John Howland
About
Competencies
Publications
2024
-
Howland, John.
(2024)
Paul Whiteman and Modern Metropolitan Music, 1927-40.
Academic chapter
2023
-
Howland, John Louis.
(2023)
Paul Whiteman and Glorified 'Modern American Music,' 1927–1934.
Academic chapter
2022
-
Howland, John Louis.
(2022)
'Let the Music Play' (1975): Hearing the Disco Mainstream in Barry White.
Academic chapter
2021
-
Howland, John.
(2021)
Hearing Luxe Pop: Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music.
University of California Press
Academic monograph
-
Howland, John.
(2021)
Populuxe Redux in the Glamour of Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die”.
University of California Press Blog
Popular science article
2020
-
Howland, John.
(2020)
The Classy Populuxe Songbook.
Journal of the American Musicological Society
Academic article
2018
-
Howland, John.
(2018)
Hearing Luxe Pop: Jay Z, Isaac Hayes, and the Six Degrees of Symphonic Soul.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2018)
On Billboard, Isaac Hayes, and the ‘Swinging Relationship’ Between Jazz and Its Popular Music Cousins, 1950-1973.
Academic chapter
2017
-
Howland, John.
(2017)
Preface.
Introduction in anthology
-
Howland, John.
(2017)
Marketing to the Middlebrow: Reconsidering Ellingtonia, the Legacy of Early Ellington Criticism, and the Idea of a ‘Serious’ Jazz Composer.
Academic chapter
2016
-
Howland, John;
Wriggle, John.
(2016)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington.
Popular science chapter
2014
-
Howland, John.
(2014)
Artful Entertainment: Ellington's Formative Years in Context.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2014)
"Reflections on Contemporary Ellingtonia," invited contribution to Musicology Now, the official blog of the American Musicologyca Society.
Musicology Now (the official blog of the American Musicological Society)
Popular science article
2013
-
Howland, John.
(2013)
Ellingtonia, Historically Speaking.
The Musical Quarterly
Editorial
2012
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
“‘Jazz’ with Strings: Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook.”.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
West Coast Jazz.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
Third Stream.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
Cool Jazz.
Encyclopedia chapter
2010
-
Howland, John.
(2010)
Letter from the Editor.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2010)
Letter from the Editor.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
2009
-
Howland, John.
(2009)
Letter from the Editor.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2009)
Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz.
University of Michigan Press
Academic monograph
-
Howland, John.
(2009)
Ellingtonian Extended Composition and the Symphonic Jazz Model.
Annual Review of Jazz Studies
Academic article
2008
-
Howland, John;
Porter, Lewis.
(2008)
Letter from the Editors.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
2007
-
Howland, John;
Porter, Lewis.
(2007)
From "Perspectives in Jazz" to "Jazz Perspectives".
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John;
Porter, Lewis.
(2007)
Letter from the Editors.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2007)
"The Blues Get Glorified": Harlem Entertainment, "Negro Nuances," and Black Symphonic Jazz.
The Musical Quarterly
Academic article
2006
-
Howland, John.
(2006)
Jazz Rhapsodies in Black and White: James P. Johnson’s "Yamekraw".
American Music
Academic article
2003
-
Howland, John.
(2003)
The Whitemanesque Roots of Early Ellingtonian Extended Jazz Composition.
International Association of Jazz Education
Anthology
2002
-
Howland, John.
(2002)
Between the Muses and the Masses: Symphonic Jazz, “Glorified” Entertainment, and the Rise of the American Musical Middlebrow, 1920-1944.
Stanford University Press
Doctoral thesis
1994
-
Howland, John.
(1994)
Hugo Wolf’s Wilhelm Meister Lieder as Fin-de-siècle Music Drama.
Boston University
Master thesis
Journal publications
-
Howland, John.
(2020)
The Classy Populuxe Songbook.
Journal of the American Musicological Society
Academic article
-
Howland, John.
(2013)
Ellingtonia, Historically Speaking.
The Musical Quarterly
Editorial
-
Howland, John;
Porter, Lewis.
(2007)
From "Perspectives in Jazz" to "Jazz Perspectives".
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2014)
"Reflections on Contemporary Ellingtonia," invited contribution to Musicology Now, the official blog of the American Musicologyca Society.
Musicology Now (the official blog of the American Musicological Society)
Popular science article
-
Howland, John.
(2021)
Populuxe Redux in the Glamour of Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die”.
University of California Press Blog
Popular science article
-
Howland, John.
(2010)
Letter from the Editor.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2009)
Letter from the Editor.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2010)
Letter from the Editor.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John;
Porter, Lewis.
(2007)
Letter from the Editors.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John;
Porter, Lewis.
(2008)
Letter from the Editors.
Jazz Perspectives
Editorial
-
Howland, John.
(2007)
"The Blues Get Glorified": Harlem Entertainment, "Negro Nuances," and Black Symphonic Jazz.
The Musical Quarterly
Academic article
-
Howland, John.
(2006)
Jazz Rhapsodies in Black and White: James P. Johnson’s "Yamekraw".
American Music
Academic article
-
Howland, John.
(2009)
Ellingtonian Extended Composition and the Symphonic Jazz Model.
Annual Review of Jazz Studies
Academic article
Books
-
Howland, John.
(2003)
The Whitemanesque Roots of Early Ellingtonian Extended Jazz Composition.
International Association of Jazz Education
Anthology
-
Howland, John.
(2021)
Hearing Luxe Pop: Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music.
University of California Press
Academic monograph
-
Howland, John.
(2009)
Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz.
University of Michigan Press
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
-
Howland, John Louis.
(2022)
'Let the Music Play' (1975): Hearing the Disco Mainstream in Barry White.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John Louis.
(2023)
Paul Whiteman and Glorified 'Modern American Music,' 1927–1934.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2024)
Paul Whiteman and Modern Metropolitan Music, 1927-40.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
“‘Jazz’ with Strings: Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook.”.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
West Coast Jazz.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
Third Stream.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2012)
Cool Jazz.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2014)
Artful Entertainment: Ellington's Formative Years in Context.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2018)
Hearing Luxe Pop: Jay Z, Isaac Hayes, and the Six Degrees of Symphonic Soul.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2018)
On Billboard, Isaac Hayes, and the ‘Swinging Relationship’ Between Jazz and Its Popular Music Cousins, 1950-1973.
Academic chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2017)
Preface.
Introduction in anthology
-
Howland, John;
Wriggle, John.
(2016)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington.
Popular science chapter
-
Howland, John.
(2017)
Marketing to the Middlebrow: Reconsidering Ellingtonia, the Legacy of Early Ellington Criticism, and the Idea of a ‘Serious’ Jazz Composer.
Academic chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
-
Howland, John.
(1994)
Hugo Wolf’s Wilhelm Meister Lieder as Fin-de-siècle Music Drama.
Boston University
Master thesis
-
Howland, John.
(2002)
Between the Muses and the Masses: Symphonic Jazz, “Glorified” Entertainment, and the Rise of the American Musical Middlebrow, 1920-1944.
Stanford University Press
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
- MUSV3153 - Popular Music and Technology
- MUSV2033 - Bachelor Thesis in Musicology
- MUSV3110 - Soul of a Nation: Black American Popular Music, from R&B to Hip Hop
- MUSV3122 - Jazz Studies
- MUSV1102 - Film Music
- MUSV3006 - Master's Thesis in Musicology
- MUSV3004 - Musicology: Methods, Theories, Ethics
- MUSV1103 - Popular Music
- MUSV6007 - Popular Music and Technology
- MUSV3115 - Music and Culture in 1970s New York
Outreach
2022
-
LectureHowland, John; Dubowsky, Jack. (2022) Music for Middlebrows: Jack Dubowsky, 'Easy Listening and Film Scoring 1948-1978' (Routledge); John Howland, 'Hearing Luxe Pop: Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music' (University of California Press). Popular Music Books in Process Series, Fall 2021-Winter 2022
-
LectureHowland, John Louis. (2022) Book launch presentation: John Howland, 'Hearing Luxe Pop: Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music'. Book launch presentation
-
Conference lectureHowland, John Louis. (2022) Paul Whiteman and Modern Metropolitan Impressions, 1927–1940. PAUL WHITEMAN IN AMERICAN MUSIC: A Symposium at Williams College Bernhard Music Center August 27, 2022
-
Conference lectureHowland, John Louis. (2022) Nobrow in the New Millennium?: The Postminimalist Affinities of New York's Indie Rock and Indie Classical Communities in the 2000s. Classical Music in Contemporary Media and Society
-
LectureHowland, John Louis; Hammill, Faye; Guthrie, Kate. (2022) Conversations on Art and Life: Music and the Middlebrow. Book launch discussion
2021
-
LectureHowland, John. (2021) Soundmania! Popular Music and Technology in the 1950s and 1960s. Soundmania! Popular Music and Technology in the 1950s and 1960s
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2021) Book Presentation: 'Hearing Luxe Pop: Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music". Book release presentation
2019
-
LectureHowland, John. (2019) Hollywood ‘Songs for Swingin’ Lovers: Frank Sinatra’s Hi-Fi Music for Playboys, Modern Romance and Martinis. public research talk at the archive
2017
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2017) Phil Spector and the ‘Fabulous’ Ronettes: Early 1960s ‘Teenage Symphonies’ and the American Lower Middlebrow. Music and the Middlebrow
2015
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2015) Between Jazz and Soul in the 1960s and 1970s. Colloquia series of the Department of Music
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2015) Isaac Hayes and the Intersections of Jazz and Soul in the Early 1970s. Invited guest lecture
2014
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2014) “Teenage Symphonies: The Production Process of Phil Spector and Jack Nitzsche, and the (Orchestral) Sound of Young America in the Early 1960s”. Art of Record Production Conference: Record Production in the Internet Age
2013
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2013) "Hot Buttered Soul" and Billboard Jazz: The Curious Case of Isaac Hayes and the Intersections of Jazz and Soul, 1969-1973. Rhythm Changes II: Rethinking Jazz Cultures
2011
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2011) Nobrow Pop in the New Millennium?: Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, and Post-2000 Chamber Pop. American Musicological Society, annual meeting
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2011) On Background Bling and the Luxe Pop Legacy: A Long View on Jay- Z, Kanye West, and the Hustler Symphony Orchestra. Cash Rules Everything Around Me: Music and Money
2010
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2010) Jazz and Film: The Syncopated City and Craftsmanship. Faculty Research Speakers' Series of the John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University
-
LectureHowland, John. (2010) Keynote lecture: Jazz Artists in the Concert Hall. Oakland East Bay Symphony Forum
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2010) On Background Bling and the Luxe Pop Legacy: A Long View on Jay-Z, Kanye West, and the Hustler Symphony Orchestra. University of Virginia, McIntire Dept. of Music’s Colloquium series
2009
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2009) Luxe Pop in the (Symphonic) Jazz Age. School of Music Musicology Colloquium, University of Maryland College Park
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2009) Luxe Pop: The Six Degrees of Separation from Jay-Z to Symphonic Jazz. American Musicological Society annual meeting
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2009) Keynote: The Symphonic Ellington and "A Tone Parallel to Harlem.". Echoes of Ellington: A Conference on the Music and Life of Duke Ellington
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2009) Luxe Pop: The Six Degrees of Separation from Jay-Z to Symphonic Jazz. Middlebrow Cultures
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2009) Jay-Z, the Hustler Symphony Orchestra, and the Legacy of Luxe Pop. Invited lecture
2008
-
Conference lecture
-
Conference lecture
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2008) Populuxe: The Birth of Glorified Pop in the (Symphonic) Jazz Age. Invited lecture at the Institute for Studies in American Music
2007
-
Conference lecture
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2007) Sinatra and Riddle in the 1950s: Reinventing Swing for the Hi-Fi Era. Invited lecture
-
Conference lecture
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2007) “‘Negro Nuances’: Harlem Entertainment and ‘Glorified’ Popular Music in the 1920s". Society for American Music annual conference
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2007) 'The Melting Pot of Music’: Glorified ‘Jazz’ in American Entertainments of the Interwar Era. “De-Canonizing Music History,” International Symposium for Histories of Popular Music, Jazz, and Folk Music
2006
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2006) Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook. Musicology Department Colloquium Series, Indiana University
2005
-
Conference lecture
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2005) “Hollywood ‘Songs for Swingin’ Lovers’”. Society for American Music annual conference
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2005) “Sinatra and Riddle in the 1950s: Reinventing Swing for the Hi-Fi Era”. Leeds International Jazz Conference
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2005) “Sinatra and Riddle in the 1950s: Reinventing Swing for the Hi-Fi Era”. Greater New York Chapter meeting of the American Musicological Society
-
Conference lecture
2004
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2004) Jazz Rhapsodies in Black and White: The Cultural Nexus of James P. Johnson’s “Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody.”. Jazz Research Round Table, Institute of Jazz Studies
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2004) “The Capitol Jazz Aesthetic”. American Studies Association annual meeting: Crossroads of Cultures
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2004) Orchestral Jazz Arranging and American Popular Music in the 1950s. 14th Nordic Musicological Congress
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2004) “‘Gershwinesque’ Paraphrases in Classical Hollywood Film”. Reviewing the Canon: Borrowed Music in Film
2003
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2003) “The Whitemanesque Roots of Ellingtonian Extended Jazz Composition”. International Association for Jazz Education annual meeting
2002
-
Conference lecture
-
Conference lecture
2001
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2001) The Melting Pot of Music: “Glorifying” the American Popular Song, and the Aesthetics of Whitemanesque Symphonic Jazz in 1920s Entertainment. Invited lecture
2000
-
Conference lectureHowland, John. (2000) “Between the Muses and the Masses: Jazz Rhapsodies and the Emergence of Middlebrow Culture”. American Musicological Society annual meeting