Introduction
Readers of Spaces of Identity may not recognize the name Michael Saffle. That is understandable, since he himself has not sought self-aggrandizement, despite his many accomplishments. Those of us who do know him hold Michael’s scholarly work in the highest esteem, and have chosen to mark the occasion of his 60th birthday to mount with a special issue in his honor. All of the collaborators to this special issue have experienced Michael’s generous spirit, steadfast friendship and unstinting collegiality, and we gather our tributes here to celebrate a career of achievement and dedication to scholarship, family and friends.
In conceiving this project, I felt that Michael might get lost in a standard Festschrift, consisting of essays that may have nothing to do with the dedicatee, so I considered some more imaginative way to honor his contributions to the research community and to our lives. It seemed to me that we would create a more meaningful tribute, and one in the spirit of Michael Saffle, if the contributors were to look to the future rather than to the past. Since Michael has extended the boundaries of musicology towards the future, it is fitting that we should do the same in our various scholarly disciplines. I asked each author to project him-/herself ten years ahead and position his/her field of research at that time, in 1000 words or less. To the extent that he and his work have touched individuals from diverse fields of activity, the result is a varied collection of essays or shorter tributes from practitioners of musicology, ethnomusicology, musical performance, sociology, cultural and European studies. The contributors’ disparate locations reflect the wide-ranging influence and friendships that Michael has maintained, from Hong Kong to Vienna (via North America and Western Europe). With deepest regret I must note that one good friend could not join us in this tribute to Michael: Pauline Pocknell passed away on August 11 of this year, sadly missed by all who knew her.
Michael Saffle has touched many more individuals than represented by the contributors to this special issue of Spaces. The circle of academics whose careers he has selflessly promoted is large. And as a researcher, he has cast much bread upon the waters, with no assurance of any return – the appended selected bibliography attests to Michael’s unflagging energy in advancing our understanding of music in the most diverse historical and cultural contexts. To that extent I would compare him to the Biblical sower of seeds, who cast them far and wide and they grew into a rich harvest.
On the occasion of your 60th birthday, Michael, your friends and colleagues wish to thank you for the seeds you have sown in our lives, seeds of friendship and scholarly engagement. May we in turn on pass on that which we have so richly received from you!
Happy birthday, Michael!
Michael Saffle: Selected Bibliography
BOOKS
“Franz Liszt’s Compositional Development: A Study of his Principal Published and Unpublished Instrumental Sketches and Revisions.” PhD dissertation, Musicology: Stanford University, 1977.
Franz Liszt: A Guide to Research. (Garland Composer Resource Manuals, Vol. 29.) New York: Garland, 1991. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Liszt in Germany, 1840-1845: A Study in Sources, Documents, and the History of Reception. (Franz Liszt Studies Series, No. 2.) Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1994.
Ed., with James Deaville. New Light on Liszt and His Music: Essays in Honor of Alan Walker’s 65th Birthday. Analecta Lisztiana 2. (Franz Liszt Studies Series, No. 6.) Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1997.
Ed. Keith Johns, The Symphonic Poems of Liszt. (Franz Liszt Studies Series, No. 3.) Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1997.
Ed. Liszt and His World: Proceedings of the International Liszt Conference held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 20-23 May 1993. Analecta Lisztiana 1. (Franz Liszt Studies Series, No. 5.) Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon, 1998.
Ed. Music and Culture in America, 1861-1918. (Essays in American Music, Vol. 2.) New York: Garland, 1998.
Ed. Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950. (Essays in American Music, Vol. 3) New York: Garland, 2000.
Ed., with James R. Heintze. Reflections on American Music: The Twentieth Century and the New Millennium. A Collection of Essays Presented in Honor of the College Music Society. (CMS Monographs and Bibliographies in American Music, No. 16.) New York: Pendragon, 2000.
Ed., with Daniel W. Mosser and Ernest W. Sullivan. Puzzles in Paper: Concepts in Historical Watermarks. Essays from the International Conference on the History, Function, and Study of Watermarks, Roanoke, Virginia. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2000.
Richard Wagner: A Guide to Research. (Routledge Music Bibliographies.) New York: Routledge, 2002.
Ed., with Rossana Dalmonte. Liszt and the Birth of Modern Europe: Music as A Mirror of Religious, Political, Cultural, and Aesthetic Transformations. Proceedings of the International Conference... 1998. Analecta Lisztiana 3. (Franz Liszt Studies Series, No. 9.) Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon, 2003.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Liszt und der angelsächsische Raum,” in Franz Liszt – Heute. Symposion Eisenstadt 1986. (Wissenschaftliche Arebeiten aus dem Burgenland, Vol. 78.) Eisenstadt: Burgenländisches Landesmuseum, 1987. Pages 141-151.
“Liszt’s Reputation: The Role of ‘Rezeptionsästhetik’,” Atti del XIV congresso della Società Internazionale di Musicologia, Bologna, 1987: Trasmissione e recezione delle forme di cultura musicale. Ed. by Lorenzo Bianconi et al. Turin: EDT Editori, 1990. Vol. 3, pp. 805-810.
“Liszt and Cecilianism: The Evidence of Documents and Scores,” in Der Caecilianismus: Anfõnge - Grundlagen – Wirkungen. Tutzing: Schneider, 1988. Pages 203-213.
“Another Look at Liszt’s ‘Hidden’ Numerology,” in “De musica et cantu”: Studien zur Geschichte der Kirchenmusik und der Oper – Helmut Hucke zum 60. Geburtstag Ed. by Peter Cahn and Ann-Katrin Heimer. (Musikwissenschaftliche Publikationen, Vol. 2.) Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1993. Pages 591-601.
“Parsifal Performances in America, 1886-1903: Changing Taste and the Popular Press,” in Opera and the Golden West: The Past, Present, and Future of Opera in the U.S.A. Ed. by John L. DiGaetani and Josef P. Sirefman. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1994. Pages 161-168.
“Liszt und die Deutschen,” in Liszt und die Nationalitäten. Ed. by Gerhard Winkler. (Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland, Vol. 93.) Eisenstadt: Burgenländisches Lanesmuseum, 1996. Pages 114-126.
“Information Sessions: Criticus musicus,” in Actas del XV Congresso de la Sociedad Internacional de Musicologia: Culturas musicales del Mediterráneo y sus ramificaciones Madrid: Sociedad Española de Musicologia, 1997. Pages 1113-1118.
“Early Italian Editions of Liszt’s Works,” in Actas del XV Congresso de la Sociedad Internacional de Musicologia: Culturas musicales del Mediterráneo y sus ramificaciones Madrid: Sociedad Española de Musicologia, 1997. Pages 1781-1794.
“Of Fasch, Topoi, and Pre-Classical Style,” in Nationalstile und europäisches Denken in der Musik von Fasch und seinen Zeitgenossen. Ed. by Konstanze Musketa. Dessau: Anhaltische Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1997. Pages 55-75.
“‘Kapellmeisters’ and Eighteenth-Century German Musical Life,” in Johann Friedrich Fasch und sein Wirken für Zerbst. Dessau: Anhaltische Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1997. Pages 18-32.
“Liszt Music Manuscripts in Paris: A Preliminary Survey,” in Liszt and His World (q.v.). Pages 101-135.
“Text as Music/Music as Text: Thomas Mann’s ‘Doktor Faustus’ and Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 111,” in Musik als Text: Bericht über den Internationalen Kongreß der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung Freiburg im Breisgau 1993. Ed. by Hermann Danuser and Tobias Plebuch. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1998. Vol. 2, pp. 215-221.
“Promoting the Local Product: Reflections on the California Musical Press, 1874-1914,” in Music and Culture in America, 1861-1918 (q.v.). Pages 167-196.
“Liszt’s Use of Sonata Form: The Case of Festklänge,” in Liszt 2000: A Liszt Ferenc Társaság szervezésében, 1999. május 18-20-án, Budapesten tartott Nemzetközi Liszt-konferencia válogatott elöadásai. Ed. by Klára Hamburger. Budapest: Liszt Ferenc Társaság, 2000. Pages 201-216.
“The Early Works [of Liszt],” in The Liszt Companion. Ed. by Ben Arnold. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2002. Pages 57-69.
“Orchestral Works [of Liszt],” in The Liszt Companion. Pages 235-279.
“Sacred Choral Works [of Liszt],” in The Liszt Companion. Pages 335-363.
“Liszt and the Birth of the New Europe: Reflections on Modernity, Wagner, the Oratorio, and “Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth,” in Liszt and the Birth of Modern Europe (q.v.). Pages 3-24.
JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS
Journal of the American Liszt Society (1987-1991)
Co-Editor with James Deaville, Criticus Musicus (1993-1995)
Co-Editor with Peter Bloom, The Pendragon Review: A Journal of Musical Romanticism (2001-2003)
MAJOR JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Lutes and Related Instruments in Eight Important European and American Collections,” Journal of the Lute Society of America 8/9 (1975/1976): 22-48, 43-61.
“Liszt’s ‘Sonata in B Minor’: Another Look at the Double Function Question,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 11 (1982): 28-39.
“Aesthetic Education in Theory and Practice: A Review of Recent Research,” Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin 74 (1983): 22-39.
“Unpublished Liszt Works at Weimar,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 13 (1983): 3-24.
“Liszt Research Since 1936: A Bibliographic Survey,” Acta Musikcologica 58/2 (1986): 231-281
“Adalbert von Goldschmidt: A Forgotten Lisztophile,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 21 (1987): 31-41.
“Lisztiana in Early American Music Magazines,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 22 (1987): 62-67
“The ‘Liszt-Year’ 1986 and Recent Liszt Research,” Acta Musicologica 59/3 (1987): 271-299.
“An ‘Unpublished’ Liszt Letter to Franz Xaver Witt,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 24 (1988): 91-95.
“Wagner’s American Escapades: ‘The Centennial March’ and the American Press,” American Music Teacher 39/6 (1989): 20-23.
With Ben Arnold. “Liszt in Ireland (and Belgium): Reports from a Concert Tour,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 26 (1989): 3-11.
“Little-Known Liszt ‘Sheet-Music’ Letters,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 28 (1990): 69-72.
“Three Little-Known Liszt Piano Pieces,” Journal of the American Liszt Society 30 (1991): 68-73.
With Jeffrey Saffle. “Medical Histories of Prominent Composers: Recent Research and Discoveries,” Acta Musicologica 65/ 2 (1993): 77-101
With Stephanie Mason. “L-Systems, Melodies and Musical Structure,” Leonardo Music Journal: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology 4 (1994): 31-38.
With Stephanie Mason. “Self-Similarity, FASS Curves, and Algorithms for Musical Structures,” Symmetry: Culture and Science – Quarterly of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry, No. 3 (1995): 465-467.
“Isn’t it Romantic? or, The First Issue of the ‘Pendragon Review’,” The Pendragon Review: A Journal of Musical Romanticism 1/1 (2001).
“Compiling Lis(z)ts: Cataloging the Composer’s Works and the ‘New Grove 2’ Works List,” Journal of Musicological Research 21/3 (2002): 233-262.
“Family Values: The Trapp Family Singers in North America, 1938-1956,” Canadian University Music Review 24/2 (2004): 62-79.
“A Question of Class? Teaching Mountain Music at Virginia Tech,” Echo 6/2 (2004).
CONFERENCE PAPERS, REVIEWS, ETC.
Literally hundreds!