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Matthew A. Somoroff, Musicology

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Typical Courses Taught:

  • Music 20s, SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC Synopsis
Education:

MAQueens College, CUNY2005
BANew York University2002
Specialties:

Ethnomusicology
Musicology
Research Interests: Jazz; Listening Practices; Aesthetics; Music & identity politics; Sound recordings; African American popular music

Areas of Interest:

Ethnomusicology
African American Studies
Critical Theory
Historiography

Keywords:

Jazz • Listening • Sound Recordings • African American Music • Aesthetics

Recent Publications

  1. Review of: Alexander Weheliye, Phonographies, Popular Music & Society, vol. 30 no. 2 (May, 2007), pp. 292-294
  2. Review of: Kyra Gaunt, The Games Black Girls Play, Popular Music & Society, vol. 30 no. 2 (May, 2007), pp. 298-300

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