We are pleased to announce the publication of a new issue of Music Theory Online. 

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We at MTO are proud to present Volume 29, no. 1, our March issue, which includes five new articles and two reviews. There is an impressive range of theoretical topics and repertoires covered, which might translate, for the most focused and/or time-strapped readers, as “something for everyone.” Given the creativity, depth, and accessibility of these offerings, however, I much prefer the characterization “everything for everyone!” We hope to see you there soon.
 
Best Regards,
Brent Auerbach
Editor, Music Theory Online


Editor’s Message 

Articles

The Turn in the Finale of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony as Allusion to Wagner’s Parsifal 
Genevieve Robyn Arkle (University of Bristol)

Some Proposed Enhancements to the Operationalization of Prominence: Commentary on Michèle Duguay’s “Analyzing Vocal Placement in Recorded Virtual Space” 
Trevor de Clercq (Middle Tennessee State University)

Response to Trevor de Clercq’s “Some Proposed Enhancements to the Operationalization of Prominence: Commentary on Michèle Duguay’s ‘Analyzing Vocal Placement in Recorded Virtual Space’” 
Michèle Duguay (Harvard University)

Harmonic “Quality” and Set-Class Structure: Schoenberg’s Opus 19, No. 2 Reconsidered 
Rajan Lal (University of Cambridge)

Pentatonic Xuangong 旋宮 Transformations in Chinese Music 
Nathan L. Lam (Eastman School of Music)

Music from Plant Biosignals: A Conceptual and Analytical Orientation 
Paul V. Miller (Duquesne University) 
Christopher Cox (Duquesne University)

Melodic Organization and Sequential Ordering of Galant Schemata: Implications for Eighteenth-Century European Musicianship 
Gilad Rabinovitch (Queens College, CUNY) 
Aaron Carter-Enyi (Morehouse College)

Diversity in Music Corpus Studies 
Nicholas Shea (Arizona State University) 
Lindsey Reymore (Arizona State University) 
Christopher Wm. White (UMass Amherst) 
Leigh VanHandel (University of British Columbia) 
Ben Duinker (McGill University) 
Nicole Biamonte (McGill University) 
Matthew Zeller (Musical Instrument Museum)

Essay

Rethinking Topic Theory: An Essay on the Recent History of a Music Theory 
Dylan Principi (Wesleyan University)

Review

Review of Violetta Kostka, Paulo F. de Castro, and William A. Everett, eds., Intertextuality in Music: Dialogic Composition (Routledge, 2021) 
Cristina González Rojo (Columbia University)