Perspectives of New Music

''Perspectives of New Music'' (PNM) is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It was established in 1962 by Arthur Berger and Benjamin Boretz (who were its initial editors-in-chief).

''Perspectives'' was first published by the Princeton University Press, initially supported by the Fromm Music Foundation.David Carson Berry, "''Journal of Music Theory'' under Allen Forte's Editorship," ''Journal of Music Theory'' 50/1 (2006), 21, n49. The first issue was favorably reviewed in the ''Journal of Music Theory'', which observed that Berger and Boretz had produced "a first issue which sustains such a high quality of interest and cogency among its articles that one suspects the long delay preceding the yet-unborn Spring 1963 issue may reflect a scarcity of material up to their standard".

However, as the journal's editorial "perspective" coalesced, Fromm became—in the words of David Gable—disenchanted with the "exclusive viewpoint hatcame to dominate" it. "However intrinsically valuable the kinds of analytic approaches that came to typify it may ave been ''Perspectives'' ecamein essence a highly specialized theory journal for contemporary music. For a decade, Fromm and certain members of the advisory board attempted to broaden the journal's scope, and when the editorial board ... refused to return to the original conception, Fromm withdrew his funding in 1972.David Carson Berry, "''Journal of Music Theory'' under Allen Forte's Editorship," ''Journal of Music Theory'' 50/1 (2006), 21, n49, quoting David Gable, "Paul Fromm in American Musical Life", in ''A Life for New Music: Selected Papers of Paul Fromm'', edited by David Gable and Christoph Wolff, ix–xviii (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Department of Music, 1988), xv.

When Fromm discontinued his support, ''Perspectives of New Music'' formed an independent corporation, which has continued its publication.

Boretz edited the journal from 1962 through 1983, with co-editors Berger (1962–1964), Edward T. Cone (1968–1972), and Elaine Barkin (1972–1983). John Rahn was editor from 1983 until 1993, and Boretz again in 1994/95. From 1995 until 2000, there was a group of five editors: Joseph Dubiel, Marion Guck, Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, Andrew Mead, and Stephen Peles. Musicologist Jerome Kohl was the journal's managing editor from 1985 to 1999. The current editors are Boretz, Robert Morris, and Rahn.

References

Further reading

* 2012. "A History of Perspectives on the Occasion of Our 50th Anniversary" (collection of short articles and interviews conducted by Rachel S. Vandagriff). ''Perspectives of New Music'' 50, nos. 1 and 2 (Winter–Summer): 6–243.
* Berger, Arthur, and Benjamin Boretz. 1987. "A Conversation about ''Perspectives''", transcribed by Marjorie Tichenor. ''Perspectives of New Music'' 25, nos. 1–2, 25th Anniversary Issue (Winter-Summer): 592–607.
* . 1988. "''Perspectives of New Music''. XXV/1–2: 25th Anniversary Issue". ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'' 149, nos. 7–8: 106.
* Graber, Jonathan Schultz. 1995. "''Perspectives of New Music'': A History". DMA diss. Seattle: University of Washington.
* Kerman, Joseph. 1985. ''Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. (cloth) (pbk).

External links

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OtherMinds.org: Perspectives of New Music
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Music theory journals
Contemporary classical music journals
Publications established in 1962
Biannual journals
English-language journals
Academic journals published in the United States
Organizations based in Seattle