My son is deeply obsessed with Batman, like any four year old should be. His favorite articles of clothing include a Batman sweatshirt, Batman pajamas, and Batmobile-shaped slippers. When he plays Batman, he imagines his powers to include shooting bats out of his hands. And he loves the Batman theme song. In fact, the boy …
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Against music theory
Hello present-day readers. I wrote this at a time when NYU’s music theory requirements were very different from what they are today. In general, university-level music theory pedagogy in the US has become significantly less Eurocentric since I wrote this. For clarity: I love music theory. I don’t love presenting the conventions of Western European …