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Back To School Musicology Blog Reading

Ryan shares a few musicology blogs that he’s been reading/just recently found, including a new one by Amusicology guest bloggers Matthew Mugmon and Frank Lehman.

Brian Wilson Reimagines Rhapsody in Blue

Ryan Banagale offers some thoughts on the recently released _Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin_ album. Surprise, surprise: The conversation quickly turns towards _Rhapsody in Blue_.

Musicology Job Wiki Roundup 2010 – Some Thoughts

Ryan Raul Banagale adds a bit of commentary to the 2010 musicology job wiki hiring data that he recently posted.

Paul McCartney’s Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Concert

Ryan Raul Bañagale blogs on the Library of Congress’s 2010 Gershwin Prize winner Paul McCartney, the concert in his honor, and the un-honored collaborative process that made his most beloved songs possible.

Musicology Job Wiki Roundup 2010 – Some Data and Hiring Figures

Amusicology’s annual roundup of information from the musicology job wiki. In this post, Ryan pulls together some data and numbers about the hires made during the 2009-2010 season.

Musicology in the Blogosphere

The full text of Ryan & Drew’s recent piece in the August 2010 AMS newsletter (VOLUME XL, NUMBER 2), which appeared shortened therein due to space considerations.

“The end of Dial ‘M’?” or “Why run a musicology blog?”

The departure of one of the more prominent musicology bloggers prompts Ryan to reflect on the nature of what we do as academic bloggers and why there aren’t more of us.

“Nobody’s Here” – Beethoven’s Fifth in The Simpsons

Ryan’s knowledge of The Simpsons finally comes in handy in this quick response to a question posed on the AMS-listserv.

Who Obscures The Job Wiki?

Whilst making a recent update on the Job Wiki, Ryan found the “capcha” challenge words particularly uncanny…