A Different Response to Killam (MTO 3.2, 3.3)

A response to Rosemary Killam’s essay which appeared in MTO 3.2. Prof. Killam’s observations regarding the paucity of pieces by women composers in current texts and anthologies of 20th-century music are contextualized by a consideration of other kinds of music that are currently excluded from the mo...

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Published in:Music theory online 1997-07, Vol.3 (4)
Main Author: London, Justin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century music
Aesthetics
Composers
Cultural Influences
Feminism
Historiography
Killam, Rosemary
Music Education
Pedagogy
Women
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Summary:A response to Rosemary Killam’s essay which appeared in MTO 3.2. Prof. Killam’s observations regarding the paucity of pieces by women composers in current texts and anthologies of 20th-century music are contextualized by a consideration of other kinds of music that are currently excluded from the modernist canon that lies at the heart 20th-century theory pedagogy. It is argued that the exclusion of women’s compositions is more a symptom of a modernist myopia than any covert or overt misogyny on the part of the music theory community. The response concludes with some suggestions for alternative approaches to 20th-century analysis course syllabi and content.
ISSN:1067-3040
1067-3040
DOI:10.30535/mto.3.4.2