The poster indicated that there were "great journals" at the MTO site. Here are some questions for you:
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Good for whom? Good for you as students "new" to formal music theory coursework?
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Do these topics interest you?
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Do you think these topics are relevant to you at your current level of experience with regard to music theory?
My assumption is that topics such as "network recursion" hold little interest and relevance to you as entry-level music theorists. I can tell you that the only article that I might read is the one by Benedon.
What do you think?
What is Music Theory Online? According to their website, "Music Theory Online is the refereed, electronic journal of the Society for Music Theory, Inc. Published several times each year, each issue includes features such as articles, book reviews, and reports from a distinguished panel of International Correspondents. In addition, MTO publishes announcements of upcoming conferences and calls for papers, a list of job opportunities, abstracts of recently completed and in-progress dissertations, and summaries of recently published books." The Society for Music Theory "was founded in 1977. The Society holds annual meetings, publishes two journals (Music Theory Spectrum and Music Theory Online), and encourages scholarly excellence by giving awards for outstanding publications in music theory. We also work to increase the diversity of our discipline and to promote fruitful exchanges between music theorists, musicologists, performers, and scholars in other fields." I thought that the MTO had an affiliation with Indiana University, but I'm not finding evidence of that at this moment.
Current Issue of Music Theory Online
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Music Theory Online
Articles:
Fernando Benadon (American University)
A Circular Plot for Rhythm Visualization and Analysis
Scott Murphy (University of Kansas)
Considering Network Recursion and Bartók’s “Fourths”
Adam Ricci (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
The Progress of a Motive in Brahms's Intermezzo op. 119, no. 3
Mark Sallmen (University of Toronto)
Listening to the Music Itself: Breaking Through the Shell of Elliott Carter’s “In Genesis”
Commentaries:
Matthew W. Butterfield (Franklin & Marshall College)
Response to Fernando Benadon
Gretchen Foley (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
The Efficacy of K-Nets in Perlean Theory
Henry Klumpenhouwer (University of Alberta)
Reconsidering Klumpenhouwer Networks: a Response
Catherine Losada (University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
K-nets and Hierarchical Structural Recursion: Further Considerations
Catherine Nolan (University of Western Ontario)
Thoughts on Klumpenhouwer Networks and Mathematical Models: The Synergy of Sets and Graphs
Shaugn O'Donnell (The City College and Graduate Center, CUNY)
Embracing Relational Abundance
Philip Stoecker (Oberlin College Conservatory)
Without a Safety (k)-Net
Dmitri Tymoczko (Princeton University)
Recasting K-nets
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Have a look a these other music theory journals they list on their site:
Analitica: Published by the Group for Music Analysis and Theory (G.A.T.M.) in collaboration with the State University of Bologna, Department of Music
British Postgraduate Musicology: an academic journal dedicated to the publication of research by postgraduate or recent postdoctoral students of music
Discourses in Music: a tri-annual journal "dedicated to developing and maintaining a dialogue on musical and aesthetic matters among graduate music students across Canada"
ECHO: an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal created and edited by graduate students in the Department of Musicology at UCLA
EUNOMIOS: an open online journal for theory, analysis, and semiotics of music
Gamut: The peer-reviewed online journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Journal of Film Music: The Journal of Film Music publishes original articles and reviews that address any aspect of film music
Journal of Music and Meaning " a refereed on-line journal for multi-disciplinary research on music and meaning"
Journal of the Royal Musical Association: an online version of the print journal, JRMA publishes articles "in fields ranging from historical and critical musicology to theory and analysis, ethnomusicology, and popular music studies"
Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music: "a refereed forum for scholarly studies of the musical cultures of the seventeenth century"
Sapaan: "a refereed bi-yearly online music theory journal which publishes analytical and critical essays in a wide variety of domains, and of all music past and present"
Theoria: A peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of history in music theory.
Perhaps I should explain the terms "peer-reviewed" and "refereed". There may be a subtle difference of which I am not aware, but as far as I know, the terms are synonymous. Generally speaking a "peer-reviewed" publication (journal, on-line resource, weblogs even) is scrutinized by leaders in that particular field of expertise. Editors of scholarly publications will use the peer review process to help select and edit submissions that are entered for consideration. These submissions will be sent out to a few (three is a good number) experts for review. These reviewers will give feedback to the editor as to the level of scholarship employed in the article. This process really only serves people like me who are working in academia. It will look a LOT better in my record if I publish in a peer-reviewed journal than if I publish in a publication (like a magazine) that is not. The fact that a publication is NOT peer-reviewed does not necessarily mean that the information in it is any less valuable or scholarly.
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