Stefan M. Kostka (born 1939) is an American music theorist, author, and Professor Emeritus of

music theory Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...

at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

Education

Kostka graduated from the

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with a Bachelor's Degree, and then received a graduate degree at the University of Texas, studying under Kent Kennan before receiving a PhD in music theory from the

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Career

He was a member of the faculty of the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1921 by celebrated industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, it was the ...

from 1969 to 1973, and since that time has been on the faculty at the University Texas at Austin. Kostka initiated courses in computer applications in music at both the Eastman School and the University of Texas. Later, he specialized in courses in

atonal Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. ''Atonality'', in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on ...

theory and contemporary styles and techniques.

Selected publications

Books

* ''The Hindemith String Quartets: A Computer-Assisted Study of Selected Aspects of Style'', Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1969 * ''A Bibliography of Computer Applications in Music'', J. Boonin, 1974 * * ''Materials and Techniques of Twentieth Century Music'', Prentice Hall, 1990;Reviews of ''Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music'': Ronald Rodman (Spring–Fall 1989), ''

Indiana Theory Review The ''Indiana Theory Review'' () is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It began publication in 1977, under the auspices of graduate students in music theory at the Jacobs School of Music, making it the sec ...

'', vol. 10, pp. 115–123 ; Mary H. Wennerstrom (1990), '' Intégral'', vol. 4, pp. 105–116 ;

Arnold Whittall Arnold Whittall (born 1935) is a British musicologist and academic. Whittall's research areas have primarily been centred around the musical analysis of 20th-century music and aspects of the nineteenth-century, such as the music of Richard Wagner. ...

(Spring 1991), ''

Music Theory Spectrum ''Music Theory Spectrum'' () is a peer-reviewed, academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It is the official journal of the Society for Music Theory, and is published by Oxford University Press. The journal was first published ...

'', vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 79–88 , 5th ed., ''Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music'', with Matthew Santa, Routledge, 2018. * ''Anthology of Music for Analysis'', with Roger Graybill, Prentice Hall, 2003

Articles

* 1971: "Recent developments in computer-assisted musical scholarship", '' Computers and the Humanities'', vol. 6, issue 1, pp. 15–21 * 1991: (with Russell Riepe)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kostka, Stefan 1939 births Living people American music theorists University of Texas at Austin faculty Eastman School of Music faculty University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts alumni University of Colorado alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni