New Periodicals

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New Periodicals Edited by Lindsay Hansen Brown This semiannual column selectively lists new periodicals; describes their objectives, formats, and contents; and provides information special issues; title and format changes, mergers, and cessations. The following resources were frequently consulted when assembling this column: Music Periodicals Database (MPD; http://www.proquest.com/products-services/iimp_ft.html), Music Index (MI; https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/music-index), RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, (RILM; http://www.rilm.org), OCLC Worldcat and Ulrich's Periodical Directory (www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/), and the Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org). All Web sites were accessed on 17 September 2019 unless otherwise indicated. electronica Reviews, new titles, and publisher and title changes announced elsewhere in this column include additional comments about electronic access. Backstage Pass (https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/backstage-pass/about.html; no ISSN) is a peer-reviewed, annual, open-access title focused on music industry studies. It is published by the University of the Pacific's Music Industry Studies Program and edited by Keith Hatschek from the Conservatory of Music. Submissions are limited to University of the Pacific students though they need not be studying music or business. special journal issues Contemporary Music Review. Vol. 37, Nos. 5–6 (December 2018): Music, Mediation Theories and Actor-Network Theory. This double issue, edited by Georgina Born and Andrew Barry, was inspired by a British research program, 'Music, Digitization, Mediation: Towards Interdisciplinary Music Studies' and considers comparative ethnographic studies of music being transformed worldwide by digitization and digital media. This issue features nine research articles and no reviews or other content. Journal of Sonic Studies. Vol. 18. (2019): Materials of Sound II. Continuing the work started in the 16th issue, this volume was edited by Caleb Kelly. The first issue "focused on creative sonic production that en gaged materials" and this companion volume notes "material sounds are found within cultures, cities, religions, movement, environmental catastrophe, and the murmurs of the crowd." Included are four articles and embedded audio. The Musical Quarterly. Vol. 101, No. 4 (Winter 2018): Music and Jews. Introduced by Leon Botstein and edited by Halina Goldberg, this issue addresses the "musical practices that emerged in the late eighteenth century [that] became a factor in the evolution of Jewish ethnic, religious, and political identity … within Jewish families throughout Central Europe." The issue includes six research articles and no reviews or other content. [End Page 484] Nineteen-Century Music Review. Vol. 16, No. 1 (April 2019): Percy Grainger: Cosmopolitan Imagination. Guest edited by Ryan Weber, this issue explores the idea of Grainger as a "cosmopolitan" composer amidst the "contradictions and peculiarities that plagued Grainger's career." Included are four research articles and several book and CD reviews. The Opera Quarterly. Vol. 34, No. 4 (Autumn 2018): Opera at the Multiplex. Guest edited by Christopher Morris and Joseph Attard, this issue discusses The Met: Live in HD and was spurred by a symposium held at King's College London, 'Opera Cinema: A New Cultural Experience'. Featured are four research articles, the transcript from a panel discussion (from the symposium), and a performance review. Organised Sound. Vol. 24, No. 1 (April 2019): Perceptual Issues Surrounding the Electroacoustic Music Experience. Guest edited by Sven-Amin Lembke, this issue "aimed to contextualize issues pertinent to electroacoustic practice and identify not only the perceptual constraints but also opportunities." The issue features eight research articles, plus book and DVD reviews. Rock Music Studies. Vol. 6, No. 1 (February 2019): Chuck Berry. This issue features five research articles about Berry. Included are several book and sound recording reviews, along with a call for papers. Sound Studies. Vol. 5, No. 1. (March 2019): Sound, Law and Governance. Edited by Leonardo Cardoso, this issue addresses sound, law, and governance with the "close analysis of specific urban spaces, legal documents, auditory communities, and technologies." Featured are five research articles and two book reviews. Click for larger view View full resolution [End Page 485] Copyright © 2020 Music Library Association, Inc.