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Doing Public Musicology with Douglas Shadle

July 25, 2023 Will Robin Season 3 Episode 11
Doing Public Musicology with Douglas Shadle
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Doing Public Musicology with Douglas Shadle
Jul 25, 2023 Season 3 Episode 11
Will Robin

In 2018, Douglas Shadle tweeted about systemic discrimination in American orchestral programming. His thread went viral, and he soon found himself doing what became known, around then, as public musicology. In this conversation, he talks about presenting his work outside the academy through advocating for marginalized composers, and what the Florence Price revival has meant for his scholarship (and, more troublingly, how Schirmer's acquisition of her music may actually prevent it from being heard).

Douglas Shadle is associate professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University.

Show notes and more over at soundexpertise.org!

Questions? Thoughts? Email soundexpertise00@gmail.com or tag Will on Instagram/Twitter @seatedovation 


Show Notes

In 2018, Douglas Shadle tweeted about systemic discrimination in American orchestral programming. His thread went viral, and he soon found himself doing what became known, around then, as public musicology. In this conversation, he talks about presenting his work outside the academy through advocating for marginalized composers, and what the Florence Price revival has meant for his scholarship (and, more troublingly, how Schirmer's acquisition of her music may actually prevent it from being heard).

Douglas Shadle is associate professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University.

Show notes and more over at soundexpertise.org!

Questions? Thoughts? Email soundexpertise00@gmail.com or tag Will on Instagram/Twitter @seatedovation