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The widely-respected Journal of Musicology enters its third decade as one of few comprehensive peer-reviewed journals in the discipline, offering articles in every period, field and methodology of musicological scholarship. Its contributors range from senior scholars to new voices in the field. Its reach is international, with recent articles by authors from North America, Europe and Australia, and circulation to individuals and libraries throughout the world.
The Journal publishes essential reading on long-standing problems and issues in musicology, on new ideas and approaches, and on directions in the field itself.
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Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: C1–C2. - Front Matter
Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: ii–iv. - Table of Contents
Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: iii–iii. - Douglas Jarman: A Sixty-fifth Birthday Tribute to a Scholar and a Friend
Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: 89–94. - Berg's Propaganda Pieces: The “Platonic Idea” of Lulu
Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: 95–142. Abstract After finishing the short score of Lulu and starting to orchestrate it in the spring of 1934, Berg began to realize that his opera might not be staged in Berlin, long planned as the site for the premiere. In late May he decided to make a concert ... - Marriage as Prostitution in Berg's Lulu
Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: 143–182. Abstract Writing to Schoenberg on August 7, 1930, Berg explained the differences between the libretto for his new opera and the original plays by Frank Wedekind, and in particular the return of Lulu's “victims” (her husbands) as her clients in the final ... - The Lyric Suite and Berg's Twelve-Tone Duality
Journal of Musicology Apr 2008, Vol. 25, No. 2: 183–210. Abstract The Lyric Suite is Berg's first extended twelve-tone composition, yet by his own description only half of the work uses twelve-tone techniques. This compositional hybridity raises significant aesthetic and political questions. How could the ...