
Overview
Background
Dr. Anne Levitskyis a scholar and performer of medieval vernacular song, in particular troubadour lyric poetry, and its connections to the larger cultural milieu of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. She is a graduate of Stanford University and earned her PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University in May 2018. At present, she is Lecturer in Music at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and has taught previously at Columbia, Dixie State University (now called Utah Tech), and Stony Brook University. As an academic, she is interested in medieval vernacular song, poetry, and narrative literature, and she is currently at work on two projects. The first, Sound(ing) Bodies: Song and Materiality in Troubadour Lyric Poetry, is under contract with Liverpool University Press for their series Exeter Studies in Medieval Culture. It reads troubadour lyric poetry in the context of philosophical, theological, and medical writings available in the twelfth century, and uses this analytical frame to employ new methods for the analysis of medieval monophonic song. The second project, Singing in the Reign: Song, Grammar, and Politics in the Thirteenth-Century Northern Mediterranean, explores how song is used in the courts of the northern Mediterranean in the thirteenth century to produce specific notions of space and geography, and demonstrates how Occitan song and grammars were involved in the (re)formation of these regimes. Dr. Levitsky is also interested in the presence and role of medievalisms in popular music, especially in heavy metal. She supplements this academic interest in vernacular song with an active performance career, and has studied and performed lyric poetry with the Narbonne-based Troubadours Art Ensemble, and recorded troubadour and trouvère songs both with the group and as a soloist. Dr. Levitsky performs regularly with professional ensemble Fractio Modi (of which she is a founding member), and in Brisbane. Past performances include a June 2013 performance with the Rolling Stones in Washington, DC, tours to Germany with NYC-based chamber ensemble GHOSTLIGHT Chorus, and concerts of monophony and polyphony from the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries on Columbia's Music at St. Paul's concert series. Dr. Levitsky has also served as the director of the Collegium Musicum, one of Columbia University's leading choral ensembles.
Availability
- Dr Anne Levitsky is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Music, Stanford University
- Masters (Coursework), Columbia University in the City of New York
- Doctor of Philosophy of Music, Columbia University in the City of New York
Research interests
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Natural philosophy and troubadour lyric poetry
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Palaeography
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Grammar, gender, and language in medieval Occitan
Works
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2021
Journal Article
21.09.37 Doss-Quinby et al, Robert de Reims: Songs and Motets
Levitsky, Anne (2021). 21.09.37 Doss-Quinby et al, Robert de Reims: Songs and Motets. The Medieval Review.
2021
Book Chapter
“Per vers o per chanso”: grammar, gender, and song in Aimeric de Peguilhan’s Mangtas vetz sui enqueritz
Levitsky, Anne Adele (2021). “Per vers o per chanso”: grammar, gender, and song in Aimeric de Peguilhan’s Mangtas vetz sui enqueritz. Gender and voice in medieval French literature and song. (pp. 73-92) edited by Rachel May Golden and Katherine Kong. Gainesville, FL, United States: University Press of Florida. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv1z9n0ww.8
2019
Other Outputs
Puzzles of parchment: the medieval musical fragments of the New York Public Library
Levitsky, Anne (2019). Puzzles of parchment: the medieval musical fragments of the New York Public Library. New York, United States: New York Public Library.
2018
Journal Article
Song personified:The Tornadas of Raimon de Miraval
Levitsky, Anne Adele (2018). Song personified:The Tornadas of Raimon de Miraval. Mediaevalia, 39, 17-57. doi: 10.1353/mdi.2018.0001
2014
Journal Article
Review of Sarah Kay. 2013. Parrots and Nightingales: Troubadour Quotation and the Development of European Poetry. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
Levitsky, Anne (2014). Review of Sarah Kay. 2013. Parrots and Nightingales: Troubadour Quotation and the Development of European Poetry. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Current Musicology (97), 151-157. doi: 10.7916/cm.v0i97.5331
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Enduring Legacy of Monophonic Byzantine Chant in Australia: Educational Possibilities for Greek-to-English Chant Adaptation in Greek Orthodox Communities
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins
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Doctor Philosophy
Sonic Imagination: Towards a creative music production methodology for composers and songwriters exploring concepts examined within sound studies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Eve Klein
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Doctor Philosophy
Sonic Imagination: Towards a creative music production methodology for composers and songwriters exploring concepts examined within sound studies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Eve Klein
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