Nico Schüler Explained

Nico Schüler
Birth Date:5 May 1970
Birth Place:Roßlau, Bezirk Halle,
East Germany
Occupation:music theorist, musicologist, composer, educator
Education:University of Greifswald (MA), Michigan State University (PhD)
Module:
University Distinguished Professor at Texas State University
Notable Works:Computer-Assisted Music Analysis

Nico Schüler (born 5 May 1970) is a German-American music theorist, musicologist, composer, and university professor, whose scholarly work has been reviewed in peer-reviewed journals.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He is listed in the Biography and Genealogy Master Index,[9] in Who's Who in America[10] and in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders.[11]

Life

Born in Roßlau, in the Bezirk Halle of East Germany, Schüler grew up in Greifswald and studied music education, musicology, philosophy, and computer science at the University of Greifswald and at Humboldt University of Berlin. In 2000, he received a Ph.D. in music theory from Michigan State University with a dissertation on computer-assisted music analysis.[12] After two years of teaching at Central Michigan University (1999-2001),[13] he joined Texas State University as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Theory in 2001. He was promoted to associate professor in 2006, to professor in 2009, and named University Distinguished Professor of Music Theory and Musicology in 2017.[13]

Academic activities

Schüler's publications are focussed on the rediscovery of forgotten or underrepresented musicians (e.g., Jacob J. Sawyer, Sam Lucas, The Hyers Sisters, Billy Kersands, Wallace King, Cornelia Schröder-Auerbach), computer-applications in music research,[14] methodology of music research, music of the 20th century (e.g., Dietrich Erdmann, Hanning Schröder, Kurt Schwaen, Burkhard Meier, or Peter Harlan), music theory pedagogy, and music historiography.[15] He is the co-editor of the international book series Methodology of Music Research.[16] Schüler is an editorial board member of the scholarly journal New Sound,[17] and he was a keynote speaker at the 13th Biennial International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis in Belgrade in 2019.[18] Further, he served as president of the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter (2016-2019)[19] and president of the College Music Society South Central Chapter (2007-2009 and 2017-2019).[20] As a composer, he has written piano and electronic music, and he has been an officer of the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA).[21]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41124578 Mäkelä, Tomi. "Hanning Schröder. Dokumente, Kritisches Werkverzeichnis. (Verdrängte Musik. Band 15) NICO SCHÜLER." Die Musikforschung 52, no. 3 (July 1, 1999): 388–389.
  2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3681908 Kennett, Chris. "Computer-Applications in Music Research Nico Schüler." Computer Music Journal 27, no. 4 (December 1, 2003): 95–98.
  3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/848153 John, Eckhard. 1998. “Zwischen Noten- Und Gesellschaftssystemen. Festschrift Für Cornelia Schröder-Auerbach Zum 95. Geburtstag Und Zum Andenken an Hanning Schröder Anläßlich Seines 100. Geburtstages Nico Schüler." Jahrbuch Für Volksliedforschung 43 (January): 254–255.
  4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41125074 Konrad, Ulrich. 1995. “Referate Des Wissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums Der Greifswalder Mozart-Tage Am 3. Dezember 1991 W. A. Mozart Nico SCHÜLER Lutz WINKLER." Die Musikforschung 48 (3): 311–313.
  5. http://www.newsound.org.rs/pdf/en/ns29/18.%20Leon%20Stefanija.pdf Stefanija, Leon: "Laske, Otto E. Musikalische Grammatik Und Musikalisches Problemlösen: Utrechter Schriften (1970–1974). Edited by Nico Schüler." New Sound: International Magazine for Music, no. 29 (2007): 136-138.
  6. https://www.dissonanz.ch Schönenberger, Roland: "Nico Schüler (Ed.): Zu Problemen Der 'Heroen'- Und Der 'Genie'-Musikgeschichtsschreibung." Dissonanz (Lausanne), no. 63 (February 2000): 50.
  7. https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/omz/html?lang=en Wagner, Manfred: "Nico Schüler (Ed.): Zu Problemen Der 'Heroen'- Und Der 'Genie'-Musikgeschichtsschreibung." Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 54 (7–8): 86.
  8. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A168133630/BIC?u=txshracd2550&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=36e0f79b Mayhood, Erin. "South Central Music Bulletin (SCMB)." Notes 64, no. 1 (2007): 113. Gale In Context: Biography (accessed June 30, 2022).
  9. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/QRKAEN242844215/GDL?u=txshracd2550&sid=bookmark-GDL&xid=7650ebb3 "Schuler, Nico Stephan." In Biography and Genealogy Master Index, 2022 ed., edited by Tara Atterberry. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2022. Gale Directory Library (accessed June 30, 2022).
  10. https://www.marquiswhoswho.com Who's Who in America® [Marquis™]. 58th edition, 2004. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 2003. Who's Who in America® [Marquis™]. 59th edition, 2005. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 2004.
  11. https://www.marquiswhoswho.com Who's Who of Emerging Leaders® [Marquis™]. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 2006.
  12. https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/M5599ZB9J Schuler, Nico Stephan. Methods of computer-assisted music analysis: history, classification, and evaluation, Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 2000.
  13. Web site: Faculty Profiles . 2024-07-23 . faculty.txst.edu.
  14. https://www.ismir2020.net/tutorials/ International Society for Music Information Retrieval.
  15. https://symposium.music.org/index.php/42/itemlist/user/1193-nicosch%C3%BCler College Music Symposium.
  16. https://www.peterlang.com/series/mmr Methodology of Music Research, Frankfurt, New York, etc.: Peter Lang, 2002-.
  17. http://www.newsound.org.rs/en/editorial_staff.html New Sound: International Journal of Music, Belgrade, Serbia.
  18. https://musicandspatiality2019.weebly.com/keynote-speakers.html Music and Spatiality, 13th Biennial International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis October 4-6, 2019, Belgrade.
  19. https://ams-sw.org/index.php/officers/ Officers of the AMS Southwest Chapter
  20. https://www.music.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=185&Itemid=2579 CMS South Central Chapter
  21. Web site: The Texas Chapter of the National Association of Composers USA: Promoting Contemporary Music in the State of Texas and Beyond . 2024-07-23 . icnm.org.