Roger Mathew Grant


Roger Mathew Grant is a Theorist of music specializing in the eighteenth century. He also works as a dramaturge, for example with Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce on a film version of Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire." Grant teaches at Wesleyan University.

Work

About his book from 2016, Choice magazine said: ""With this book, Grant sets groundwork for resolving the longstanding division in music theory between 'music perception' and the 'history of theory,' and he does so in ways music scholars at all levels should note. Essential."
According to a recent interview, Grant believes that "during the eighteenth century, debates within musical aesthetics re-scripted the role that performing musicians play in the creation and communication of affect."

Publications

The Magic Flute, installation at 80 Washington Square East Gallery, NYU Dramaturgy and performance; collaboration with Jonathan Berger, Susanne Sachsse, Vaginal Davis, and Jamie Stewart.
Pierrot Lunaire, a film by Bruce LaBruce Music Producer and Supervisor Winner, Teddy Jury Award,