institutional subscription to MTS will be University of Texas raised to $40 in 1991 with suitable Austin, TX 78712 adjustments in other dues categories. Canadian Mualc Theory Conference AMS 50 01...-tallon FellowsttJp. For the Record •••

The Department of Theory and The American Musicological Society The Society for Music Theory was legally Composition of the Faculty of Music of holds an annual competition for incorporated in the Spring of 1978. It the University of Western Ontario Dissertation-Year Fellowships to held its first self-sustaining National announces that it will host a Canadian encourage the "advancement of Conference in the Fall of 1978 in Music Theory Conference on 16-18 research in the various fields of music as Minneapolis. But these activities were March 1990, with the assistance of Wilfrid a branch of learning and scholarship." directed by already-empowered Officers Laurier University's Faculty of Music and Anyone is eligible to apply who is and Executive Board Members. the Department of Music of the University registered for a doctorate at a North The SMT was actually formed in the of Guelph. The conference will be held American university, is in good standing Fall of 1977 at Northwestern University. on the campus of the University of there, and has completed all formal Nearly 300 persons met in Evanston at Western Ontario in London, Ontario. degree requirements except the the Second National Conference on The Steering Committee solicits dissertation at the time of full application. Music Theory, put together by Wallace suggestions for topics and types of AMS awards are not intended for support Berry with assistance from the College sessions and events. The Committee of early stages of research; it should be Music Society. Details of this process anticipates a diverse conference that will expected that a fellowship recipient's may be found in my article "The accommodate the wide range of subjects dissertation will be completed within the Inception of the Society for Music and events appropriate to a national fellowship year. Any submission for a Theory," Music Theory Spectrum, constituency, including opportunities to doctoral degree in which the emphasis is Volume 1. share current research and address on musical scholarship will be eligible. The 1977 Evanston meeting voted to professional issues. The Society currently awards three bring the Society into existence. The A Call for Papers will be issued soon. $10,000 fellowships each year. group approved provisional bylaws and In the meantime, to send suggestions or Application forms may be obtained elected a founding Executive Board. have your name and address added to from Directors of Graduate Studies at The new board met that weekend to plan the mailing list contact Richard S. Parks, individual institutions. For further the future of the Society. It elected its Department of Theory and Composition, information, contact Rena Charnin own officers and met several times Faculty of Music, The University of Mueller, Secretary, AMS 50 Fellowship during 1977-78 to organize the activities Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A Committee, Department of Music, New leading to Minneapolis 1978. 3K7. York University, 268 Waverly Building, Thus it is proper to refer, e.g., to Allen Washington Square, New York, NY Forte as having been President of the Conference on Recent Music 10003. Statement of application is due Society from 1977 to 1982, and to date to the above address by 1 October, with similar references either to our founding The Department of Music of the State final applications and all accompanying meeting in 1977 or to our first University of New York at Stony Brook materials due by 15 January following. conference as the Society for Music presents a conference "Time, Space, Theory in 1978, as appropriate. and Drama in Recent Music" on 7-9 April Regional Societies Richmond Browne. SMT Archivist 1989 at the Humanities Institute on the Stony Brook campus. For further The Florida State University Music Music Example Data Base Project information contact Judith Lochhead, Theory Society announces its seventh Department of Music, SUNY at Stony annual forum to be held at the Florida A committee is being formed to study the Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475; State University School of Music in feasibility and means of establishing a (516) 632-7330. Tallahassee on Saturday March 4, 1989. data base for musical examples. Such a David Beach will be the featured data base would be of invaluable Call for Proposals: AMSSEM-sMT Joint speaker. assistance in theoretical and analytical Meetings, Oakland 1990 work, allowing its user to find The Music Theory Society of New York discussion(s) of a particular passage from State will hold its 1989 annual meeting in The Joint Program Committee for the a given work in the current literature. New York City (school to be announced) 1990 AMS-SEM-SMT Meetings in Given implementation of the project, on 22-23 September. Proposals for Oakland solicits proposals for sessions users could request a copy of the data papers should be sent to Taylor A. Greer, on topics of interest and concern to base. Then, using their own hardware 233 Music Building, Pennsylvania State members of all three societies. and software, the users would be able to University, University Park, PA 16802 by Proposals should describe the topic and search and sort through the data base March 1. The Committee hopes identify individual speakers and the Program according to their specific needs. Initially to emphasize the following topics: aspects of the topic, with tentative tides, the data base would consist of citations performance and analysis, pedagogy of that each will address. Send proposals from current periodicals and books; once twentieth-century music, problems of by May 1, 1989 to Bruno Netd, School of established it is possible that the backlog analyzing early music, and the analysis of Music, University of Illinois at of previous citations might be included in the Berio Sequenza IV for Piano. For Urbana-Champaign, 1114 West Nevada its purview. Those who have advice more information, contact: Mary Arlin, Street, Urbana, IL 61801. regarding hardware and/or software or Secretary MTSNYS, School of Music, who are interested in serving on the Ithaca Co1Je9e, Ithaca, NY 14850. Institute for Pedagogy Studies II project should contact Justin London, B16-8 Slocum Heights, Syracuse, NY The New England Conference of Music The College Music Society announces 13210. Theorists will hold its fourth annual its second Institute for Music Theory meeting on April 22-23, 1989 at Brandeis From the President Pedagogy Studies to be held in Boulder, University. For information, contact Allan Colorado, June 11-16, 1989. The Keller, Department of Music, Brandeis Robert Morgan and Lewis Rowell have Institute has been designed for college University, Waltham, MA 02254. NECMT left the Executive Board. The Society is teachers of undergraduate music theOI) welcomes applications for membership, grateful to them for their contributions to courses. The focus .of this year's especially from theorists in the New the affairs of the Society, and we wish institute will be "Problems of England region. Annual dues are $10 them well. Undergraduate Music Theory Instruction (regular) and $5 (student) and may be Marion Guck and Wayne Slawson with an Emphasis on the Relation of sent to Anne Trenkamp, NECMT have joined the Board as at-large Theory and Performance." Tuition will be Secretary, College of Music, University of members, and Robert Gauldin has joined $300 and lodging and meals wll be Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA the Board as Vice-President after serving available at attractive rates to participants 01854. a term as an at-large member. We and their families. For further welcome them to the Board and look information, call or write CMS, 1444 forward to their contributions to Society Fifteenth Street, Boulder, CO 80302; governance in the coming years. (303) 449-1611. Gary Witdich, President