On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone
Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, American music theory has been framed and taught almost exclusively by white men. As a result, whiteness and maleness are woven into the fabric of the field, and BIPOC music theorists face enormous hurdles due to their racial identities. In On Music...
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2026
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| description | Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, American music theory has been framed and taught almost exclusively by white men. As a result, whiteness and maleness are woven into the fabric of the field, and BIPOC music theorists face enormous hurdles due to their racial identities. In On Music Theory , Philip Ewell brings together autobiography, music theory and history, and theory and history of race in the United States to offer a black perspective on the state of music theory and to confront the field’s white supremacist roots. Over the course of the book, Ewell undertakes a textbook analysis to unpack the mythologies of whiteness and western-ness with respect to music theory, and gives, for the first time, his perspective on the controversy surrounding the publication of volume 12 of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies . He speaks directly about the antiblackness of music theory and the antisemitism of classical music writ large and concludes by offering suggestions about how we move forward. Taking an explicitly antiracist approach to music theory, with this book Ewell begins to create a space in which those who have been marginalized in music theory can thrive. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1740282026-03-19T14:39:56Z On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone Ewell, Philip Music theory Musicology Classical music Whiteness Blackness Antiracism Antisexism White supremacy Patriarchy Racism Sexism Antiblackness Antisemitism Music textbooks Western canon Heinrich Schenker Journal of Schenkerian Studies Bothsideism Race scholarship Social studies Autoethnography thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVC Music reviews and criticism thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVA Theory of music and musicology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, American music theory has been framed and taught almost exclusively by white men. As a result, whiteness and maleness are woven into the fabric of the field, and BIPOC music theorists face enormous hurdles due to their racial identities. In On Music Theory , Philip Ewell brings together autobiography, music theory and history, and theory and history of race in the United States to offer a black perspective on the state of music theory and to confront the field’s white supremacist roots. Over the course of the book, Ewell undertakes a textbook analysis to unpack the mythologies of whiteness and western-ness with respect to music theory, and gives, for the first time, his perspective on the controversy surrounding the publication of volume 12 of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies . He speaks directly about the antiblackness of music theory and the antisemitism of classical music writ large and concludes by offering suggestions about how we move forward. Taking an explicitly antiracist approach to music theory, with this book Ewell begins to create a space in which those who have been marginalized in music theory can thrive. 2026-03-19T14:39:55Z 2026-03-19T14:39:55Z 2026-03-02T17:49:54Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110794 9780472904006 9780472129430 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174028 eng Music and Social Justice open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/110794/1/9780472904006.pdf Michigan State University Press University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12050329 10.3998/mpub.12050329 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472904006 9780472129430 University of Michigan Press 332 open access |
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