The obscure journal of this man’s namesake “studies” released a controversial issue in response to Philip Ewell’s essay about this music theorist’s racism. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this theorist whose method analyzes tonal music as generated from a “fundamental structure,” or Ursatz.
ANSWER: Heinrich Schenker [accept Schenkerian analysis; accept Journal of Schenkerian Studies]
[10h] This composer recently stepped down from the University of Michigan’s faculty after showing Laurence Olivier’s blackface Otello in a lecture. This composer based his Lacerations on memories of the Cultural Revolution.
ANSWER: Bright Sheng [or Shèng Zōngliàng]
[10e] This prestigious annual American music prize was only first awarded to a Black composer in 1996, when George Walker won for Lilacs. In 2018, it was controversially awarded to Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN.
ANSWER: Pulitzer Prize for Music
<Classical Music>