Dr. Mark McKnight
University of North Texas
Libraries
(940) 565-2859
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Education

MS, University of Illinois, 1984.
Major: Library and Information Science
PhD, Louisiana State University, 1980.
Major: Music History/Music Criticism in the New York Times and New York Tribune, 1851-1876
BA, University of Central Arkansas, 1973.
Major: Music

Professional Positions

Uncategorized
Head Music Librarian, UNT. (2013 – Present).
Adjunct Faculty, UNT. (1994 – Present).
Associate Head, Music Library, UNT. (19902013).
Music and Audiovisual Catalog Librarian, Loyola University, New Orleans. (19841990).

Professional Memberships

International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres. (1994 – Present).

Music OCLC Users Group. (1993 – Present).

American Library Association. (1984 – Present).

Association of College and Research Libraries. (1984 – Present).

Vice President/President-Elect, Music Library Association. (1984 – Present).

Society for American Music. (1980 – Present).

American Musicological Society. (1978 – Present).

American Guild of Organists. (19821998).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"RefWorks Training," UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (20072007).

Workshop,"Introduction to FrontPage," UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (20002000).

Workshop,"Introduction to Pegasus Mail," UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (19931993).

Workshop,"Introduction to Quattro-Pro," UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (19931993).

Workshop,"Introduction to Wordperfect for Windows," UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (19931993).

Continuing Education Program,"Interaction Management Course," UNT Personnel Dept., Denton, TX, United States of America. (19911991).

Workshop,"Exceptional Customer Service," UNT Personnel Dept., Denton, TX, United States of America. (19901990).

Workshop,"Introduction to BITNET," UNT Computing Center, Denton, TX, United States of America. (19901990).

Workshop,"Introduction to Wordperfect," UNT Computing Center, Denton, TX, United States of America. (19901990).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
MUGC 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.
MUGC 5950, Master's Thesis, 16 courses.
MUGC 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 7 courses.
MUMH 4760, Chamber Music Literature, 1 course.
MUMH 4780, American Music, 6 courses.
MUMH 4900, Special Problems, 1 course.
MUMH 4910, Special Problems, 3 courses.
MUMH 4920, Senior Thesis in Music History, 1 course.
MUMH 5010, Introduction to Research in Music, 25 courses.
MUMH 5440, Music in the United States, 7 courses.
MUMH 5900, Special Problems, 3 courses.
MUMH 5910, Special Problems, 1 course.
MUMH 6900, Special Problems, 4 courses.
MUMH 6910, Special Problems, 2 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Early American Choral Music," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2015 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair,"Music of Christopher Rouse," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2015 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"American Reception of Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2015 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2013 – Present).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Music of Silvestre Revueltas," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2015May 2016).

Other,"A North Carolina Dulcimer Tale: The Families of Watauga County," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2015May 2016).

Other, Instrumental Studies. (March 2016March 2016).

Other, Instrumental Studies. (March 2015March 2015).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"THE INTIMACY OF DEATH: MAHLER’S USE OF VOICE AND DRAMATIC NARRATION IN KINDERTOTENLIEDER," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2012December 2013).

Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair,"Repetition and Difference: Parodic Narration in Kander and Ebb's "The Scottsboro Boys"," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2011August 2013).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Educating American audiences: Claire Reis and the development of modern music institutions, 1912-1930," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2011August 2013).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"DECONSTRUCTING WEBERN’S OP. 25, DREI LIEDER: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2012May 2013).

Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair,"Don Gillis's Symphony no. 5 1/2: music for the people," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2011May 2013).

Dissertation Committee Member,""Sounds for adventurous listeners": Willis Conover, the Voice of America, and the international reception of avant-garde jazz in the 1960s," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2011May 2012).

Other, Instrumental Studies. (April 2012April 2012).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Criticism of Beethoven's Pastoral symphony in London and Boston, 1819-1874: a forum for public discussion of musical topics," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2010December 2011).

Other, Instrumental Studies. (May 2011May 2011).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
McKnight, M. (2016). The UNT Music Library at 75: Selections from its Special Collections. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Libraries.
McKnight, M. (2012). Morris Martin: 40 Years. Denton, TX: Privately printed.
McKnight, M. (2002). Music Classification Systems. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Book Review as Author
McKnight, M. (2013). (Review) Ostendorf, Ann. Sounds American: National Identity and the Music Cultures of the Lower Mississippi River Valley, 1800–1860. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011.. 31, 505-508. American Music.
McKnight, M. (2005). (Review) Brook, Barry S. Speaking of Music: Music Conferences 1835-1966.. 52, 65-66. Fontes Artis Musicae.
McKnight, M. (2004). (Review) Lott, R. Allen. From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland.. 60, 965-967. Notes.
Encyclopedia Article
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Ashley, Lowell Edwin. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 1(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Bowen, Jennifer Beth. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 1, . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Cunningham, Elizabeth. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 2(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Heyer, Anna Harriet. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 4(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Kuss, Malena. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 4(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Music OCLC Users Group. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 5(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Vita, Susan H.. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 8(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Weidow, Judith Ann. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 8(2nd), . New York: Oxford University Press.
Garrett, C. H. (2013). Young, J. Bradford. New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.. 8, . New York: Oxford University Press.
Journal Article
McKnight, M. (2012). “Are We There Yet? Toward a Workable Vocabulary for Music.”. 59, 286-292.
Cleveland, S. (2006). “Rediscovering ‘Toscanini: the Man Behind the Legend". 37, 175-180.
McKnight, M. (2005). “Charivaris, Cowbellions, and Sheet Iron Bands: Nineteenth-Century Rough Music in New Orleans.”. American Music. 23, 407-424.
Other
Lemmon, A. E. (2014). “Louisiana Baroque: Bibliographic Details of Nouvelles poésies.”. French Baroque Music of New Orleans: Spiritual Songs from the Ursuline Convent (1736). New Orleans, LA: Historic New Orleans Collection in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

Presentations Given

McKnight, M. (Panelist), American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter Fall Meeting, Career Options for Musicologists, American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter, Dallas, United States of America. (20162016).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), UNT Libraries Dissertation Bootcamp, Writing the Dissertation/Thesis Proposal for Graduate Music Students", UNT Libraries, Willis Library 250H, United States of America. (20162016).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), UNT Czech Conference and Festival, “Vocal and Chamber Music of the American Moravians.", University of North Texas College of Music, Denton, TX, United States of America. (20152015).

Feustle, M. (Presenter), Justice, A. (Presenter), UNT Emeritus College, Treasures in the UNT Music Library, UNT Lifelong Learning and Professional Development, UNT Music Library, United States of America. (20142015).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Daughters of the American Revolution Benjamin Lyon Chapter November Meeting and Luncheon, Music of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution Benjamin Lyon Chapter, Denton, TX, United States of America. (20152015).

McKnight, M. (Chair), "Using Library Special Collections in Classroom Teaching" Panel Discussion. (20132013).

Feustle, M. (Author & Presenter), Murphy, J. P. (Author & Presenter), McKnight, M. (Author & Presenter), Society for American Music, Jazz Special Collections at the University of North Texas Music Library, Little Rock, AR, United States of America. (2013).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), "An Eighteenth-Century Manuscript from New Orleans." Lecture Recital. (20122012).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), "Jazz Collections and Performance Practice at UNT." Opening Plenary Session.. (20122012).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), "Training Students to Catalog Music a UNT." Poster Session. (20122012).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), "What It Is! Music Genre/Form and Medium of Performance Terms in the Future of Music Subject Acess.". (20122012).

McKnight, M. (Author), "Are We There Yet? Toward a Workable Controlled Vocabulary for Music.". (20112011).

McKnight, M. (Author), Louisiana Baroque: an Eighteenth-Century Manuscript from New Orleans. (20092009).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Nouvelles Poésies: Music of the Ursulines in Eighteenth-Century in New Orleans. (20092009).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Online College of Music Recordings at the University of North Texas (poster session). (20082008).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: "Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid and the Creation of the American Sound. (20082008).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: Brahms, Mozart, and Webern: Tradition and Innovation in the Creative Process. (20082008).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: Musical Intersections: Film Music and the Art of Adaptation. (20082008).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: "Italy – France – America: Evoking a Sense of Place through Music. (20072007).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: Bach as Evangelist: Music and Meaning in the B-Minor Mass. (20072007).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: "Beethoven, Schubert, Goethe: The Rise of German Romanticism. (20062006).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Captain Ricardo and his Sheet Iron Band: Rough Music in Antebellum New Orleans. (20052005).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Rediscovering 'Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend'. (20052005).

McKnight, M. (Moderator), Library of Congress Subject Headings Workshop for Music Librarians. (20042004).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Performance Preludes: Dvořák, Copland, and Ives. (20042004).

McKnight, M. (Moderator), Communicating, Learning, and Teching about Music. (20032003).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Charivari: Sheet Iron Bands in Nineteenth Century New Orleans. (20012001).

McKnight, M. (Coordinator/Organizer), Legacies: Five Hundred Years of Printed Music. (20012001).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Opera in New Orleans. (20012001).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Reinventing Music in America. (19981998).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), From Fats to Funk: New Orleans R&B. (19971997).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), From the New World: Music in America. (19971997).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Orpheus in New York: American Reception of Opéra bouffe during the Nineteenth Century. (19971997).

McKnight, M. (Moderator), The Virtual Music Library. (19941994).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), From La-La to Zydeco: Cross-Cultural Influences in Louisiana Popular Music. (19921992).

McKnight, M. (Presenter), Zydeco: Its Impact and Influence on Cajun Music. (19921992).

McKnight, M. (Moderator), Libraries and Electronic Networks. (19911991).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Other. West, J., McKnight, M., "An Eighteenth-Century Manuscript from New Orleans," Denton Bach Players, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. (November 2, 2012).

Intellectual Contributions in Submission

Encyclopedia Article
Dingle, C. Music Criticism in the United States and Canada. Cambridge History of Music Criticism. 1(1), . Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/
Heidlberger, F. Ernest Ansermet. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. Lukas Foss. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. Paul Kletzki. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. Roy Harris. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. Virgil Thomson. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/
Heidlberger, F. William Walton. Lexikon des Orchester. 1(1), . Laaber-Verlag. http://www.laaber-verlag.wslv.de/

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Faculty Development Leave Committee. (2014 – Present).

Committee Chair, Search Committee, Music Librarian for Digital and Audio Services. (20162016).

Committee Member, Student Evaluation of Teaching Task Force. (20142016).

Committee Member, Libraries Career Development Work Group. (20112014).

Committee Member, Libraries ILS Work Group. (20072013).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Head of Rare Books and Archives. (20112012).

Committee Chair, Search Committee, Music Special Collections Librarian. (20112012).

Committee Member, University Space Assessment Committee. (20102011).

Committee Member, Libraries PAC Procedures Review Task Force. (20092011).

Committee Member, Faculty Development Leave Committee. (20022008).

Committee Member, Fine Arts Series Advisory Committee. (20022008).

Committee Member, Library Assembly. (20062007).

Committee Member, UNT Scholarship Committee. (19942000).

Committee Member, Faculty Awards Committee. (19951999).

Professional Service

Member, International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres. (1994 – Present).

Member, Music OCLC Users Group. (1993 – Present).

Member, ALA Association of College and Research Libraries. (1984 – Present).

Member, American Library Association. (1984 – Present).

Member, Music Library Association. (1984 – Present).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Music Library Association. (20162019).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Resource Sharing and Collection Development Committee. (20142017).

Task Force Member, Music Library Association Genre Form Task Force. (20092016).

Committee Chair, Society for American Music Research Resources Interest Group. (20092016).

Committee Member, Music Library Association NASM Graduate Standards Review Task Force. (20152015).

Committee Chair, Society for American Music Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship Committee. (20142015).

Committee Member, Society for American Music Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship Committee. (20122014).

Other, Music Library Association. (20002014).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Local Arrangements Committee. (20112012).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Dena Epstein Award Committee for American Music Research. (20092012).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee. (20082012).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Dena Epstein Award Committee for American Music Research. (20102011).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Texas Chapter Nominating Committee. (20102010).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Texas Chapter Nominating Committee. (20082008).

Task Force Member, ALA Association of Library Collections and Technical Services Subject Analysis Committee Task Force on Library of Congress Classification Training. (20062008).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Program Committee. (20062008).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Program Committee. (20062007).

Other, ALA Association of Library Collections and Technical Services Subject Analysis Committee. (20022006).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Subject Access Subcommittee. (20022006).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Subject Access Subcommittee. (19992006).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Texas Chapter Nominating Committee. (20042004).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Local Arrangements Committee. (20022003).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Publications Awards Committee. (20022003).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Publications Awards Committee. (20002003).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Task Force to Advise the Music Thesaurus Project. (19982002).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Task Force to Advise the Music Thesaurus Project. (19962002).

Committee Member, • Search committee, MLA Index and Bibliography Series editor. (20012001).

Committee Member, International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres IAML-US Treasurer Search Committee. (20002000).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Texas Chapter Nominating Committee. (20002000).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Library School Liaison Subcommittee. (19982000).

Committee Member, Society for American Music Local Arrangements Committee. (19981999).

Committee Member, Society for American Music Membership Committee. (19971999).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Ad Hoc Committee on Pricing Structure of MLA Publications. (19961998).

Member, American Guild of Organists. (19821998).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Nominating Committee. (19971997).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Finance Committee. (19961997).

Board of Directors, Music Library Association. (19951997).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Ad Hoc Committee of the Board of Directors for the Special Achievement Award. (19961996).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Finance Committee. (19951996).

Committee Member, ALA Association of Library Collections and Technical Services Subject Analysis Committee Music Thesaurus Subcommittee. (19931996).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Information Sharing Subcommittee. (19901995).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Reference and Public Service Committee. (19901995).

Committee Member, Music Library Association Information Sharing Subcommittee. (19881995).

Committee Member, American Guild of Organists Dallas Chapter Exhibits Committee, Dallas, TX. (19931994).

Officer, Other Officer, American Guild of Organists New Orleans Chapter, New Orleans, LA. (19871990).

Other, Music Library Association Southeast Chapter. (19861988).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Southeast Chapter Nominating Committee. (19871987).

Committee Member, American Musicological Society Local Arrangements Committee, New Orleans, LA. (19861987).

Committee Chair, Music Library Association Southeast/Texas Chapters Joint Meeting Local Arrangements Committee. (19861986).

Public Service

Committee Member, First United Methodist Church Worship Committee, Denton, TX. (20012004).

Other, Project REAL Adult Literacy, Denton, TX. (19921994).

Consulting

Academic, University of Arkansas at Monticello Dept. of Fine Arts, Monticello, AR, United States of America. (August 1992August 1992).