Rebecca Shaw
MA Musicology, 2019
Email: rebecca.shaw@dal.ca
MA Thesis: Differentiae in the Cantus Manuscript Database: A Cross-Manuscript Analysis
Why Dal?
I came to H initially to complete a Master in Library and Information Studies. Through my work as a Research Assistant on the Cantus Manuscript Database with Dr. Jennifer Bain, I had the opportunity to pursue a Master of Arts in Musicology at the same time.
What Inspires Me?
Through my work as an RA, I have become interested in the relationships between differentiae within medieval chant manuscripts, including relationships within the same document and relationships between documents of different provenance.
Publications and Works
“The Kassel-Wolfenbüttel Tablature System: A Convergence of Lute Tablature and Mensural Notation,” presented at the 2016 Music Encoding Conference
“A ‘New Harmony’: Intertextuality and Quotation in Toru Takemitsu’s Folio III” in 2015 Undergraduate Awards (2016),
“Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares by John Dowland: Tears of Lost Innocence” in Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology, Vol. 7 (Spring 2014),
Awards & Honours
Killam Predoctoral Fellowship, Level 1, H University
Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS M), H University
Governor General’s Silver Medal, Western University
After Grad?
After completing my studies at H, I became a Music Archivist at the Music Library of the University of Toronto.