On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone

On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone

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24 Apr, 2023

Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, American music theory has been framed and taught almost exclusively by white men. As a result, whiteness ...

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ISBN-10:

0472075020

ISBN-13:

9780472075027

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Dimensions

9.13 X 5.98 X 1.02 inches

Language

English

Description

Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, American music theory has been framed and taught almost exclusively by white men. As a result, whiteness and maleness are woven into the fabric of the field, and BIPOC music theorists face enormous hurdles due to their racial identities. In On Music Theory, Philip Ewell brings together autobiography, music theory and history, and theory and history of race in the United States to offer a black perspective on the state of music theory and to confront the field's white supremacist roots. Over the course of the book, Ewell undertakes a textbook analysis to unpack the mythologies of whiteness and western-ness with respect to music theory, and gives, for the first time, his perspective on the controversy surrounding the publication of volume 12 of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies. He speaks directly about the antiblackness of music theory and the antisemitism of classical music writ large and concludes by offering suggestions about how we move forward. Taking an explicitly antiracist approach to music theory, with this book Ewell begins to create a space in which those who have been marginalized in music theory can thrive.

Product Details

ISBN-10

:0472075020

ISBN-13

:9780472075027

Publisher

:University of Michigan Press

Publication date

: 24 Apr, 2023

Format

:Hardcover

Language

:English

Reading Level

: All

No. of Units

:1

Dimension

: 9.13 X 5.98 X 1.02 inches

Weight

:540 g

Editorial Reviews

"Ewell deserves profound acknowledgment for
doing the grueling work of unraveling a particularly insidious, intractable,
and deeply embedded mode of racialized, gendered, and institutionalized
hegemony. One can only imagine the experiences that inspired him to
write this book, but like the artists mentioned above, he has transmuted
those experiences, and by extension those of many others, into a powerful
disciplinary critique that is likely to stand as a watershed moment in the
evolution of Western music theory."--Journal of the American Musicological Society

About the Author

Philip Ewell is Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

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