Matt Bribitzer-Stull

Professor: Theory / Composition

Matthew Bribitzer-Stull, a native of Minnesota, joined the faculty of the School of Music in 2002. Previously, he taught at Penn State University and the Eastman School of Music. Bribitzer-Stull received the Ph.D. in music theory from Eastman in 2001. During his tenure there he served as co-editor of the journal Intégral. His doctoral thesis examined thematic development and dramatic association in Wagner's Ring.

Bribitzer-Stull's teaching and research interests include: Wagner, counterpoint, pedagogy, and the intersections between tonal structure and extra-musical association. He has delivered papers and presentations on these topics to regional, national, and international audiences at more than 20 venues. His publications appear in: Journal of Music Theory (forthcoming), Music Analysis, Intégral, Journal of Schenkerian Studies (forthcoming), Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Musicological Research, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and in New Millennium Wagner Studies: Essays on Music and Culture (Palgrave 2007), an interdisciplinary essay anthology of which Bribitzer-Stull is also co-editor. Most recently, Oxford University Press has published the 940-page Anthology for Analysis and Performance. His book, Understanding the Leitmotif: From Wagner to Hollywood Film Music is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press

Bribitzer-Stull was a fellow at the Mannes Institute on Chromaticism at Yale in June of 2006 and has served in a variety of leadership positions with the Society for Music Theory and Music Theory Midwest. He was named the 2007 Emerging Scholar by the Society for Music Theory.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Music Theory, Eastman School of Music

Specialties

Richard Strauss
music theory
German Romantic music traditions
french horn
Wagner
theory pedagogy
nineteenth-century theory and analysis
musical form and tonal structure
musical associativity
chromatic harmony

Publications

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Publications

The End of Die Feen and Wagner's Beginnings: An Early Example of Double-Tonic Complex and Associative Theme: Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Music Analysis, 25/3, 315-40, 2006.
Contention in the Classroom: Encouraging Debate and Alternate Readings in the Undergraduate Theory Class: Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, 17, 21-46, 2003.
Did You Hear Love's Fond Farewell?': Some Examples of Thematic Irony in Wagner's Ring: Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Journal of Musicological Research, 23/2, 123-57, 2004.
The A-flat - C - E Complex in the Nineteenth Century: Chords, Keys, and Contexts: Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Music Theory Spectrum, 28/2, 167-90, 2006.
On Naming Themes: Palgrave, Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Richard Wagner for the New Millennium: Essays in Music and Culture, 89-108, 2007.
Richard Wagner for the New Millennium: Essays in Music and Culture. Alex Lubet, Gottfried Wagner, Palgrave, Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, 2007.
Understanding the Leitmotive: Musical Themes, Musical Association, and the Paradigm of Wagner's Ring. Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, forthcoming.
The Cadenza as Parenthesis: An Analytic Approach: Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Journal of Music Theory, 50/2, 211-51, 2006.
Echoes of Alberich's Anguish: Compositional Unity, Analytic Plurality, and Wagner's Das Rheingold: Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Journal of Schenkerian Studies, 3, 59-91, 2008.
Hearing Wagner in Till Eulenspiegel: Strauss's Merry Pranks Reconsidered: Robert Gauldin, Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Integral, 21, 1-39, 2007.
Lingering Dissonances in Wagner Scholarship: Alex Lubet, Palgrave, Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, Richard Wagner for the New Millennium: Essays in Music and Culture, xii-xvi, 2007.
Musical Development and Dramatic Association in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Eastman School of Music, Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, 2001.
Anthology of Music for Performance and Analysis. Bribitzer-Stull, Matt, forthcoming.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Secretary, Theory/Musicology Area: School of Music, University of Minnesota. 2002 - none
Member: Undergraduate Committee, School of Music, University of Minnesota. 2002 - none
Member: Society for Music Theory. 1997 - none
Member: Oberlin Conservatory Committee. none - none
Member: Music Theory Society of New York State. 1996 - none
Member: New England Conference of Music Theorists. 1998 - none
Member: International Horn Society. 1992 - none
Member: College Music Society. 1999 - none
Member: Diversity Committee of the Society for Music Theory. none - none
Member: American Musicological Society (New York chapter). 1999 - none
Chair of Lingering Dissonances: Wagner 2003 Conference, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota 2002 - none
Chair: Undergraduate Core Curriculum Task Force, School of Music, University of Minnesota. 2002 - none
Board Member: Music Theory Society of New York State. none - none
Scheduler, Theory/Composition Division: School of Music, University of Minnesota. 2002 - none

Outreach

Oberlin Alumni Recruiter none - none
Oberlin Conservatory Cluster Agent none - none
Member: Twin Cities Wagner Society. none - none
Contribution Coordinator: Oberlin LAMBDA Alumni. none - none
Steering Committee Member: Oberlin LAMBDA Alumni. none - none

Creative

Co-Editor: Integral. 1999 - 2000
Oberline Wind/Brass/Percussion Recitals and Studio Class Performances 1990 - 1996
Masterclass performances with Peter Kurau (1993, 1996), Vincent Chickowitz (1994), and Richard King (1994) none - none
Substitute with the Erie, PA Philharmonic 1994 - none
"The A-C-E complex: Association, tonal structure, and the development of a compositional strategy": presentation to the Society for Music Theory. October 31, 2002 - none
Oberlin and Eastman brass quintets 1990 - 1999
"The A-C-E complex: Association, tonal structure, and the development of a compositional strategy": presentation to the Music Theory Society of New York State. April 28, 2002 - none
"Contention in the classroom: Encouraging debate and alternate analytic readings in the undergraduate theory class": presentation at the College Music Society National Meeting. September 27, 2002 - none
Active chamber musician in State College Area 2000 - none
Sub/extra with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra 2004 - present
"Musical Parentheses, 6/4 Chords, and the Performer as Analyst: Another Look at the Cadenza": Paper presented to the Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting in Madison, WI. November 2004 - none

Awards

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Awards

University of Rochester Edward Peck Curtis Teaching Award, 1999 - 2000
Penn State University Teaching Award Nominee, 2002 - none
MTSNYS 2000 Emerging Scholar Award Nominee, 2000 - none
Edward Peck Curtis Award, none - none
Eastman School of Music Teaching Assistant Prize, 1998 - 1999
CMS Travel Grant for Outstanding Paper Proposal, 2000 - none
University of Rochester Sproull Fellowship, 1995 - 1997
Summer Research Fellowship, Summer 2004 - Summer 2004
McKnight Fellowship, Summer 2004 - Summer 2004
Society for Music Theory Emerging Scholar Award for The Ab-C-E Complex, 2007 - 2007
Fellow, Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory, 2006 - 2006

Courses

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