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Musicology Master's (MA)

Rebecca Shaw

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MA Musicology, 2019

Email: rebecca.shaw@dal.ca

MA Thesis: Differentiae in the Cantus Manuscript Database: A Cross-Manuscript Analysis

Why Dal?

I came to ±«Óătv initially to complete a Master in Library and Information Studies. Through my work as a Research Assistant on the Cantus Manuscript Database with Dr. Jennifer Bain, I had the opportunity to pursue a Master of Arts in Musicology at the same time.

What Inspires Me?

Through my work as an RA, I have become interested in the relationships between differentiae within medieval chant manuscripts, including relationships within the same document and relationships between documents of different provenance. 

Publications and Works

“The Kassel-WolfenbĂŒttel Tablature System: A Convergence of Lute Tablature and Mensural Notation,” presented at the 2016 Music Encoding Conference

“A ‘New Harmony’: Intertextuality and Quotation in Toru Takemitsu’s Folio III” in 2015 Undergraduate Awards (2016),

“Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares by John Dowland: Tears of Lost Innocence” in Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology, Vol. 7 (Spring 2014),

Awards & Honours

Killam Predoctoral Fellowship, Level 1, ±«Óătv University
Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS M), ±«Óătv University
Governor General’s Silver Medal, Western University

After Grad?

After completing my studies at ±«Óătv, I became a Music Archivist at the  Music Library of the University of Toronto.