During this 250th anniversary year of the United States, Field Notes will showcase articles, interviews, and other media that engage with the breadth and diversity of music in the US. From the music of John Williams to Bad Bunny, Billie Holiday to Hamilton, contributors in these pieces interrogate the scope and complexity of American musical practices. Stay tuned for perspective on the past, present, and future of music in the US as the semiquincentennial unfolds.
- Andrew Kuster
Jon Alan Conrad and Renee Norris discuss their new MUSA critical editions.
- Jessica Getman
Jessica Getman explores the music of Wonder Woman (2017)
- Kedrick Armstrong
Maestro Armstrong introduces the sonic and stylistic features of Irene Britton Smith’s and Julia Perry’s music.
- Lauren Eldridge Stewart
There is much to think through in regards to the past and future tenses of Hill's “Ex-Factor.”
- Carol A. Hess
How did musicology change to the point that we now feel compelled to distinguish “public musicology” from . . . what?
