August 31
- Cook, N. and Clarke, E. (2004). Introduction: What is empirical musicology. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 3-14. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
- Cook, N. (2014). Beyond the Score: Music as Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Introduction.
September 4
- Cook, N. (2014). Beyond the Score: Music as Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Chapter 1: Plato’s Curse.
- Cooper, D. and Sapiro, I. (2006). Ethnomusicology in the laboratory: From the tonometer to the digital melograph. Ethnomusicology Forum, 15(2):301-313.
September 7 – No Class (Labour Day)
September 11
- Stock, J. P. (2004). Documenting the musical event: observation, participation, representation. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 15-34. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
September 14
- DeNora, T. (2004). Musical practice and social structure: A toolkit. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 35-56. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
September 18
- Cook, N. (2014). Beyond the Score: Music as Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Chapter 8: Social Scripts.
- Davidson, J. W. (2004). Music as social behavior. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 57-75. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
September 21
- Clarke, E. (2004). Empirical methods in the study of performance. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 77-102. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
- Cook, N. (2014). Beyond the Score: Music as Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Chapter 6: Objective Expression.
September 25 – No Class
September 28
- McAdams, S., Depalle, P., and Clarke, E. (2004). Analyzing musical sound. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 157-196. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
October 2
- Windsor, L. (2004). Data collection, experimental design, and statistics in musical research. In Cook, N. and Clarke, E., editors, Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, pages 197-222. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
October 5 and 9
- Views from music theory
- Music Theory Online’s 2012 special issue on Analyzing Performance (18:1) – Individual short presentations
- Austin: Nicholas Cook “Introduction: Refocusing Theory”
- Hubert: Daniel Barolsky and Peter Martens “Rendering the Prosaic Persuasive: Gould and the Performance of Bach’s C-minor Prelude (WTC I)”
- Dana: Peter Martens “Tactus in Performance: Constraints and Possibilities”
- Lindsay: Alan Dodson “Solutions to the “Great Nineteenth-Century Rhythm Problem” in Horowitz’s Recording of the Theme from Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16, No. 2″
- Erin: Daniel Leech-Wilkinson “Compositions, Scores, Performances, Meanings”
- Aaron: Mitchell S. Ohriner “Grouping Hierarchy and Trajectories of Pacing in Performances of Chopin’s Mazurkas”
- Lissa: Michael Schutz and Fiona Manning “Looking Beyond the Score: The Musical Role of Percussionists’ Ancillary Gestures”
October 12
- Views from Musicology – Respondent: Dana
- Cook, N. (2014). Beyond the Score: Music as Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Chapter 2: Page and Stage.
- Leech-Wilkinson (2009) The Changing Sound of Music: Approaches to Studying Recorded Musical Performances. Introduction.
October 16 – No Class (Fall Break)
October 19 – Discussion day on what we’ve read so far and how people’s projects are shaping up
October 23, 26, 30 – No Class
November 2
- A view from ethnomusicology – Respondent: Austin
- Clayton,Martin. 2013. Entrainment, ethnography and musical interaction. In M. Clayton, B. Dueck, and L. Leante (Eds.) Experience and Meaning in Music Performance. Oxford University Press.
November 6
- A view from sound studies -Respondent: Aaron
- Katz, Mark. 2011. The Amateur in the Age of Mechanical Music. In T. Pinch and K. Bijsterveld (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies. Oxford University Press.
November 9
- Doffman, Mark. 2013. Groove: temporality, awareness and the feeling of entrainment in jazz performance. In M. Clayton, B. Dueck, and L. Leante (Eds.) Experience and Meaning in Music Performance. Oxford University Press.
- Respondent: Hubert
November 13
- Fouche, Ray. 2011. Analog turns Digital: Hip-hop, Technology, and the Maintenance of Racial Authenticity. In T. Pinch and K. Bijsterveld (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies. Oxford University Press.
- Respondent: Lissa
November 16
- Clayton, Martin. 2008. Toward an ethnomusicology of sound experience.In H. Stobart (Ed.) The New (Ethno)musicologies. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press
- Respondent: Erin
November 20
- Bergh, Arild and Tia DeNora. 2009. From wind-up to iPod: Techno-cultures of listening. In. N. Cook, E. Clarke, D. Leech-Wilkinson, and J. Rink (Eds.) The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 102-115.
- Elste, Martin 2009. A matter of circumstance: On experiencing recordings.In. N. Cook, E. Clarke, D. Leech-Wilkinson, and J. Rink (Eds.) The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 116-9.
- Respondent: Lindsay
November 23
- Hubert and Aaron
November 30
- Austin
December 4
- Dana and Erin
December 7
- Lissa and Lindsay