The Jacobs Faculty Bookshelf
This page serves as a listing of publications by Jacobs School of Music faculty. Click on an item to view available purchasing options as well as its availability on the IU Library Catalog.
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Listening to Charles Ives: Variations on His America
Charles Ives is widely regarded as the first great American composer of classical music. But listening to his music is an adventure—hearing how a piece begins may not prepare you for what comes next, or how it ends. Knowing one Ives piece may not prepare you for another.
Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
One of today’s most dynamic and exciting ensembles, the Pacifica Quartet celebrates its 10th anniversary with a three-CD set of Mendelssohn’s complete string quartet cycle. Known for its “stunningly expressive performances” (The Guardian) and “ideal balance” (Washington Post), the youthful Pacifica is a perfect match for this early Romantic composer’s exuberant chamber music.
Mozart & Brahms Clarinet Quintets
Pacifica Quartet , Anthony McGill
The dynamic, multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet and the New York Philharmonic's superstar principal clarinetist Anthony McGill join forces for the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms — widely considered the greatest chamber works for this combination of instruments.
Mozart’s radiant Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, with its aria-like melodies, and Brahms’s expansive Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115, with its haunting, sunset glow, are mature masterworks inspired by phenomenal clarinetists of the day.
Music Assessment for Better Ensembles
Assessment is central to ensemble music. Yet, teachers do not always have the expertise to harness its potential to improve rehearsals and performances, and promote and document student learning. Written specifically for band, choir, and orchestra teachers at all levels, this book contains all of the information necessary to design and use assessment in a thriving music classroom.
Music Education Research: An Introduction
Peter Miksza , Julia Shaw , Lauren Kapalka Richerme , Phillip M. Hash, Donald A. Hodges
Designed to be used as a primary text in introductory research methods courses, Music Education Research: An Introduction aims to orient even the most novice researchers toward basic concepts and methodologies. Offering sustained attention to historical, philosophical, qualitative, quantitative, and action research approaches, the book includes overviews of how to read, interpret, design, and implement research within each framework. Readers will also find advice for conducting a review of research literature, scholarly writing, and disseminating research. All in all, the book serves as an invitation to consider how conducting research can serve to satisfy curiosities while also contributing to our collective professional knowledge.
Dana Marsh , Trevor Weston, Washington Bach Consort
Myths Contested explores enduring ideals, both of and about art—as well as notions of aesthetic value, culture, and representation. Bach’s secular The Contest between Phoebus and Pan, featuring librettist Picander’s remix of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, is paired with Trevor Weston’s A New Song—a timely modern companion to Bach’s dramma per musica.
NOTUS: Of Radiance and Refraction
Dominick DiOrio , Konrad Strauss , D. James Tagg
Of Radiance and Refraction, NOTUS' debut album, demonstrates the wealth of talent found in the student ensemble led by Dominick DiOrio, as well as the remarkable works written for them by composition teachers at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music: Aaron Travers, John Gibson, Claude Baker, and Sven-David Sandström. Also featuring Zorá String Quartet.
Polish Jewish Culture Beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery
Halina Goldberg , Nancy Sinkoff, Natalia Aleksiun, Zehavit Stern, Justin Cammy
Polish Jewish Culture Beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish lands from the second half of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the Second World War (1899-1939). In this multidisciplinary essay collection, a cohort of international scholars provides an integrated history of the arts and humanities in Poland by illuminating the complex roles Jews in urban centers other than Warsaw played in the creation of Polish and Polish Jewish culture.
Project Cadenzas: An Intercultural Journey
Drawn from a variety of live performances, this recording reflects the musical pastiche that defines Project Cadenzas, a creative fieldwork and collaboration that brings together the richness of Baroque art music and the traditional cultural expression of Taiwan, in an effort to showcase artistic expression and creative improvisation while also reflecting social-cultural contexts. Project Cadenzas: An Intercultural Journey is a collection from numerous live concerts on improvisational topics, which were successfully performed using ethnic Taiwanese instruments, traditional Chinese instruments, and Western instruments (harpsichord). Cross-cultural collaborative partners include the Graduate Institute of Musicology at National Taiwan University (NTU), the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), and the Chinese Music Department at Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA), offering new perspectives for viewing the artistic riches of the participating cultural traditions.