Peter Franck
Assistant Professor - Music Theory
Office: TC 318
Phone: 519-661-2111 x84330
E-mail:
pfranck@uwo.ca
Peter Franck received a PhD in music theory
from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester (2007), an MA
in music theory from McGill University (2001), a BMus in music theory (Honours)
from McGill University (1995), and a diploma in jazz guitar performance from
Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton, Alberta. His research focuses on
invertible counterpoint and how it intersects with aspects of Schenkerian
theory and musical form.
Professor Franck has presented papers at conferences
for the Canadian University Music Society, Music Theory Society of New York
State, New England Conference of Music Theorists, Rocky Mountain Society for
Music Theory, Society for Music Theory, the Fifth International Schenker
Symposium, and Music Theory Midwest.
Research interests:
- Schenkerian
Theory
- Contrapuntal
Theory
- Invertible
Counterpoint
- Compositional
Theory
- Musical
Form
- Music of
J. S. Bach
Representative publications:
- “‘A Fallacious Concept’: Invertible Counterpoint
at the Twelfth within the Ursatz,” Music Theory Spectrum 32/2 (2010):
121–144.
- “The Theory and Practice of Wedge Progressions
within Selected Works of J. S. Bach,” Indiana
Theory Review 29/1 (2011): 1–40.
- “Reaching-Over and Its Interaction with
Invertible Counterpoint at the Tenth,” Theory
and Practice 36 (2011): 1–33.
- “Canon and Its Effect on Tight-Knit
Organization within Classical Themes,” Intégral
(in press).
- “The Theory and
Practice of Integrating Invertible Counterpoint into Classical Theme-Types,”
Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music
32/1–2 (in press).
