Musicology for Everyone

Monthly Archives: October 2011

Autumn Leaves, words by Johnny Mercer
American popular music

Autumn Leaves, words by Johnny Mercer

“Autumn Leaves” has its origin in French popular song. In 1950, the head of Capital Records music publishing division, Mickey …Read the Rest

Edward Mack, prolific composer of Civil War marches
Civil War music

Edward Mack, prolific composer of Civil War marches

Of the 412 marches related to the Civil War in the Library of Congress Civil War Sheet Music Collection, 26 …Read the Rest

American shaped notes tune books and the fasola tradition
American popular music

American shaped notes tune books and the fasola tradition

When William Little and William Smith published The Easy Instructor (Philadelphia 1801), they started a spate of shaped notes tune …Read the Rest

What becomes of new music for orchestra?
Orchestras

What becomes of new music for orchestra?

The most recent concert of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra featured the world premiere of Queen Anne’s Revenge by Mark O’Connor. …Read the Rest

Learning to play the trombone: French and Anglo-American teaching
Trombone and other brass

Learning to play the trombone: French and Anglo-American teaching

A tradition of trombone teaching reaching back to the early days of the Paris Conservatory culminated in a method by …Read the Rest