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We at MTO are proud to present Volume 27, no. 4, with 9 articles and 2 reviews. Stop whatever you're doing and read the whole thing!

Wishing all a healthy new year,

Mitch Ohriner, Editor


Editor’s Message

Articles

Generic Norms, Irony, and Authenticity in the AABA Songs of the Rolling Stones, 1963–1971
David S. Carter (Loyola Marymount University)

Onset and Contiguity: Melodic Feature Reduction and Pattern Discovery
Aaron Carter-Ényì (Morehouse College)
Gilad Rabinovitch (Florida State University)

Romantic Periods
Diego Cubero (University of North Texas)

The Logic of Six-Based Minor for Harmonic Analyses of Popular Music
Trevor de Clercq (Middle Tennessee State University)

Rebonds: Structural Affordances, Negotiation, and Creation
Ben Duinker (University of Toronto)

Corporeal Musical Structure: A Gestural-Kinesthetic Approach to Toru Takemitsu’s Rain Tree Sketch II
Jocelyn Ho (University of California, Los Angeles)

Brahmsian Articulation: Ambiguous and Unfixed Structures in Op. 38
Ana Llorens (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Performing Analysis, Performing Metal: Meshuggah, Edvard Hansson, and the Analytical Light Show
Olivia R. Lucas (Louisiana State University)

Sometimes the Music Wins: Text and Music in a Willaert Madrigal
Peter Schubert (McGill University)

Reviews

Review of Megan Kaes Long, Hearing Homophony: Tonal Expectation at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Gregory Barnett (Rice University)

Review of Laura Emmery, Compositional Process in Elliott Carter’s String Quartets: A Study in Sketches (Routledge, 2020)
Peter Smucker (Stetson University)

SMT Jacksonville 2024

The Society for Music Theory celebrates its forty-seventh Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, November 7–10, 2024.

ABOUT JACKSONVILLE

Visit Jacksonville built a microsite for our attendees to use. Visit the site to learn more about Jacksonville, including where to eat, what to do, and how to get there.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Information about the conference can be found on the SMT website

Hotel Reservations 

The Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel (225 E Coastline Drive) has reserved a block of rooms for conference attendees. The rates are $169/night for single and double occupancy; $194/night for triple occupancy; $219/night for quadruple occupancy; and $169 for student quadruple occupancy (limited rooms available). Hotel reservations for non-students may be made online.  SMT student members should have received an email with a code to reserve at the student rate; please email Jennifer Diaz at smt@societymusictheory.org if you did not receive the email. 

Using the conference room block at this hotel helps us meet our contractual obligations and keeps you close to all conference activities.

Conference Registration

Conference registration is open and available on our website. The rates are as follows:

Rate Category Early (6/01–9/27/2024) Regular (9/28–11/1/2024)
Student or low-income $70.00 $95.00
Emeritus/Retired $100.00 $135.00
Standard $130.00 $175.00
Student Helpers

We are in need of student volunteers to assist during the conference. Volunteers will receive a registration fee waiver in exchange for 6.5 hours of service. The deadline to apply is September 6

Hotel Accessibility

Every effort will be made to meet the unique requirements of all attendees. For specific needs or questions please contact Jennifer Diaz, Executive Director, at smt@societymusictheory.org.  

Sponsorships

The Society provides several sponsorship opportunities for organizations at our Annual Meeting. 

Exhibits 

The deadline to reserve an exhibit booth is September 6

Program Guide Advertisements 

The final deadline to reserve a program guide ad is September 6