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Stephen P. Slottow

Title: Professor

Department: Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

College: College of Music

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York, 2001
    Major: Music Theory
  • MA, Queens College, City University of New York, 1998
    Major: Music Theory
  • BMUS, Cleveland State University, 1989
    Major: Music History

Current Scheduled Teaching

MUTH 5410.00116th Century CounterpointSpring 2025
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2025
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2025
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2024
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2024 Syllabus
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2024 Syllabus
MUTH 5380.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MUTH 5420.00118th Century CounterpointSpring 2024 SPOT
MUTH 3420.001Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 3420.003Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5410.00216th Century CounterpointFall 2023 SPOT
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2023 SPOT
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5410.00116th Century CounterpointSpring 2023 SPOT
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 2500.006THEORY IVSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5410.00216th Century CounterpointFall 2022 SPOT
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2022 SPOT
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5680.001Proseminar in Music TheorySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 6680.001Proseminar in Music TheorySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5410.00216th Century CounterpointFall 2021 SPOT
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2021
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
MUTH 3420.003Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2020 SPOT
MUGC 6950.717Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 2500.003THEORY IVFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5410.00116th Century CounterpointSpring 2020
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
MUTH 3420.003Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2020 Syllabus
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2020 Syllabus
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2019 SPOT
MUGC 6950.717Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5900.701Special ProblemsFall 2019
MUTH 2400.004Theory IIIFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2019
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
MUTH 4900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2019
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUGC 6950.717Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
MUTH 5410.00116th Century CounterpointSpring 2018 SPOT
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
MUTH 3420.003Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2017 SPOT
MUGC 6950.717Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2017 SPOT
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5380.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2017 SPOT
MUTH 5410.00116th Century CounterpointSpring 2017 SPOT
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 2500.003THEORY IVSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MUGC 6950.717Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2016 SPOT
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 5380.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2016 SPOT
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2016
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
MUTH 4920.700Senior Colloquium in Music TheorySpring 2016
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 4910.702Special ProblemsSpring 2016
MUTH 2500.003THEORY IVSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
MUGC 6950.717Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2015 SPOT
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
MUTH 4900.701Special ProblemsFall 2015
MUTH 4910.701Special ProblemsFall 2015
MUGC 5950.702Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2015
MUGC 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
MUGC 5950.713Master's ThesisSpring 2015
MUGC 5930.704Research Problem in Lieu of ThesisSpring 2015
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2015 Syllabus
MUTH 2500.001THEORY IVSpring 2015 Syllabus
MUTH 4520.002Twentieth Century TechniquesSpring 2015 Syllabus
MUGC 6950.718Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
MUGC 5950.703Master's ThesisFall 2014
MUTH 5550.001Professional Writing in Music TheoryFall 2014
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2014 Syllabus
MUTH 5380.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2014
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2014
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2014 Syllabus
MUGC 5950.703Master's ThesisSpring 2014
MUTH 2500.001THEORY IVSpring 2014 Syllabus
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2013
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2013
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2013
MUGC 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2013
MUTH 2400.001Theory IIISummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
MUGC 5950.707Master's ThesisSpring 2013
MUTH 6680.001Proseminar in Music TheorySpring 2013
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVSpring 2013 Syllabus
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2013 Syllabus
MUTH 5420.00218th Century CounterpointFall 2012
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointFall 2012 Syllabus
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2012
MUGC 5950.712Master's ThesisFall 2012
MUGC 5950.701Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2012
MUTH 2400.001Theory IIISummer 5W1 2012
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2012
MUTH 3420.002Eighteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2012 Syllabus
MUGC 5950.702Master's ThesisSpring 2012
MUTH 5900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2012
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2011
MUGC 5950.701Master's ThesisFall 2011
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2011 Syllabus
MUGC 5950.702Master's ThesisSpring 2011
MUTH 4920.701Senior Colloquium in Music TheorySpring 2011
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVSpring 2011 Syllabus
MUTH 2500.004THEORY IVSpring 2011 Syllabus
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2011 Syllabus
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2010
MUGC 5950.714Master's ThesisFall 2010
MUTH 4910.701Special ProblemsFall 2010
MUTH 2500.001THEORY IVFall 2010 Syllabus
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVFall 2010 Syllabus
MUGC 5950.701Master's ThesisSummer 3W1 2010
MUGC 5950.705Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2010
MUTH 2400.001Theory IIISummer 5W1 2010
MUGC 5950.712Master's ThesisSpring 2010
MUTH 4900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2010
MUTH 5910.702Special ProblemsSpring 2010
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVSpring 2010 Syllabus
MUTH 2500.003THEORY IVSpring 2010
MUGC 5950.718Master's ThesisFall 2009
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2009
MUTH 4920.701Senior Colloquium in Music TheoryFall 2009
MUTH 2500.001THEORY IVFall 2009
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVFall 2009
MUGC 5950.703Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2009
MUGC 5950.703Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2009
MUTH 2400.001Theory IIISummer 5W1 2009
MUGC 5950.707Master's ThesisSpring 2009
MUTH 2500.001THEORY IVSpring 2009
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2009
MUTH 4520.001Twentieth Century TechniquesSpring 2009
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2008
MUGC 5950.707Master's ThesisFall 2008
MUTH 2500.001THEORY IVFall 2008
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVFall 2008
MUTH 2500.003THEORY IVFall 2008
MUTH 6680.001Proseminar in Music TheorySummer 5W1 2008
MUTH 2400.001Theory IIISummer 5W1 2008
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2008
MUGC 5950.708Master's ThesisSpring 2008
MUTH 6900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2008
MUTH 2500.002THEORY IVSpring 2008
MUTH 2500.003THEORY IVSpring 2008
MUTH 2500.005THEORY IVSpring 2008
MUGC 5950.701Master's ThesisFall 2007
MUTH 6680.001Proseminar in Music TheoryFall 2007
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2007
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2007
MUGC 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2007
MUTH 4910.701Special ProblemsSpring 2007
MUTH 4520.001Twentieth Century TechniquesSpring 2007
MUTH 5400.001Invertible Counterpoint and FugueFall 2006
MUGC 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2006
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2006
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2006
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2006
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointSpring 2006
MUTH 4520.001Twentieth Century TechniquesSpring 2006
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2005
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2005
MUTH 1410.001Aural Skills ISummer 5W1 2005
MUTH 3510.001Form AnalysisSummer 5W1 2005
MUTH 5470.001Advanced Schenkerian AnalysisSpring 2005
MUTH 3510.001Form AnalysisSpring 2005
MUTH 4520.001Twentieth Century TechniquesSpring 2005
MUTH 4370.001Schenkerian AnalysisFall 2004
MUTH 3410.001Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2004
MUTH 3410.002Sixteenth Century CounterpointFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Slottow, S.P. (2019). The Americanization of Zen Chanting. 178. Hillsdale, NY, Pendragon Press. http://www.pendragonpress.com/book.php?id=743
  • Stephen Slottow/Timothy Jackson. (2010). Explorations in the Theory and Analysis of Music: Selected Writings of Allen Forte.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2009). A Vast Simplicity: The Music of Carl Ruggles.. 230. Hillsdale, NY, Pendragon Press.
  • Book Chapter

  • Slottow, S.P. (2016). An Interview with Edward Laufer. Explorations in Schenkerian Analysis: Essays in Honor of Edward Laufer. 21. Rochester, NY, University of Rochester Press.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2008). Schenkerian Pedagogy in the Oster and Salzer Teaching Lines: An Oral History Approach. Essays from the Fourth International Schenker Symposium. 20. Hildesheim/Zürich/New York, Georg Olms Verlag.
  • Book Review

  • Slottow, S.P. (2022). Book review: Richard McDaniel, Zen Conversations [Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies]. 17 10. https://thecjbs.org/archive-issue-details/?vol=17
  • Ford, J. (2019). The Americanization of Zen Chanting.
  • Christensen, B.P. (2010). A Vast Simplicity: The Music of Carl Ruggles. American Music. 28 (3)
  • Slottow, S.P. (2010). Michiel Schuijer, Analyzing Atonal Music: Pitch-Class Set Theory and Its Contexts (Rochester, University of Rochester Press, 2008). Theoria: Historical Aspects of Music Theory. 17 10. Denton, TX,
  • Journal Article

  • Slottow, S.P. (2021). Francois Couperin's La Flore (5th Ordre): Motivic Replication, Approach to III, and Analytic Methodology. Other. 13 9-19.
  • Slottow, S.P. An Initial Response to Philip Ewell. Journal of Schenkerian Studies. 12 189-193. Denton, Texas, University of North Texas Press.
  • Slottow, S.P. (2015). The Sequences in Mozart's Piano Sonata, K. 280/I: Types, Functions, and Dispositions. Res Musica. 7 15. Tallinn,
  • Stephen Slottow. (2011). Von einem Künstler: Shapes in the Clouds. Res Musica. 3 11. Tallinn,
  • Stephen Slottow. (2008). Carl Ruggles and Charles Seeger: Strict vs. Free Imitation in Ruggles's Canons.. Music Theory Spectrum. 30/2 (Fall, 2008) 21.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2007). Forks in the Road: Teaching Scarlatti's Sonata in C Major (K.159, Longo 104)        . Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. 21 29.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2007). Ornamentation in the Fiddling of Eileen Ivers. Journal of the Society for American Music. 1 (4) 26.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2006). Fortspinnung and Polyphonic Melody in Ernst Kurth: A View through Schenkerian-Colored Lenses. Other. V 16. Tallinn, Estonian Academy of Music.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2005). Analytic Process in Schenkerian Pedagogy: An Introspective Exercise. Journal of Schenkerian Studies. 1 22.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2003). Carl Ruggles's Cadential Complex. Other. 16/17 36. Rochester, NY, Eastman School of Music.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2003). Sources of Coherence in Carl Ruggles's Lilacs. Other. IV 15. Tallinn, Estonian Academy of Music.
  • Stephen Slottow. (2000). Fifths and Semitones: A Ruggles Compositional Model and its Unfoldings. Theory and Practice. 25 87-103. New York,
  • Newsletter

  • Stephen Slottow. (2003). Wayward Compositional Procedure in the Music of Carl Ruggles. Other. 3. Brooklyn, NY,
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    • 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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