Perspectives of New Music | |
Editor: | Benjamin Boretz, Robert Morris, John Rahn |
Discipline: | Music theory and musical analysis |
Abbreviation: | Perspect. New Music |
Publisher: | Perspectives of New Music, Seattle |
Country: | US |
Frequency: | Biannual |
History: | 1962–present |
Website: | http://www.perspectivesofnewmusic.org/ |
Jstor: | 00316016 |
Oclc: | 805415023 |
Lccn: | 66089176 |
Issn: | 0031-6016 |
Perspectives of New Music (PNM) is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It was established in 1962 by Arthur Berger and Benjamin Boretz (who were its initial editors-in-chief).
Perspectives was first published by the Princeton University Press, initially supported by the Fromm Music Foundation.[1] The first issue was favorably reviewed in the Journal of Music Theory, which observed that Berger and Boretz had produced "a first issue which sustains such a high quality of interest and cogency among its articles that one suspects the long delay preceding the yet-unborn Spring 1963 issue may reflect a scarcity of material up to their standard".[2] When Fromm discontinued his support, Perspectives of New Music formed an independent corporation, which has continued its publication.
Boretz edited the journal from 1962 through 1983, with co-editors Berger (1962–1964), Edward T. Cone (1968–1972), and Elaine Barkin (1972–1983). John Rahn was editor from 1983 until 1993, and Boretz again in 1994/95. From 1995 until 2000, there was a group of five editors: Joseph Dubiel, Marion Guck, Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, Andrew Mead, and Stephen Peles. Musicologist Jerome Kohl was the journal's managing editor from 1985 to 1999.[3] The current editors are Boretz, Robert Morris, and Rahn.