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Personal
details
- Born
1944, Northamptonshire, UK.
(for
exact date of birth, please contact me)
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Resident in Sweden August 1966 - March 1991.
- Resident
in UK April 1991 - October 2002.
- Resident
in Canada since November 2002
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Attended:
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The Leys School, Cambridge (1957-1962),
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Selwyn College, Cambridge (1962-1965),
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University of Manchester (1965-1966),
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University of Göteborg (1968-1971).
Current position
Professeur
de musicologie à la Faculté de musique à l’Université
de Montréal (see Courses and Cours).
Recent
duties
1998-2002
(October) employed as Reader at the Institute
of Popular Music and at the Music
Department of The University of Liverpool.
The main responsibilities of this job were to:
- run
and develop undergraduate modules Popular Music & Musicology, Popular
Music Analysis and Music and the Moving Image;
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run and develop postgraduate teaching in the Semiotics of Music at the
Institute of Popular Music;
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supervise research work at masters and doctoral levels;
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oversee development of and act as Admissions Tutor for BA single honours
courses in Popular Music (W310, W330).
Higher Education
- 1962-1965.
Cambridge University. BA (Music)
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1965-1966. University of Manchester. Certificate of Education (Music
and French)
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1968-1971, 1973-1974 (part time) University of Göteborg (Sweden).
Filosofie magister [=BA] (English, French, Latin, Musicology)
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1977-1979 (part time). University of Göteborg. Filosofie doctor
(PhD) in Musicology (distinction)
Employment record (full-time only)
- 1966-68.
Municipality of Filipstad: Secondary school teacher of English as a
foreign language
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1971-78. University of Göteborg: Tenured teacher of keyboard harmony
and improvisation, music history and theory
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1980. University of Göteborg: Acting Professor of Musicology (tf
professor i musikvetenskap)
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1981-82. University of Göteborg: Senior Lecturer (universitetslektor)
in Musicology, 1981-1982
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1982-85. University of Göteborg: Research Fellow in Musicology
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1985-91. Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences:
Research Fellow in Musicology
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1991-93. University of Liverpool and Blackwell's Reference Books (Oxford):
Executive Editor EPMOW ("Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the
World")
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1993-96. University of Liverpool: Lecturer in Music
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1996-98. University of Liverpool: Senior Lecturer in Music
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1998-2002. University of Liverpool: Reader in Music
- 2002-
Faculté de musique, Université
de Montréal: Professeur de musicologie
Awards, prizes, honorary positions
- 1962.
Prize for choral composition, King's College, Cambridge (performed Trinity
Sunday 1962). See List of musical works
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1980. University of Göteborg awards distinction for doctoral work,
with honorary research fellow status (docentkompetens)
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1986. Guest Professor in Musicology, Universität des Landes Hessen,
Kassel
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1987. The Japan Prize for Educational Radio Production, together with
Gerard Kempers (AVRO radio, Hilversum, Netherlands) for Muziek maakt
alles mooier (='Music Makes It More Amusing): 6 x 30 minute programmes
for secondary school pupils on the functions and meanings of music (1987)
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1997. Sir Alan Sewell Research Fellowship, Griffith University, Brisbane,
Australia, July - September 1997
- 2001.
Prize awarded by «wipout.net», website of the intellectual property
counter-essay contest, for ‘Copyright
vs. the democratic right to know’.
- 2003.
Rayson Huang Visiting Lecturer, University of Hong Kong, March 2003.
Teaching experience
- 1965-66.
Teaching practice: (1) general subjects, Rockingham Road Junior School,
Corby (Northants); (2) Music and French, Central Grammar School (Kirkmanshulme
Lane) and Plant Hill Comprehensive School (Rochdale Road), Manchester;
average class size 25-3 0 (total 16 weeks)
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1966-68. English as a foreign language: 2 and 3 year secondary school
courses, 16-22 hours/week for 2 years, average class size 20-25; also
adult education evening classes, average class size 5-10 (Filipstad,
Sweden)
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1968-71. English as a foreign language: adult education, average class
size 5-10 (Göteborg, Sweden)
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1971-78. Keyboard harmony, improvisation and ensemble (undergraduates):
average of 10 hours/week,individual tuition or groups of 4-6 (College
of Music, University of Göteborg, Sweden)
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1971-. Music history and/or theory and/or analysis and/or music and
the media (undergraduates): modules in 2 or 3 year degree courses for
at average of 5 hours/week, average class size 15-20. (College of Music
and Department of Musicology, University of Göteborg, Sweden; Music
Department and Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool;
Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal, Québec,
Canada)
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1979- . Aesthetics, semiotics and analysis of music (postgraduates):
parts of 2-5 year programmes, 21 years at average of 1-2 hours/week,
average class size 5-15. (College of Music and Department of Musicology,
University of Göteborg, Sweden; Music Department and Institute
of Popular Music, University of Liverpool; Faculté de musique,
Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada)
- 1991-2002
. Music and the Moving Image 1 (undergraduates, incl. non-music students):
1½ hours/week, average class size 23.
- 1995-2002
. Music and the Moving Image 2 (incl. composition, music students only):
1½ hours/week, average class size 10.
- 2002-
. Histoire de la musique populaire
anglophone (undergraduates, incl. non-music students): 3 hours/week,
average class size 35
- 2002-
. Musique et images en mouvement
(undergraduates, incl. non-music students): 3 hours/week, average class
size 40
- 2002-
. Tendances dans l'étude
de la musique populaire (postgraduates, incl. non-music students):
3 hours/week, average class size 15
- 2002-
. Analyse de la musique populaire
(postgraduates, incl. non-music students): 3 hours/week, averag class
size 20
- 1987-
. Postgraduate supervision: see next section.
Internal
examining and supervision of postgraduate dissertations
- Completed
PhDs co-supervised (Göteborg), 1987-1991: (1) Alf Björnberg on Swedish
entries to the Eurovision Song Contest (1987); (2) Ola Stockfelt on
modes of listening, with particular reference to Mozart’s 40th symphony
(1988); (3) Gaston Rochon (Montréal) on compositional process in the
work of Gilles Vigneault (1992).
- Completed
PhDs supervised or co-supervised (Liverpool), 1993- : (1) Mércia Pinto
(Fortaleza) on the Brazilian Pastoríl (1996); (2) Elba Ramalho (Fortaleza)
on the work of baião pioneer Luís Gonzaga (1996); (3) Garry Tamlyn (Brisbane)
on drumkit patterns in rock 'n' roll (1998); (4) Serge Lacasse (Québec)
on the history, technology, aesthetics and semiotics of vocal staging
in rock and pop recordings (2000); Karen Collins on the Industrial genre
(2002); Ivy Man on Cantopop (2003); Ian Darrington on trumpet mouthpieces
- Completed
M.Phils supervised (Liverpool, 1997- ): (1) Chris Sedwell on ideals
of studio sound in 1980s recordings; (2) Mike Knowles on the Kinks and
notions of Englishness.
- PhDs
studies supervisied in Liverpool: (1) Alex Costello (Liverpool) on Morricone’s
music for The Mission; (2) Ian Darrington (Wigan) on the technology,
acoustics, anthropology and sonic aesthetics of the trumpet mouthpiece,
with particular reference to jazz; (3) Bob Davis (Barnsley) on the structural
and phenomenological determinants of funk music; (4) Ruth Dockwray (Liverpool)
on the rock anthem; (5) Oi-Kuen ‘Ivy’ Man (Hong Kong) on stylistic development
in Cantopop; (6) Rachel Segal (Leeds) on the work of Franz Waxman; (7)
Tim Wise (Liverpool) on yodel in US popular music; (8) Gilbert Gabriel
on Morricone’s composition techniques.
- Internal
examiner, PhD dissertations (1980- ): (1) Stig-Magnus Thorsén (Göteborg)
on the music of the Swedish Pentecostalist movement (Göteborg 1980);
(2) Johan Fornäs (Stockholm) on the Swedish Alternative Music Movement
(Göteborg 1985); (3) Pamela Hurry (Manchester) on ‘A’ Level Music and
its Relationship with Higher Education and the Music Industry (Liverpool,
1996); (4) Simon Parry (Liverpool) on ‘New’ music in radical Christian
worship in the UK (Liverpool, 2001).
External examining and adjudication
- 1981:
External examiner, MA in Musicology, University of Helsinki.
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1995-2000: External examiner in Music Business, University College of
Buckinghamshire.
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1996-1997: Jury member, International Musicology Award, Campus internazionale
di musica, Università Pontina, Latina.
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1996: External examiner, PhD in Music, Southern Cross University, Australia.
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1999: External examiner, PhD in Musicology, Université Paris
I (Sorbonne).
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1999: External examiner, PhD in Media Studies, Queensland University
of Technology, Brisbane.
- 2000:
Jury member, ‘A Song for Peace’ international songwriting competition,
Rome.
- 2001-2002:
External examiner in Music, Barnsley College, University of Sheffield.
Course development
Founding
member of staff and co-responsible for construction of complete curriculum
for new music teacher training course (including popular music) at University
of Göteborg 1971-1976, in particular music theory, music analysis,
music history and en semble. Solely responsible for course development
in Keyboard Harmony and Popular Music Studies 1971-1976. Responsible for
development of entrance and examination procedures in the above areas.
Consultant
to Swedish Ministry of Education's Committee for the Reform of Higher
Education in Music (OMUS = Organisationskommittén för högre
musikutbildning) on Keyboard Harmony and Popular Music Studies (1972-1974).
Co-responsible
for drafting of current W320 degree course (Music / Popular Music) at
the University of Liverpool (1992-1993). Co-responsible for development
of modules in Aural Skills, Music & Business Technology
and Studio Techniques. Solely responsible for development of modules
Popular Music & Musicology, Popular Music Analysis and Music
& the Moving Image (I & II) (1993-2002).
Responsible
for development of postgraduate teaching in the Semiotics of Music at
the Institute of Popular Music (1991-…).
Responsible
for original drafting of W310 degree programme (Popular Music) at the
University of Liverpool (1999). Co-responsible for final drafting and
for its implementation (2000-2001). Responsible for development and teaching
of modules Introduction to Popular Music Studies, Origins of Popular
Music, Creative Music Theory, Music and the Moving Image, Composition
for the Moving Image (2001-2002).
Responsible
for drafting and implementation of following courses at the Faculté
de musique, Université de Montréal: Musique
et images en mouvement; Analyse
de la musique populaire; Histoire
de la musique populaire anglophone; Tendances
dans l’étude de la musique populaire.
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Guest lecturing, invited conference papers, etc.
Please
note that invited conference papers not delivered (due to regular commitments
or lack of funds) are not included in the list, nor are public lectures,
nor courses or lectures delivered in schools or in any other institution
outside (the equivalent of) higher education, except in the case of qualified
in-house training, e.g. for radio producers. Conference papers and guest
lectures have covered the following areas: music semiotics, music analysis,
music and the media, film and TV music, soundscape studies, philosophy
of music and interdisciplinary studies.
- Australia
- Austria,
Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia (former)
- Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary
- Italy,
Japan
- Mexico,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal
- Sweden,
Switzerland
- United
Kingdom, Uruguay and USA
Australia.
Sir Alan Sewell Research Fellow at Queensland Conservatorium of Music,
Griffith University, Brisbane, July - September 1997. Invited paper at
IASPM Australia/New Zealand conference, UTS, Sydney, July 1997. Guest
lecturer Bachelor of Popular Music Degree, Griffith University, Gold Coast,
July - September 1999; Department of English, University of New South
Wales, September 1999. Invited paper at conference of IASPM (Australasia),
University of Technology, Sydney (July 1997).
Austria.Invited
papers at (1) European Musicology Conference, Musikwissenschaftliches
Institut, Universität Wien (1979); (2) Conference on Music in the
Mass Media, ORTF, Vienna (1983); Guest lecturer, Hochschule für Musik
und darstellende Kunst, Vienna (1980).
Belgium.Course
leader in Music Semiotics, Belgian Radio (Flemish section, Brussels) in-house
training course for producers (1994). Guest lecture Du microcosme musical
à l''économie politique, Interdisciplinary seminar,
Université de Liège (November 2006).
Brazil.Guest
lecturer (3 weeks) in Popular Music Analysis, Cursos latinoamericanos
de música contemporânea, Conservatório do Estado de
São Paulo (1984). 5-day workshop,
Música e Imagem en movimento, UniRio (June 2004). Krynote
speaker, V Congresso
da Seção Latino-Americana da Associação Internacional para o Estudo da
Música Popular, IASPM-LA, Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2004.
Bulgaria.
Keynote speaker at first symposium organised by IASPM (Bulgaria), Sofia
(June, 2000)
Canada.
Guest lecturer at (1) Faculty of Music, McGill University, Montréal
(1984); (2) Faculté de Musique, Université de Montréal
(1984); (3) Faculté de Musique, Université de Québ
ec à Montréal (1984); (4) Département de sociologie,
Université d'Ottawa (1985); (5) Départment de sociologie,
Université de Montréal (1984); (6) Music Department, Carleton
University, Ottawa (1985). Invited papers delivered at (1) International
Conference on the Sociology of Music, Trent University, Peterborough,
Ontario (1984); (2) 3rd IASPM conference in Montréal (1985); (3)
IASPM Canada conference at Carleton University, Ottawa (1992). (4-5) Invited
lectures, Music Department, McGill University (2002, 2004). (6) Invited
lecture, Communications Departmen, McGill University (2005); (6) Colloque
sur l'étude des musiques populaires, Université Laval, Québec
(March 2006) .
China
(incl. Hong Kong). Rayson Huang Visiting Lecturer at (1) Department
of Music, University of Hong Kong (March 2003).
Czechoslovakia
(former). Invited paper at Czech Musicological Society Symposium, Brno
(1986).
Denmark.Guest
lecturer at (1) Musikvidenskabelig Institut, Københavns Universitet
(1979, 1995 -- 1 week); (2) Institut for Massmediestudier, Københavns
Universitet (1995); (3) Musikvidenskabelig institut, Århu s universitet
(1980); (4) Institut for musik og musikterapi, Ålborg universitetscentrum
(1987, 1988). Invited paper at Danish Music Educators' Conference, Holsterbro
(1986).
Finland.
Guest lecturer at (1) Department of Musicology, University of Helsinki
(1980, 1981); (2) Department of Popular Culture Studies, University of
Tampere (1981, 1990); (3) Rytmi-instituutti, Seinäjoki, Vaasa län
(19 89). Invited papers at (1) Nordic musicology conference, Turku (1977);
(2) International Soundscape Conference, Virrat (1991). Keynote speaker
at tenth IASPM international conference, University of Turku (2001).
France.
(1) Invited paper at First European Conference on Music Analysis, Colmar
(1990). (2) 1st participant in exchange Montréal/Tours: 5 jours
de conférences, séminaires et ateliers en Analyse de la
musique populaire, Université François Rabelais, Tours (November
2006). (3) Keynote speaker, Colloque de la Société
Française de l'Ethnomusicologie, Saumur (Juin 2007).
Germany.
Guest lecturer at (1) Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Institut für
Ästhetik und Philosophie, Forschungszentrum populäre Musik,
all in Berlin (1983-1989, annually under exchange scheme); (2) Hochschule
des Landes Hessen (Musikwissenschaft), Kassel (summer semester 1986).
Invited paper delivered at Annual Conference of Dachverband der Musikw
issenschaftstuderenden Deutschlands, Cologne (1993).
Ghana.
Invited paper at fourth IASPM International Conference on Popular Music
Studies, Accra (1987).
Hong
Kong: see China
Hungary.Guest
lecturer at Musicological Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Zenetudomnyi
Intézet), Budapest (1980).
Italy.
Guest lecturer at (1) Dipartimento di Arte, Musica e Spettacolo, Università
di Bologna (1984, 1988, 1994); (2) Scuola di jazz, Milano (1985, 1985,
1987, 1990); Conservatorio di Sassari (December 1999). Invited papers
at (1) 1st IASPM (Italia) Conference on Popular Music Studies, Milano
(1983); (2) 2nd IASPM International Conference, Reggio Emilia; (3) IASPM
(Italia) Conference on Popular Music Analysis, Bologna (1994); (5) International
Conference on Music Semiotics, I pomeriggi musicali di Milano (1989);
(6,7) Annual Musica/Realtà Conferences, Conservatorio di Cagliari
(1987, 1988); (8) Conference Musica e Cinema, Accademia musicale Chigiana,
Siena (1990); (9) Annual conference of Associazione dei fonografici italiani,
Milano (1983); (10) Convegno internazionale La musica come linguaggio
universale, Latina (1988); (11) Second European Conference on Music Analysis,
Università di Trento (1991); (12) Conference Sulle culture del
rock, Istituto Gramsci, Bologna (1993); (13) Conference Night Wave '96,
sulle culture del rave, Rimini (June 1996); (14) International Conference
on the Semiotics of Music, Bologna (November 1996); (15) Symposium 'La
musica come ponte tra i popoli', Istituto per l'educazione musicale in
lingua italiana, Bolzano/Bozen (November 1998); (16) Symposium in conjunction
with Laurea honoris causa for Maestro Morricone, University of Cagliari,
December 1999. (17) Ethnomusicological symposium on the visualisation
of music, University of Venice (January 2000); (18) Symposium on The Musical
Text, Department of Musicology, University of Padua (at Cremona, April
2002); (19) Department of Media Studies, University of Turin (April 2002).
(20) Invited paper, Conference on links between ethnomusicology and popular
music, Fondazione Cini, Venezia (January 2005). (21-22) Guest lectures
at Department of Media, University of Savona and Department of Music,
University of Turin (June 2006). (23) Invited one-day workshop, conservatory
at Rodi Garganico (June 2008). (24) Keynote speaker at weekend
symposium Incontro con Philip Tagg, University of Bologna (November
1993).
Japan.
Keynote speaker (concluding remarks) at eighth IASPM International
Conference, Kanazawa University, July 1997.
Mexico.
Guest lecturer, opening course of the Diplomado Internacional de la Semiologia
Musical, Escuela Nacional de Musica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
México, Mexico City, 2-6 February 1998. (2) Guest lecturer and seminar
leader, Department of Media and Literature, Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de México, Mexico City, 3-8 March 2008.
Netherlands.
Guest lecturer at (1) Sweelinckkonservatorium, Amsterdam (1979); (2) Department
of Musicology, University of Amsterdam (1980); (3) Department of Musicology,
University of Utrecht (1988); (4) Dutch Educational Radio in-house training
(1994). Invited paper at First International Conference on Popular Music
Research, University of Amsterdam (1981).
Norway.
Guest lecturer at (1) Musikkvitenskapelig institut, Oslo Universitet (1980,
1981); (2-3) Norwegian Radio & TV Staff Training Programme (Personaloplæringen,
NRK ) Oslo (1986) and Trondheim (1986, 1987). (4-5) Invited papers at
Nordic Music Educators' Conference, Rogalands Musikkonservatorium, Stavanger
(1986) and Nordic Musicology Conference, Trondheim (1987). (8) Keynote
speaker, Nordic Musicology Congress, Musikkvitenskap, Oslo Universitet
(August 2008).
Portugal.
Invited paper at International Conference on 'Music and Life-world. Otherness
and Transgression in the Culture of the 20th Century. In memoriam Fernando
Lopes-Graça (1906-1994)', organised by Universidade Nova de Lisboa
(Department of Musicology) and Fundação Dom Luiz I in December
1996 at Cascais.
Sweden(selection
only). Guest lecturer at (1) Musikvetenskapliga institutionen, Uppsala
universitet; (2) Musikvetenskapliga institutionen, Stockholms universitet;
(3) Musikvetenskapliga institutionen, Lunds universitet; (4) Musikhögskolan
i Stockholm; (5) Musikhögskoaln i Piteå; (6) Musikhögskolan
i Malmö; (7) Masskommunikationssociologi, Lunds universitet; (7)
Institutionen för Vetenskapsteori, Göteborgs universitet; (8)
Avdelning för Masskommunikation, Göteborgs universitet; (9)
Institution för lingvistik, Göteborgs universitet; (10-11) Avdelningen
för Masskommunikationsforskning, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,
Göteborgs & Stockholms universitet; (12-13) Swedish Radio &
TV Staff Training Programme (Personalutbildningen, Sveriges Radio, Göteborg
& Stockholm); (14) Dramatiska institutet, Stockholm; (15) Filminstitutet,
Stockholm; (16) Örebro musikpedagogiska institut; (17) Högskolan
i Kalmar; (18) Högskolan I Karlstad. (19) Invited paper at conference
on Music and Manipulation, organised by Karolinska institutet, 16-19 September
1999. Regular visiting lecturer in film music at the University
of Göteborg since 1991-1997. Invited papers at various conferences
and symposia in (1) musicology and music analysis; (2) music education;
(3) music and cultural research; (4) interdisciplinary studies; (5) mass
media studies; (6) music and cultural policy.
Switzerland.
Invited paper Colloque Ferdinand Gonseth, La Chaux-de-Fonds (1989)
United
Kingdom (selection only). Guest lecturer at (1) Arts Faculty, Open
University, Milton Keynes (1979); (2) Department of Cultural Studies,
University of Kent (1980); (3) Centre for American and Commonwealth Studies,
University of Exeter (1980, 1982, 1986); (4) Department of Sociology,
University of Warwick (1985); (5) Department of Music, University of Edinburgh
(1985); (6) Music Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London
(1987); (7) Department of Music, University of Liverpool (1988, 1989);
(8) Research Seminar, University of Keele (1993); (9) Research Seminar,
Department of Music, University of Southampton (1994); (10) British Film
Institute, London (1995); (11) Research Seminar, Department of Music,
University of Leeds (1996). (12) Department of English, Manchester Metropolitan
University (annually 1991-1999); (13) Research seminar, Department of
Latin American Studies, King's College, London (April 1997). (14) Department
of Music, University of Sheffield (January 1998); (15) Research seminar,
Department of Music, University of Newcastle-on-Tyne (December 1998);
(16) Research seminar, Department of Music, University of Bangor (February
1999); (17) Research Seminar, Department of Music, Oxford University.
Part-time lecturing, University of Liverpool (Department of Music, Institute
of Popular Music, Communication Studies, Women's Studies: 1991-1993);
also modules for Communication Studies Department, University of Liverpool.
(1993-1995). Invited papers at (1) International Conference on Music Semiotics,
University of Edinburgh (1992); (2) Film Studies Conference on 'The Detective',
John Moores University, Liverpool (November 1996); (3) IASPM (UK) conference,
University of Guildford (July 2001); (4) UK and Ireland Soundscape Community
Conference, Dartington (February 2001); (5) Society for Music Analysis
symposium, Department of Music, University of Cardiff (November 2001).
(5) Sound Studies conference, Open University, Milton Keynes (July 2008).
Keynote speaker at (1) 7th IASPM International Conference, University
of Strathclyde (1995);(2) IASPM (UK) conference, Guildford (July 2000).
Uruguay.
Weekend seminar at University
of Montevideo (July 2004).
USA.
(1) Keynote speaker at Sonnek Society annual conference, Madison,
Wisconsin (1995). (2) Special lecture, Music Department, University of
Texas at Austin (invited by postgraduate student association, April 2008).
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Musical experience
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1960-62. School Organist, The Leys School, Cambridge.
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1962. Prize for choral composition, King's College, Cambridge (performed
Trinity Sunday 1962). See List of musical works.
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Composer of commissioned Preces and Responses for The Edington Festival
(1963). Broadcast on Radio 3 (Third Programme). See List of musical
works.
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1962-65. Member of CUMS (Cambridge University Musical Society) choir
(2nd tenor) and orchestra (timpani).
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Keyboard player in soul/rock/blues band The Soulbenders, Cambridge (1963-1965).
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Keyboard player in The Finesilver-Kerr Quintet (R&B, mainstream
jazz), Manchester (1965-1966).
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1966-68. Keyboard player and arranger in The Nazz (rock, R&B) and
The Disturbance (rock, pop, soul), Karlstad (1966-1968).
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1968-73. Arranger for, keyboard player with and member of Göteborgs
Kammarkör (second tenor).
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1972-76. Founder member, composer, lyricist, arranger and keyboard player
of Röda
Kapellet (left-wing
political rock cabaret band), Göteborg, co-producing 2 albums
and 1 EP (total sales c. 8500 + 2 live TV appearances and ample radio
play). See List of musical works.
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1979-84. Composer of one radio and two TV title themes for Swedish radio/TV
(broadcast 1979-1984). See List of musical works.
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1990. Composer of underscore to short film Århundradets kärlekssaga
(dir. Eva Wilhelmsson, Göteborg).
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1998. Arranger of tracks
on CD 'Prime Time Vol.2' for Reliable Source Music Ltd. (Library
Music)
Media activities
- 1975.
Scriptwriter and co-producer of Pop i örat for UR (Swedish
Educational Radio): 6 x 20 minute programmes for 13-16 year-olds on
the history and functions of pop music, including materials for pupils
(25 pp.) and teachers (61 pp.).
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1987. The Japan Prize for Educational Radio Production, together with
Gerard Kempers (AVRO radio, Hilversum, Netherlands) for Muziek maakt
alles mooier (='Music Makes It More Amusing): 6 x 30 minute programmes
for secondary school pupils on the functions and meanings of music (1987).
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1975- . Collaboration as speaker or interviewee in numerous radio programmes
(on music education, music policy, entertainment, media, culture etc.)
in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the
UK and the USA.
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1979. 10-minute TV presentation of research into popular music affect
analysis. TV2, Göteborg.
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1979-84. Composer of one radio and two TV title themes for Swedish radio/TV
(broadcast 1979-1984). See List of musical
works.
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1990. Composer of underscore to short film Århundradets kärlekssaga
(dir. Eva Wilhelmsson, Göteborg).
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1994. 3-minute TV presentation of popular music analysis, Look North,
BBC1, Manchester.
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1998. Compositions and arrangements issued as Library Music (Reliable
Source Music, Ltd.)
- 2000-
Creator and manager of www.tagg.org. In mid
2008 tagg.org was one of the ten most visited musicology sites
and one of the three most visited popular music studies sites on the
internet. Ref.
- 2006.
1-hour programme about music analysis for Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
- 2007-09.
19 educational videoclips posted on YouTube
(popular music analysis) with around 60,000 views in all (average =
3,160 per clip).
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Research
Research
Grant Experience
- 1983-1985.
Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Humanistiska-samhällsvetenskapliga
forskningsrådet). 'Method Development in the Aesthetics of Popular
Music'. Part-time research fellowship.
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1985-1989. Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social
Sciences (Humanistiska-samhällsvetenskapliga forskningsrådet).
'Development of Analytical Method and Basic Resources in Popular Music
Studies'. Full-time research fellowship. Grant renewed in 1989 for period
July 1989 - April 1991. Supervision of 3 doctoral students and 1 research
assistant 1983-1989.
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1991-1993. University of Göteborg, P H Holt Trust (via University
of Liverpool), Blackwell's Reference Books (Oxford). Construction of
database, taxonomy and headword list for EPMOW (Encyclopaedia of Popular
Music of the World).
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Tagg home page
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Current research interests
[1]
Gestural interconversion
and connotative precision.
[2] Anguish in music.
[3] Vocal personae.
Together
with ex-Fullbright scholar of mine, now media attorney, Bob Clarida, I
have also set up a non-profit-making corporation (charitable association)
which will allow musicologists of the mass media to publish their analyses
of musical work under copyright. The corporation, the Mass
Media Music Scholars' Press (MMMSP) is based in New York.
Miscellaneous professional activities
- 1973-77.
Consultant to Swedish Ministry of Education's Committee for the Reform
of Higher Education in Music (OMUS = Organisationskommittén för
högre musikutbildning) on Keyboard Harmony and Popular Music Studies
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1981: Founder of IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular
Music, at present organising over 500 members in over 30 different nations).
Author of the association's statutes
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1981: Co-organiser first International Conference on Popular Music Research,
Amsterdam
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1981-1983: Executive Secretary, IASPM
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1983: Co-organiser 2nd International Conference on Popular Music Studies,
Reggio Emilia
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1983-1984: Organiser of two International Symposia on Popular Music
Research, Göteborg.
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1983-1985: Vice chairman, IASPM
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1983- : Corresponding editor, Popular Music (Cambridge University Press)
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1984- : Member of Editorial Board, Musica Realtà (Milan)
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1984-91: Member of Editorial Board, Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning
(Uppsala, Göteborg)
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1986. Guest Professor in Musicology, Universität des Landes Hessen,
Kassel (summer semester)
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1986-91: Chairman, IASPM, Nordic branch
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1986-91. Compiler of DOPMUS (=Documentation of Popular Music Studies):
database of 6000 titles, forming the basis of the bibliography for the
current Cassell's project Encyclopaedia of Popular Music of the World.
See List of Publications, EPMOW
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1987-1989: Member of executive committee, IASPM
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1992. Consultant on popular music production for RVU educational TV,
Hilversum (1992)
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1992. Musicological expert in music copyright case against Leeds United
FC
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1993- : Personal tutor for undergraduates. (Currently supervisor for
1 masters and 8x PhD students)
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1993- : Founding member and chairperson of the Merseyside Music Industry
Association (MMIA).
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1993, 1997. Musicological expert in ongoing music copyright case
- 1994-2000
Member of Board of Trustees, Liverpool Music Centre.
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1994-2001. Admissions Tutor W320 degree course (University of Liverpool)
- 2000
- : Chairperson, Mass Media Music Scholars'
Press
- 2001-2002
: Admissions Tutor W310 degree programme (University of Liverpool)
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Other training, qualifications and experience
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Computer
Literacy. word processing, database management, web publishing, desktop
publishing, sequencing, notation, sound-editing and video-editing
software.
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Linguistic
skills. Oral and scribal fluency in English, Swedish, French; reasonably
conversant in German and Italian; some skill in Dutch, Danish and
Norwegian; able to read and understand some Spanish and Portuguese.
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1980. Completed University of Göteborg's basic in-house video
production course.
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Musical
experience
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Media
activities
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Other activities
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1963-65. Active member of CUSSO (Cambridge University Social Service
Organisation).
- 1964-65.
Secretary of Cambridge University Branch of The Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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1963-64. Part-time pop critic of Varsity (Cambridge University).
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1965-66. Part-time pop critic Manchester Students' Union newspaper (1965-1966).
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1966-1967: Founder and organiser of youth club in Filipstad (Sweden).
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1968-72. Translator (English-Swedish, Swedish-English) of poetry and
documents (technical and administrative), Göteborg and Uppsala.
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1972-77. Interpreter (English, Swedish, French) for foreign delegates
at political conferences.
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1974-83. Contributor to various cultural and educational policy documents.
- 2007-09.
Member of Board of Administrators, joint property 3600 Van Horne (Conseil
d'administration, Syndicat des copropriétaires 3600 Van Horne,
Montréal).
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After
studying music in Cambridge and education in Manchester, Philip Tagg (b.
1944) moved to Sweden in 1966. From 1971 to 1991 he worked at the University
of Göteborg, helping in the foundation of a new music teacher training
college and completing his doctorate in 1979 on the semiotic analysis
of television music. In 1981 he co-founded the International Association
for the study of Popular Music (IASPM). In 1991 he returned to the UK
to initiate the Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (EPMOW). From
1993 until 2002 he taught at the Institute of Popular Music at the University
of Liverpool. He was appointed Professor of Musicology at the Université
de Montréal in November 2002 where he teaches such subjects as Analyse
de la musique populaire anglophone and Musique et images en mouvement..
Trained
in the classical tradition as an organist and composer, Tagg has also
composed a number of choral works, as well as in the 1970s writing songs,
playing keyboard and producing albums in the rock/pop sphere. He has written,
coproduced or otherwise collaborated in a number of educational radio
projects relating to popular music and written extensively on the semiotics
of popular music. His website, tagg.org, is one of the most widely visited
musicology and popular music studies site on the internet.
While
studying music at Cambridge and education at Manchester in the 1960s,
Philip Tagg was also active as songwriter, arranger and musician in both
the 'classical' and 'popular' fields. From 1971 to 1991 he taught music
history, analysis, film music and keyboard harmony at the University of
Göteborg (Sweden). In 1991 he initiated work on EPMOW (Encyclopedia of
Popular Music of the World). From 1993 to 2002 he taught at the University
of Liverpool's Institute of Popular Music. He was appointed Senior Professor
of Musicology at the Université de Montréal in November 2002.
Philip
Tagg is a musician and composer turned musicologist with a background
in both popular and art music. In 1981 he co-founded the International
Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) and in 1991 initiated
work on the Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (EPMOW). He is
an internationally recognised authority on topics like Popular Music
Analysis and Music and the Moving Image, both of which he currently
teaches at the Université de Montréal.
 
En français
Désolé,
mais aucun curriculum n’existe encore en français. Cependant,
vous trouverez ici un entrevue
dans laquelle j’essaie d’expliquer les enjeux principaux de
l’enseignement et de la recherche dans les musiques populaires.
Em português
Desculpe.
Ainda não existe.
La
trayectoria Philip Tagg está basada en una interesante integración de
formación y experiencia como músico práctico y una rigurosa formación
en el campo de la musicología. A su importante producción bibliográfica
hay que sumar su decisiva participación en procesos como la formación
de la IASPM y sus ramas
locales, como la latinoamericana.
En
la actualidad se desempeña como profesor de musicología en la Facultad
de Música de la Universidad de
Montreal, Canadá. Simultáneamente, participa activamente como docente
e investigador en diferentes institutos y universidades a nivel internacional.
Sus investigaciones han sido expuestas en numerosos
artículos para publicaciones periódicas especializadas, enciclopedias
y antologías. En su sitio web es posible consultar
un número importante de escritos, así como trabajos de otros
autores y también de estudiantes de sus
cursos y seminarios en los niveles de grado y posgrado
La
primera obra que marcó un punto de inflexión decisivo en este campo de
estudio fue Kojak: 50 Seconds of Television
Music. Towards the Analysis of Affect in Popular Music, de 1979.
Le siguió Fernando the Flute
(1991), un riguroso análisis de la canción “Fernando” del mítico grupo
pop sueco ABBA, y en 1994 Popular
music: da Kojak al Rave.
El
año pasado se publicó su último y monumental libro en coautoría con Bob
Clarida, Ten Little Title Tunes
(Towards a musicology of the mass media)... Hay que mencionar también
sus aportes como director y responsable de varias de las voces de la Enciclopedia
de la música popular del mundo (EPMOW, por sus siglas en inglés).
Este proyecto tuvo su puntapié inicial en 1991 y uno de sus aportes sustanciales
fue el de lograr un consenso sobre una definición de “música popular”.
Véase
tambien
“Metodología
de la investigación artistica - música: la perspectiva musicológica
de Philip Tagg, UNC (Chile), 2000.
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