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Maristella J. Feustle

Title: Librarian

Department: Library - SL - Music Library

College: University of North Texas

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MS, University of North Texas, 2010
    Major: Library Science
  • MM, University of North Texas, 2009
    Major: Jazz Studies
  • MM, Bowling Green State University, 2005
    Major: Music Theory
    Dissertation: Neo-Riemannian theory and post-bop jazz : applications of an expanded analytical framework for seventh chords / Maristella Feustle
  • BA, University of Toledo, 2003
    Major: Mathematics
    Specialization: Applied Mathematics for the Natural Sciences
  • BM, University of Toledo, 2003
    Major: Instrumental Jazz

Current Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5367.401Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2024
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

INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2023 SPOT
INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2022 SPOT
INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5367.005Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2021 SPOT
INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2020 SPOT
INFO 5367.005Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2020 SPOT
INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2019 SPOT
INFO 5367.005Music Libraries and Information ServicesFall 2019 SPOT
INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesSpring 2018 SPOT
INFO 5367.001Music Libraries and Information ServicesSpring 2017 SPOT
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 Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Jacobs, C.E., Gieringer, M.D., Judkins, J.C., Lay, R., Feustle, M.J., Phillips, J. (2016). Independent, Original and Progressive: Celebrating 125 Years of UNT. Denton, TX, University of North Texas Libraries.

    • Book Chapter

  • Feustle, M., Stone, S.M. (2019). Longhorns and Haberdashery: Leveraging Unique Collections for Outreach. Outreach for music librarians.
  • Lewin-Lane, S., Feustle, M., McRae, R. Don't Give Up Your Night Job : Active Musical Performance and Its Applicable Skills for Music Librarianship. Careers in Music Librarianship, 4th edition. (4) Middleton, WI, Music Library Association and A-R Editions.
  • Feustle, M. Training and Education of Music Librarians. Careers in Music Librarianship, 4th edition.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2018). Archival Description. Music Description and Access: Solving the Puzzle of Cataloging. A-R Editions, Music Library Association.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2018). Liberated from Serfdom: Willis Conover and the Tallinn Jazz Festival of 1967. Popular Music and Public Diplomacy: Transnational and Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Bielefeld, transcript Verlag. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-4358-9/popular-music-and-public-diplomacy/

    • Book Review

  • Feustle, M.J. (2023). Review of King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton, 2nd ed.. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 80 (2) Music Library Association.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2023). Review of Swingin' the Blues: The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham, Volume 1, 2nd ed.. ARSC Journal. 54 (1) Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2022). "Komeda: A Private Life in Jazz" by Magdalena Grzebałkowska. ARSC Journal. 53 (2) Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collections.. http://www.arsc-audio.org/journal.htm
  • Feustle, M. "This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz," by Peter Jones. ARSC Journal. 52 (2) Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collections. http://www.arsc-audio.org/journal.htm
  • Feustle, M. (2019). "Jazz in China: From Dance Hall Music to Individual Freedom of Expression" by Eugene Marlowe. ARSC Journal. 50 (1) 114-116. Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collections. http://www.arsc-audio.org/journal.html
  • Feustle, M. (2018). "Pat Metheny: The ECM Years, 1975-1984," by Mervyn Cooke. ARSC Journal. 49 (2) 196-197. Association for Recorded Sound Collections. http://www.arsc-audio.org/journal.html
  • Feustle, M.J. (2018). "Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists" by Anthony Cocciolo. ARSC Journal. 49 (1) Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2018). "Jazz as Visual Language: Film, Television and the Dissonant Image" by Nicholas Pillai. ARSC Journal. 49 (1) 54-55. Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collection.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2016). Review of Rhythm Is My Beat. ARSC Journal. 47 (1) 2. Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2016). Review of Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends. ARSC Journal. 47 (2) 234-235. Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2016). Review of After Django. Notes, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. 73 (1) Music Library Association.
  • Feustle, M.J. Review of School for Cool. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 18 (3-4) Haworth Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2015). Review of book More Important Than the Music: A History of Jazz Discography. 9 (1) Equinox.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2015). Review of Dameronia. Routledge.

    • Critical Review

  • Wolski, K., Feustle, M., Sylve, J. (2020). First Chair Chats: Reflections on a Virtual Pilot. Music Reference Services Quarterly. Taylor and Francis.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Feustle, M.J. (2019). Liturgical Music. SAGE Encyclopedia of Ethnomusicology. SAGE Publications.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2019). Disco. SAGE Encyclopedia of Ethnomusicology. SAGE Publications.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2019). Polka. SAGE Encyclopedia of Ethnomusicology. SAGE Publications.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2019). Bossa Nova. SAGE Encyclopedia of Ethnomusicology. SAGE Publications.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2015). Simon Bucharoff. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). Andy Razaf. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). Charles B. Ward. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). George Botsford. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). Gus Kahn. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). Harry Woods. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). Jay Gorney. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). L. Wolfe Gilbert. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). Sol Bloom. Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. Oxford University Press.

    • Journal Article

  • Feustle, M. (2021). Mixtapes from Heaven: The Global Duke Ellington Fandom and the Music they Preserved. International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) Journal. 51 London, http://journal.iasa-web.org/pubs/article/view/114
  • Feustle, M.J. (2020). Mapping the Crazy Water Radio Empire. ARSC Journal. 50 (2) 18. Fairfax, VA, Association for Recorded Sound Collections. http://www.arsc-audio.org/journal.html
  • Duguid, T., Giannetti, F., Grumbach, E., Feustle, M. (2019). Music Scholarship Online (MuSO): A Research Environment for a More Democratic Digital Musicology. Digital Humanities Quarterly. 13 (1) Providence, RI, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/13/1/index.html
  • Feustle, M. (2019). The Alfred Wallenstein Collection at UNT: Uncovering the Hidden Labor of a Radio Orchestra. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 16. Philadelphia, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wmus20
  • Feustle, M.J. (2016). Willis Conover's Washington. 8 Michael Fitzgerald. http://www.crj-online.org/v8/CRJ-Conover.php
  • Feustle, M.J. (2013). ’In Case of Sudden Death, Burn This’: The Simon Bucharoff Collection at the University of North Texas. Music Reference Services Quarterly. 16 (3) 160-169. Haworth Press.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Feustle, M. (Principal), "Berger-Berger-Carter Research Fellowship," sponsored by Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, National, $1000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
  • Feustle, M. (Principal), "Berger-Berger-Carter Research Fellowship," sponsored by Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, National, Funded. (2018 - 2019).

    • Grant - Research

  • Feustle, M.J., "Tim Owens Collection of Jazz Interviews," sponsored by Grammy Foundation, Private, $20000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Feustle, M.J. (Principal), Bailey, C. (Co-Principal), "Binders Volumes Research Initiative," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources, Federal, $57882 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
  • Feustle, M.J., Bailey, C.L., Anderson, B.K., "National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (Foundations Grant)," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $58000 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
  • Feustle, M.J. (Principal), "Digital Preservation and Access for Historic Reel-to-Reel Tapes in the Willis Conover Collection," sponsored by Grammy Foundation, Private, $16650 Funded. (2015 - 2016).

    • Grant - Service

  • Feustle, M.J. (Principal), "Digital Preservation and Access for Historic Reel-to-Reel Tapes in the Willis Conover Collection," sponsored by The GRAMMY Foundation, NFP, Funded. (2015 - 2016).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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