https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/seanatki/activity/ Activity feed for Sean Atkinson. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:43:54 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 5b6b08582ccd26a99c63b1092ec84df8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680859/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:20:19 +0000 0 45409bb2afcc690bdb014dc25758fd1c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679939/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:55:59 +0000 This article explores the remarkable tonal qualities of Steve Reich’s Nagoya Marimbas . While most of Reich’s output might be considered diatonic, rarely do those collections move in tonal paradigms. But in Nagoya Marimbas the two melodic voices combine in various canonic patterns to create a background tonal progression in E minor. The two…[Read more]

]]> 0 366d28310bec0d833b4babe6b859c0f9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679494/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:31:45 +0000 0 23c5bed7eb50eeb0e632cbbc10cb9bef https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1674836/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:20:52 +0000 This is a class designed for MM and DMA students (most are not music theory or composition majors) on the analysis of popular music with a focus on the music of Billy Joel. Most students will not have engaged in any popular music analysis before this course.

]]> 0 42bdc3060fadfd25a20886ad32820bff https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1669761/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 16:26:01 +0000 The music of Billy Joel is long overdue for prolonged attention from the scholarly field. As Walter Everett has acknowledged (2000), Joel’s music is often more in line with common-practice systems than with popular genres, and when combined with his intuitive understanding of numerous popular styles, makes for a rich trove of harmonic interest. O…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b504eace03d8b91f6b9627c280d4e51 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1669693/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:57:38 +0000 The music of Billy Joel is long overdue for prolonged attention from the scholarly field. As Walter Everett has acknowledged (2000), Joel’s music is often more in line with common-practice systems than with popular genres, and when combined with his intuitive understanding of numerous popular styles, makes for a rich trove of harmonic interest. O…[Read more]

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]]> 0 cea2ae9d4456be5795db373937917a6b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1612336/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:57:50 +0000 This article explores the relationship between the music of John Adams’s Nixon in China and the action taking place on stage. At many points throughout the opera, these forces are at odds, creating dramatic moments that often heighten the previously established sense of sarcasm and reverse the expected narrative roles of the characters. This is a…[Read more]

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