Stephanie Probst
My PhD-dissertation (Harvard University, 2018) investigates analogies between melody and line in the 1920s, both as conceptual metaphors and in graphical representations of music by theorists and visual artists. I contextualise the attendant theories of melody in developments in music theory, composition, the visual arts, cognitive studies, and Gestalt psychology.
My new research project concerns manual and mechanical forms of inscription around 1900, such as annotations on music rolls for player pianos that capture idealised musical interpretations and offer visual guidance to novice listeners. Other case studies include melographs and graphical systems of music analysis.
I co-edited the blog of the AMS and SMT Interest Group for the History of Music Theory and now serve on the organising team of the interest group.
Supervisors: Suzannah Clark, Alexander Rehding , and Christopher Hasty
My new research project concerns manual and mechanical forms of inscription around 1900, such as annotations on music rolls for player pianos that capture idealised musical interpretations and offer visual guidance to novice listeners. Other case studies include melographs and graphical systems of music analysis.
I co-edited the blog of the AMS and SMT Interest Group for the History of Music Theory and now serve on the organising team of the interest group.
Supervisors: Suzannah Clark, Alexander Rehding , and Christopher Hasty
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From 1925-30, British music educator Percy A. Scholes spearheaded an initiative for music appreciation by means of the player piano. The series “AudioGraphic Music” featured select works from the musical canon on the Aeolian Company’s piano rolls. In addition to their function as sound recordings, Scholes prepared the rolls as visual artefacts with introductory texts, pictures, and analytical commentary. This video article explores the analytical and pedagogical potential of these rolls as tools for music listeners and highlights how they foreshadowed recent innovation in musical animation.
Conference Presentations by Stephanie Probst
Periods and Waves: A Conference on Sound and History, Stonybrook, NY, Apr. 29-30, 2016
Book Reviews by Stephanie Probst
From 1925-30, British music educator Percy A. Scholes spearheaded an initiative for music appreciation by means of the player piano. The series “AudioGraphic Music” featured select works from the musical canon on the Aeolian Company’s piano rolls. In addition to their function as sound recordings, Scholes prepared the rolls as visual artefacts with introductory texts, pictures, and analytical commentary. This video article explores the analytical and pedagogical potential of these rolls as tools for music listeners and highlights how they foreshadowed recent innovation in musical animation.
Periods and Waves: A Conference on Sound and History, Stonybrook, NY, Apr. 29-30, 2016