American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter Conference Proceedings

Contents

Papers Read

When the World Came to Town Influences on the Compositional Style of Ernst Immanuel Erbe (1854-1927)
(Ian B. Aipperspach, Texas Tech University)

Nietzsche, Mahler and the Modeling of Mortality
(Barbara Barry, Lynn University)

Re/Presenting Orpheus: African Presence, the Operatic Voice, and the Western Musical Canon
(Lee Chambers, Texas Tech University)

The Berlin Performances of Christoph Gluck’s Alceste during the 1848 Revolution
(Eric Schneeman, University of Southern California)

Father or Criminal: Ruth Zechlin’s Post-Reunification Opera Die Reise
(Johanna Frances Yunker, Lamar University)

Lecture-Recital Abstracts

Social Metaphor in Frederic Rzewski’s ‘Down by the Riverside’
(Bree Guerra, University of Texas-Pan American)

Poster Session Abstracts

This is Our Time: A Bibliographic Essay on the Rhythmic and Metric Analysis of Modern Metal Music
(Jose M. Garza, Jr., Texas State University)

Towards a Thematic Catalog of the Works of Newton D. Strandberg (1921-2001)
(Sheryl K. Murphy-Manley, Sam Houston State University)

The Harlan Trio (1930-1933) and Its Contributions to the Foundation of Historical Performance Practice
(Nico Schüler, Texas State University)