J. Kent Williams - Publications and Conference Presentations
Books
Form, Process, and Texture in Tonal Music, 2001
QuickTime musical
examples.
Theories and Analyses of Twentieth-Century Music,
Thomson-Wadsworth, 1997.
information from
Thomson-Wadsworth
reviewed by Larry Barnes in Music
Theory Online 3.4
reviewed by Richard Bass, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy
11 (1997): 107-117.
List of errata
- Exploring Atonal Theory with Music Logo, By
the author, 1986.
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Themes Composed by Jazz Musicians of the Bebop Era: A Study of
Harmony, Rhythm, and Melody.
- Ann Arbor: University
Microfilms International, 1983. [#8308888]
Journal Articles
- "Oscar Peterson and The Art of Paraphrase: The1965 Recording
of 'Stella by Starlight',"
- Annual Review of Jazz Studies 9 (1997-1998): 25-43.
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- Review of Paul F. Berliner, Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite
Art of Improvisation,
- Annual Review of Jazz Studies 9 (11997-1998):
367-390.
Review of Carol L. Krumhansl, Cognitive Foundations of Musical Pitch,- Indiana Theory Review 13.1 (Spring 1991): 135-180
- "Logo as a Medium for Exploring Atonal Theory,"
- Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy 5.1 (Spring
1991): 47-78.
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- "Talking Music Theory with a Computer and a Human Being,"
- Journal of Computer-Based Instruction 16.2 (1989):
71-79.
- Rebuttal to Review of "Themes Composed by Jazz Musicians of the Bebop
Era: A Study of Harmony, Rhythm, and Melody,"
- Council for Research in Music Education,, Bulletin no. 95, Winter,
1988.
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- "Archetypal Schemata in Jazz Themes of the Bebop Era,"
- Annual Review of Jazz Studies 4 (1988): 49-74
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- "Computer-Aided Analysis of Jazz Melody,"
- Annual Review of Jazz Studies 3 (1985): 41-70.
Review of Andrew Jaffe, Jazz Theory.- In Theory Only 7 (May
1984): 59-76.
- "A Survey of Writings on Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and
Percussion,"
- Percussionist 17 (Fall 1979): 3-22.
- "Rhythmic Structure in Selected Works of Binchois and Dufay,"
- Indiana Theory Review 3.1 (Spring 1978): 31-48.
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Recent Conference Papers and Presentations
- "A Multimedia Introduction
to Octatonic Theory and Bartók's Octatonic Practice"
- Society for Music Theory, Columbus, OH (November 2, 2002)
- Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Miami, FL (October 4, 2003)
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- "Hodges at Newport: The Rhetoric of Jeep's Blues"
- Society for Music Theory, Atlanta (November 13, 1999)
- "Using QuickTime Animations to Depict Form and Phrase Rhythm"
- Society for Music Theory, Atlanta (November 12, 1999)
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- "Creating Animated Analyses with QuickTime Player and Electrifier Pro"
- Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Denver (October 14, 1999)
"Using QuickTime to Depict Musical Form and Process"- Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Puerto Rico, Oct. 24, 1998
CHT Lecture/Concert Series, UNCG School of Music, Nov. 17, 1998
Published Compositions
African Sketches (percussion quartet). Cleveland: Ludwig Music
Publishing Co., 1968.
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