Behind the Times? Digital Research Methods and the Music Classroom

Abstract

Digital methods have begun to make their way into the research practices of music scholars, and most of this insurgence can be attributed to the rise of the discipline of music technology. Though digital humanities-related research methods are becoming increasingly prevalent among the research and teaching methodologies of music scholars, evidence gathered from course descriptions and presentations at national meetings of music scholars would indicate that these digital methods continue to lag other music-based technologies. Drawing from the advancement of music technology and the experiences of digital humanities teaching and scholarship, this paper presents a path for libraries to promote greater integration of digital methods into the pedagogical practices of music historians and music theorists.