In a recent interview now on the Ithaca College You-Tube Channel, Timothy A. Johnson and Rebecca Jemian, associate professors in the School of Music at Ithaca College, discuss Johnson's new book, John Adams's Nixon in China: Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives. (Ashgate 2011).
They discuss the audience for the book, Dr. Johnson's background in studying the music of Adams, and the general outline of the book. Dr. Johnson explains the approaches to musical analysis that he takes in the book based on neo-Riemannian theory and Harald Krebs' theory of metrical consonance and dissonance. They also discuss the historical and political contexts of his analysis, his favorite passage in the opera (Nixon's "News" aria), as well as his other books on interdisciplinary studies in music.
http://youtu.be/w9ZpZFZaxRs
Learn more about Timothy A. Johnson at: https://faculty.ithaca.edu/tjohnson/
Learn more about Johnson's book, John Adams's Nixon in China, at http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409426820
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20111219161941384