American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter Conference Proceedings

Contents

Papers Read

The San Antonio Federal Orchestra of 1936-1943: A Forgotten Link in the Musical Heritage of South Texas
(Kassie Kelly and Carl Leafstedt, Trinity University)

“Everything in Its Right Place:” Christopher O’Riley and Arranging the Music of Radiohead (Slides are available here)
(Rachael Lester, Oklahoma City University)

Multi-Linear Continuity, Musical Perception, and Renaissance Poly-Modality
(Michael Lively, Southern Methodist University)

Ornaments and Improvisations: Early Nineteenth-Century Bel Canto Singing in Bellini’s Norma
Xuan Qin, The University of Texas at Austin

An “Old-Fashioned” American Concerto: Exploring Neo-Romanticism in Samuel Barber’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 38
(Jonathan Verbeten, Texas Tech University)

Barbra Streisand and Film Musical Stardom in the Early 1970s
Megan Woller, University of Houston

Paper Abstracts

Music Scholarship Online: Problems for Digital Musicology and a Potential Solution
(Timothy Duguid, Texas A&M University)

“Louise Tobin Blues:” Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Life and Music
(Kevin Mooney, Texas State University)

Poster Session Abstracts

A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Teaching Music History
(Joseph E. Jones, Texas A&M University-Kingsville)

Wordless Functional Analysis Revisited
(Nico Schüler, Texas State University)