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Melanie Plesch

Professor In Music (Musicology)
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Topic theory
post-colonial theory
Argentina
Latin America.
topic theory
arts & humanities
music
carlos guastavino
performing arts and creative writing
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Prof

Melanie Plesch

 
Division
Fine Arts and Music
 
Primary Interest
Music and national identity
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Music and the politics of national identity: How do musical nationalisms work?

2013 - 2014
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Project Types

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Internal Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Melanie Plesch.

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De fugas, canciones infantiles y cuecas. Simultaneidad tópica y retóricas de identidad en la obra de Carlos Guastavino (Of fugues, nursery rhymes and cuecas: topical simultaneity and rhetorics of identity in the oeuvre of Carlos Guastavino)

Melanie Plesch

Book Chapter  |  2019

This chapter examines the interplay of European and Argentine vernacular topics in two works by Carlos Guastavino: ‘Un domingo de ..

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Resisting the Malambo: On the Musical Topic in the Works of Alberto Ginastera

Melanie Plesch

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Musical Quarterly

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From 'abandoned huts' to 'maps of the Pampas' The topos of the huella and the representation of landscape in Argentine art music

Melanie Plesch

Book Chapter  |  2018

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The Cultural Biography of a Music Periodical: Boletín Musical (Buenos Aires, 1837)

M PLESCH

Book Chapter  |  2017

This chapter offers a "cultural biography" of Boletín Musical, a periodical published in Buenos Aires in 1837, which survives in o..

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The Learned Style in Argentine Music: Topic Simultaneity and Rhetorics of Identity in the Work of Carlos Guastavino

M Plesch

Journal article  |  2017  |  Portuguese Journal of Musicology / Revista Portuguesa de Musicologi

This article examines the interplay of European and Argentine vernacular topics in two works by Carlos Guastavino: ‘Un domingo de ..

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Decentring Topic Theory: Musical Topics and Rhetorics of Identity in Latin American Art Music

M Plesch

Journal article  |  2017  |  Portuguese Journal of Musicology / Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia

The article, which functions as an introduction of the dossier of the same name, argues that both mainstream (European) and vernac..

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Teoría, musicología y Antón Pirulero. (Rondó en varias secciones)

M PLESCH

Journal article  |  2016  |  Revista Argentina de Musicologia

In light of the numerous reports on the death of theory and the alleged arrival of a post-theoretical era, I review some of the ke..

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Entre el mito y la historia: Carlos Vega y sus historias de la guitarra clásica en la Argentina

M PLESCH

Book Chapter  |  2015

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Carlos Vega visto por Gerardo Huseby

M PLESCH

Book Chapter  |  2015

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"An extraordinary struggle": dysphoric topics in the argentine musical nationalism

Melanie Plesch

Journal article  |  2014  |  Acta Musicologica

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Keyword Analysis

Arts and Leisure
Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
Expanding Knowledge
Performing Arts

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2014

OLT National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2013

Barbara Falk Award for Excellence in Teaching
2006

DEST, Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
2000

Young Researchers Fellowship awarded by the National Fund for Science and Techcnology of Argentina.

FONCYT (Argentina)
1998

Re-entry grant

Fundacion Antorchas (Argentina)
1995

Beca doctoral (Doctoral scholarship).

CONICET (Argentina)
2019

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor In Music (Musicology)

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Member

Asociacion Argentina de Musicologia

Member

Royal Musical Association

Member

International Musicological Society

Education

Graduate Certificate in University Teaching

University of Melbourne

Doctor of musicology

University of Melbourne

Investigador en Ciencias Musicologicas

Conservatory "Juan Jose Castro"

Profesora Superior de Musicologia

Conservatory "Juan Jose Castro"

Links

Languages

Spanish

International Linkages

University of Buenos Aires

Argentina

Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Argentina