Dr

Simon Perry

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Background

Dr Simon Perry’s research interests include Russian music (history and criticism, and analysis) and analysis of late nineteenth and early twentieth century music.

He is a BMus (Hons) and MMus graduate from The University of Melbourne and a PhD graduate of the School of Music at UQ.

He lectures mainly in music techniques and music history.

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Dr Simon Perry is:
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Music, University of Melbourne
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Trinity College London, Trinity College London

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10 works between 1998 and 2024
All (10) Journal Article (5) Book Chapter (3) Book (1) Other Outputs (1)

1 - 10 of 10 works

2024

Book

Music research essentials

Perry, Simon, Lee, Kat, McCarthy, Adam and Berends, Felicity (2024). Music research essentials. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1ed3dc9

Music research essentials

2015

Book Chapter

'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger

Collins, Sarah and Perry, Simon (2015). 'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger. Grainger the Modernist. (pp. 17-32) edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315585772-7

'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger

2014

Book Chapter

Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?

Perry, Simon (2014). Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?. Collaborative creative thought and practice in music. (pp. 91-107) edited by Margaret Barrett. Burlington, VT, United States: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315572635-15

Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?

2013

Book Chapter

Pitch-notational analysis: a basis for an approach to understanding harmonic thinking in common-practice and post common-practice tonality

Perry, Simon (2013). Pitch-notational analysis: a basis for an approach to understanding harmonic thinking in common-practice and post common-practice tonality. Music Theory and its Methods: Structures, Challenges, Directions. (pp. 239-264) edited by Denis Collins. Frankfurt Am Main, Germany: Peter Lang.

Pitch-notational analysis: a basis for an approach to understanding harmonic thinking in common-practice and post common-practice tonality

2004

Journal Article

A voice unknown: Undercurrents in Mussorgsky's 'Sunless'

Perry, Simon (2004). A voice unknown: Undercurrents in Mussorgsky's 'Sunless'. Nineteenth Century Music, 28 (1), 15-49. doi: 10.1525/ncm.2004.28.1.15

A voice unknown: Undercurrents in Mussorgsky's 'Sunless'

2003

Journal Article

Agonising over orthography: Aspects of notation from Tristan to Opus 11, number 1

Perry, Simon (2003). Agonising over orthography: Aspects of notation from Tristan to Opus 11, number 1. Musicology Australia, 26, 1-37.

Agonising over orthography: Aspects of notation from Tristan to Opus 11, number 1

2001

Journal Article

Grainger's autobiographical writings: New light on old questions

Perry, S. D. (2001). Grainger's autobiographical writings: New light on old questions. Australasian Music Research, 5, 125-134.

Grainger's autobiographical writings: New light on old questions

1999

Journal Article

Musorgsky's 'Gnomus' composer's score as analytical text

Perry, S. D. (1999). Musorgsky's 'Gnomus' composer's score as analytical text. Context: Journal of Music Research, 15/16, 5-20.

Musorgsky's 'Gnomus' composer's score as analytical text

1998

Other Outputs

Musorgsky's orthography : an approach to tonal structures in his music

Perry, Simon David (1998). Musorgsky's orthography : an approach to tonal structures in his music. PhD Thesis, School of Music, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/157855

Musorgsky's orthography : an approach to tonal structures in his music

1998

Journal Article

Defining Russia musically: Historical and hermeneutical essays: Richard Taruskin

Perry, Simon (1998). Defining Russia musically: Historical and hermeneutical essays: Richard Taruskin. Musicology Australia, 21 (1), 73-77. doi: 10.1080/08145857.1998.10415961

Defining Russia musically: Historical and hermeneutical essays: Richard Taruskin

Past funding

  • 2002 - 2004
    Russian music studies: aspects of theoretical thought in music and materials of Musorgskii, Rimskii-Korsakov and Roslavets
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Orthographic Analysis of Musorgsky Manuscripts
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Simon Perry is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Influence of early 20th-century European art music on the repertoire off piano music by Chinese composers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Anna Grinberg

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Painting musical images in Impressionism: multilayering and colouring in historically informed performance of French music between 1860-1930

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Anna Grinberg

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Simon Perry directly for media enquiries about:

  • History - music
  • Modest Mussorgsky
  • Music - Russian
  • Music analysis
  • Music history
  • Mussorgsky - music
  • Russian music
  • Soviet music

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