Music Theory and Analysis

Editors
John Koslovsky (KU Leuven)
Markus Neuwirth (Bruckner University, Linz)
Derek Remeš (TU Dortmund University)

Advisory Board
Pieter Bergé (KU Leuven), David Brackett (McGill University), Vasili Byros (Northwestern University), Mark Delaere (KU Leuven), Felix Diergarten (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts), Julian Horton (Durham University), Henry Klumpenhouwer (Eastman School of Music), Christian Leitmeir (Bangor University), Nathan J. Martin (University of Michigan), Johannes Menke (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), Danuta Mirka (Northwestern University), Thomas Noll (Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya), Alexander Rehding (Harvard University), Michiel Schuijer (Conservatory of Amsterdam), Lauri Suurpää (Sibelius Academy), Christian Thorau (Potsdam University), Barbara Titus (University of Amsterdam), Steven Vande Moortele (University of Toronto)

Online journal with a print edition
Bi-annually (May/October)
Print ISSN: 2295-5917
Online ISSN: 2295-5925
Online available via Ingenta Connect

Music Theory and Analysis (MTA) is a peer-reviewed, international, English-language journal focusing on recent developments in music theory and analysis. Special emphasis is placed on the interplay between theory and analysis, as well as on the interaction between European and North-American scholarship. Open to a wide variety of repertoires, approaches, and methodologies, the journal aims to stimulate dialogue between diverse traditions within the field.

While MTA’s primary focus is on peer-reviewed articles (ca. 5,000–12,000 words), the editors welcome submissions in the following formats as well:

  • Analytical vignettes (peer-reviewed)
  • Colloquiums (a collection of peer-reviewed articles or vignettes addressing a certain theme)
  • Contributions to the pedagogy of music theory and analysis (peer-reviewed)
  • Translations on and commentaries of historical sources (peer-reviewed)
  • Peer-reviewed review-articles (classic book reviews are by invitation only)

Anonymized manuscripts are sent to at least two experts for international peer review. The estimated turnaround time is two to three months. Publication occurs biannually in both print and online formats for purchase. Institutional licenses are available.

MTA is the official journal of the Dutch-Flemish Society for Music Theory (Vereniging voor Muziektheorie). In 2014 MTA succeeded the Dutch Journal of Music Theory (Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie), which ran from 1996 to 2013.

Members of the Dutch-Flemish Society for Music Theory (Vereniging voor Muziektheorie) are entitled to a reduction. Please contact the Society for more information via secretaris(AT)verenigingvoormuziektheorie(dot)net.

Dutch Journal of Music Theory Archive
​Previous issues of the Dutch Journal of Music Theory (vol. 1 (1996) – vol. 18 (2013)) can be accessed here

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