A leading journal in the field and an official publication of the Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Spectrum features articles on a wide range of topics in music theory and analysis, including aesthetics, critical theory and hermeneutics, history of theory, post-tonal theory, Schenkerian analysis, musical form, rhythm, music cognition, and the analysis of popular musics. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary articles revealing intersections with topics in other fields such as ethnomusicology, mathematics, musicology, philosophy, psychology, and performance (Provided by Publisher).
Music Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes work exploring the full range of theoretical and analytical research across global music practices, from the past to the present day. Its articles draw on all branches of analytical, theoretical, cultural and historical research in music, with the aim of understanding musical works and practices, and the questions they pose. Contributions reflect on current debates and new developments in the field, enriching the interchange of ideas and perspectives (Provided by Publisher).
Operating as the ‘house’ journal of the International Society for the Study of Musicals, Studies in Musical Theatre aspires to provide a forum “to debate a wide range of texts that articulate the musical together with the theatrical…(and bring) together a variety of critical approaches to contribute to the discussion surrounding live performance, the development and form of musical theatre and its value as a cultural product in theory and practice.”
Purchased to reflect and support the growing interest in Musical Theatre from MusB, GRNCM, and Music & Drama students, this thrice-yearly, peer-reviewed publication adds to the library’s developing nexus of holdings in the broad field of popular culture – in both electronic form – databases such as the Popular culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 collection and the Rolling Stone Archive – and archival materials – most obviously the British Pop Archive. It also aligns with SALC’s current direction of travel in terms of the most recent of the University’s major research platforms – Creative Manchester – and in benefitting developing programme areas – particularly the Creative and Cultural Industries, and others in the digital realm.
The University of Manchester Library provides full access - including article level indexing to ease discovery - to this journal from 2006 onwards.
With arias analysed, symphonies scrutinized, and requiems revisited, The Journal of Musicology offers you an unparalleled journey into the world of musical scholarship.
Founded in 1981 by Marian Green and published quarterly, the journal furnishes comprehensive articles in music history, criticism, performance practice, and archival research. Each issue contains a selection of studies and occasional review essays representative of the full range of today's diverse approaches to the exploration of music. The Journal of Musicology is a sound forum for analysis in this still-expanding discipline, drawing a loyal readership from eminent scholars and musicians to performers and students (Provided by Publisher)
The University of Manchester Library provides access to content from this journal across multiple platforms with coverage from 1989 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day.
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The above list was compiled using Scopus and comprises a selection of the top journals relating to 'Music' based on SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) ranking. For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page
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