Faculty Profile

Diego Cubero

Diego Cubero

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology
College
College of Music

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Indiana University, 2014. 
Major: Music Theory
Dissertation Title: Brahms the Autumnal and the Romantic Aesthetic of Dissolution
MM, Indiana University, 2010. 
Major: Music Theory
BM, Georgia State University, 2008. 
Major: Music Composition





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
MUTH 2410.001, Aural Skills III, Summer 2024 
MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Summer 2024 
MUTH 5360.001, Analytical Techniques II, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
MUGC 5930.701, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2024 
MUTH 1500.001, Theory II, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MUGC 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    MUTH 5080.002, Pedagogy of Theory, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.005, Theory III, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2410.001, Aural Skills III, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    MUGC 5930.701, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    MUTH 1500.001, Theory II, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    MUTH 5080.002, Pedagogy of Theory, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 4370.001, Schenkerian Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5380.001, Schenkerian Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5360.001, Analytical Techniques II, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.706, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2022 
                    

                    MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5420.001, 18th Century Counterpoint, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.006, THEORY IV, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5420.002, 18th Century Counterpoint, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.002, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 3510.003, Form Analysis, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5360.001, Analytical Techniques II, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    MUTH 3510.003, Form Analysis, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5510.003, Form Analysis, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 5930.701, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    MUTH 2500.007, THEORY IV, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5420.001, 18th Century Counterpoint, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 4370.001, Schenkerian Analysis, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5380.001, Schenkerian Analysis, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5900.708, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2020 
                    

                    MUTH 5360.001, Analytical Techniques II, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2020 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 6900.702, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2020 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUTH 5680.001, Proseminar in Music Theory, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 6680.001, Proseminar in Music Theory, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUGC 5930.701, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MUTH 2500.007, THEORY IV, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MUGC 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUAG 6900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MUTH 2400.005, Theory III, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5420.001, 18th Century Counterpoint, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5360.002, Analytical Techniques II, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2019 
                    

                    MUTH 2500.006, THEORY IV, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.007, THEORY IV, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5420.002, 18th Century Counterpoint, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.002, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 3510.002, Form Analysis, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5510.002, Form Analysis, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 5930.701, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.703, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    MUTH 5420.001, 18th Century Counterpoint, Summer 5W2 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Summer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.001, THEORY IV, Summer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5470.001, Advanced Schenkerian Analysis, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    MUGC 5930.701, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Spring 2018 
                    

                    MUTH 4910.701, Special Problems, Spring 2018 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.703, Special Problems, Spring 2018 
                    

                    MUTH 2500.004, THEORY IV, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5370.001, Analytical Techniques III, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    MUGC 5950.724, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    MUTH 4900.703, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    MUTH 2400.003, Theory III, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.004, Theory III, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2510.001, Aural Skills IV, Summer 5W2 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.001, THEORY IV, Summer 5W2 2017  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5470.001, Advanced Schenkerian Analysis, Spring 2017 
                    

                    MUGC 6950.730, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017 
                    

                    MUTH 3510.001, Form Analysis, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 4920.701, Senior Colloquium in Music Theory, Spring 2017 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2017 
                    

                    MUTH 5370.001, Analytical Techniques III, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    MUGC 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2016 
                    

                    MUTH 6900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.003, Theory III, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2510.001, Aural Skills IV, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.001, THEORY IV, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5680.001, Proseminar in Music Theory, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 6680.001, Proseminar in Music Theory, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 4920.701, Senior Colloquium in Music Theory, Spring 2016 
                    

                    MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.002, Theory III, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.005, THEORY IV, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 3520.001, Harmonic Analysis, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5520.001, Harmonic Analysis, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.001, Theory III, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2400.003, Theory III, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2510.001, Aural Skills IV, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 2500.001, THEORY IV, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MUTH 5420.001, 18th Century Counterpoint, Spring 2015 
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 1350.001, Explorations in Music 2, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 4920.701, Senior Colloquium in Music Theory, Spring 2015 
                    

                    MUTH 2500.004, THEORY IV, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 3420.001, Eighteenth Century Counterpoint, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 1400.001, Theory I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 1400.003, Theory I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    MUTH 2500.001, THEORY IV, Fall 2014 Syllabus

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Cubero, D.  (2018). Schopenhauer, Schenker, and the Will of Music. Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Palgrave Macmillan. 
Book Review
Cubero, D.  (2020). Book Review: Jacquelyn Sholes, Allusion as Narrative Premise in Brahms's Instrumental Music (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018).. Nineteenth-Century Music Review. 17, 482–489. 
Journal Article
Cubero, D.  (2022). Blurred Harmonies in Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Intégral (Music Theory - Eastman School of Music). 
Cubero, D.  (2021). Romantic Periods. Music Theory Online. 27(4), . 
Cubero, D.  (2020). Brahms, Twilight, and the Decay of Leading-Tone Energy. Music Analysis (Wiley Online Library). 39(2), 214–239. 
Cubero, D.  (2017). Downward Arpeggiations: Prolongational Issues and Their Expressive Implications. 61(1), 29–58. Duke on behalf of Yale University. 
Cubero, D.  (2017). Inwardness and Inner Melodies in Brahms's Piano Works. 23(1), . Society for Music Theory. http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.1/mto.17.23.1.cubero.html



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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