Richard Parncutt

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Richard Parncutt (born October 24, 1957 in Melbourne ) is an Australian music psychologist, professor of systematic musicology (since 1998) and head of the center for systematic musicology (since 2008) at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz.

Life

Richard Parncutt studied music and physics at the University of Melbourne ( Australia ). In 1987 he completed his studies at the University of New England (Armidale / Australia) with a doctorate in music, psychology and physics. He was visiting researcher with or postdoc with Ernst Terhardt (Munich), Johan Sundberg (Stockholm), Annabel Cohen (Halifax, Canada), Al Bregman (Montreal), and John Sloboda (Keele, England) and lecturer at the Institute for Psychology from Keele University (England). In addition to his research and teaching in music psychology, Richard Parncutt is involved in intercultural and racism research as well as collegiality and academic performance assurance.

research

Parncutts research on the perception of harmony complements the related research of Ernst Terhardt and explains on the basis of general principles of perception and shape recognition why, for example, the root note of a C major or minor chord is C, why and in what way chord roots are ambiguous, why certain chords and chord progressions are used more often than others in tonal music ( major more often than minor more than dominant seventh chord , falling fifths between root notes more often than rising fifths, etc.), and finally, why western music since the 17th century mainly on only two scales ( Major and minor).

His research in the field of rhythm perception creates a connection between pitch and rhythm perception (rhythmic pulse perception is understood as analogous to the perception of a harmonious complex tone) and enables the prediction of the perceptual salience of a pulse (beat, measure ) and the rhythmic ambiguity of a tone sequence.

In his research on piano fingering, the practical everyday knowledge of pianists was systematically examined and described, which made it possible for the first time to systematically predict fingerings in melodic passages.

In his research on the origins of music, he asks why musical sound patterns evoke strong emotions and why religious rituals are accompanied and supported by music in all cultures, and formulates surprising answers based on recent empirical research on prenatal psychological development and the survival value of maternal Infant bond.

Parncutt's research extends into different areas of music psychology:

  • Musical structure: pitch perception, consonance, harmony, tonality (major / minor), melody, counterpoint, rhythm and accentuation.
  • Performance: Psychology of musical performance (focus on piano: expression and fingering); Application of research results in musical and music pedagogical practice
  • Origin of music: essence and roots of harmony, tonality, rhythm (beat); evolutionary music psychology and possible roles of pre- and postnatal child-mother-bond in the phylogeny and ontogeny of music
  • Interdisciplinarity: bringing together humanities, natural sciences and practice at the intersection of music
  • Modeling: Psychoacoustic / cognitive theories and their computer-aided applications in music theory, music making and composition

Parncutt is the founder or co-founder of the following international peer review research infrastructures:

  • Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (since 2004)
  • Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies (since 2007)
  • International Student Conference on Systematic Musicology (since 2008)
  • Conference on Applied Interculturality Research (since 2010)

controversy

In October 2012 published Parncutt on the website of the University of Graz a text entitled "Death penalty for global warming deniers?" (Eng. " Death penalty for deniers of global warming ?"), In which he proposed to limit the death penalty on offenders, causing at least a million deaths. According to his analysis, according to this definition, “influential global warming deniers” would be candidates for the death penalty.

"I would argue that in principle it is okay to kill someone in order to save a million other people." So he concluded, "The death penalty is appropriate for influential global warming deniers."

The Pope and his advisors would also have to be sentenced to death, since the Catholic Church's condom ban ensures that AIDS will continue to spread and that millions of people in Africa will die from it. At the end of December 2012, this demand received criticism in Austrian and international media. The University of Graz published a statement in which it was "dismayed and appalled" whether Parncutts 'statements showed and rejected Parncutts' "inhuman statements". Parncutt also wrote that he had personally always been against the death penalty and only presented a logical chain of arguments. He later apologized for the contribution.

In the introduction there was a link to documentation on a thematic blog ( desmogblog ), in which numerous skeptics of man-made climate change were listed. Parncutt suggested that a jury of scientists should decide on the death penalty. Convicts should have the chance to have their sentences reduced to life imprisonment if they revoke their theses, show repentance publicly , and undertake to conduct research into evidence of global warming while in prison.

The text remained on the University of Graz website until December 24, 2012. After several people, whose opinions and activities are documented in the desmogblog , discussed the text in their blogs and its content became the subject of public criticism, the university management ordered its removal. Parncutt himself apologized for what he said.

In January 2013, disciplinary proceedings were opened against Parncutt for his statements. Two statements were later made on his personal homepage.

Publications

Current refereed publications

  • R. Parncutt: The tonic as triad: Key profiles as pitch salience profiles of tonic triads . Music Perception, 2011, pp. 333-365.
  • R. Parncutt & A. Dorfer: The role of music in the integration of cultural minorities . In: I. Deliege & J. Davidson (Eds.): Music and the mind (Essays in Honor of John Sloboda). Oxford 2011, pp. 379-411.
  • R. Parncutt: Prenatal and infant conditioning, the mother schema, and the origins of music and religion . Musicae Scientiae (Special issue on Music and Evolution, Ed. O. Vitouch & O. Ladinig), 2009–2010, pp. 119-150.
  • R. Parncutt: Tonal implications of harmonic and melodic Tn-types . In: T. Klouche, T. Noll (Eds.): Mathematics and computing in music . Springer, Berlin 2009, pp. 124-139.
  • R. Parncutt: Prenatal development and the phylogeny and ontogeny of musical behavior . In: S. Hallam, I. Cross, M. Thaut (Eds.): Oxford handbook of music psychology . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, pp. 219-228.

Frequently cited refereed publications

  • R. Parncutt: A perceptual model of pulse salience and metrical accent in musical rhythms . Music Perception, 11, 1994, 409-464.
  • R. Parncutt: Harmony: A psychoacoustical approach . Springer, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-540-51279-9 / ISBN 0-387-51279-9 .
  • R. Parncutt: Revision of Terhardt's psychoacoustical model of the root (s) of a musical chord . Music Perception, 6, 1988, 65-94.
  • R. Parncutt, JA Sloboda, EF Clarke, M. Raekallio, P. Desain: An ergonomic model of piano fingering for melodic fragments . Music Perception, 14, 1997, 341-382.
  • R. Parncutt, GE McPherson (Eds.): The science and psychology of music performance: Creative strategies for teaching and learning . Oxford University Press, New York 2002, ISBN 0-19-513810-4 .
  • see also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ uni-graz.at ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-graz.at
  2. ↑ Personnel news (PDF; 249 kB) ( Memento from March 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), newsletter of the KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ , January 15, 2003, page 8
  3. ^ R. Parncutt: Revision of Terhardt's psychoacoustical model of the root (s) of a musical chord . Music Perception, 1988, 6, 65-94.
    R. Parncutt: Harmony: A psychoacoustical approach . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-540-51279-9 / ISBN 0-387-51279-9 .
    R. Parncutt: Pitch properties of chords of octave-spaced tones . Contemporary Music Review, 9, 1993, 35-50.
    R. Parncutt, H. Strasburger: Applying psychoacoustics in composition: "Harmonic" progressions of "non-harmonic" sonorities . Perspectives of New Music, 32 (2), 1994, 1-42.
    R. Parncutt: practice, teaching, perception. Critical remarks on Roland Eberlein: The emergence of tonal sound syntax . Music theory, 11, 1996, 67-79.
    R. Parncutt, AS Bregman: Tone profiles following short chord progressions: Top-down or bottom-up? Music Perception, 18 (1), 2000, 25-57.
    R. Parncutt: Tonal implications of harmonic and melodic Tn-types . In: T. Klouche, T. Noll (Eds.): Mathematics and computing in music (pp. 124-139). Springer, Berlin (in press).
  4. ^ R. Parncutt: A perceptual model of pulse salience and metrical accent in musical rhythms . Music Perception, 11, 1994, 409-464.
  5. ^ R. Parncutt, JA Sloboda, EF Clarke, M. Raekallio, P. Desain: An ergonomic model of keyboard fingering for melodic fragments . Music Perception, 14, 1997, 341-382.
  6. ^ M. Gough: The origins of music . COSMOS Magazine, March 3, 2011. - ( Memento of March 6, 2011 on the Internet Archive ).
    R. Parncutt: Prenatal and infant conditioning, the mother schema, and the origins of music and religion . Musicae Scientiae, Special issue on Music and Evolution (Ed. O. Vitouch & O. Ladinig), 2009–2010, pp. 119-150.
    R. Parncutt, A. Kessler: Music as a virtual person . In: R. Flotzinger (Ed.): Music as… Selected perspectives . Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2006, pp. 9-52.
  7. ↑ uni-graz.at ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-graz.at
  8. ↑ musicstudies.org
  9. ↑ uni-graz.at ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-graz.at
  10. ↑ uni-graz.at ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-graz.at
  11. ↑ a b c d Heike Sonnberger: Radical professors' plea: "Death penalty for deniers of climate change" . In: Spiegel Online . January 4, 2013 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 5, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Graz professor called for the death penalty for Pope , Kurier , December 28, 2012
  13. ↑ Graz professor called for the death penalty for Pope , ORF , December 29, 2012
  14. ^ University of Graz: Statement ( Memento of March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), uni.on , December 28, 2012
  15. ^ Richard Parncutt: Death penalty for global warming deniers? (Original text of the call for the death penalty for climate deniers) ( Memento from December 24, 2012 on WebCite ), uni-graz.at, October 25, 2012
  16. ↑ Death penalty for global warming deniers? ( Memento dated December 24, 2012 on WebCite ) on WebCite.org
  17. ^ Richard Parncutt: Parncutts apology ( memento of December 24, 2012 on WebCite ), uni-graz.at, 27. – 28. December 2012
  18. ↑ APA : Disciplinary proceedings against a Graz professor following the death penalty demand , Der Standard (Vienna), January 14, 2013
  19. ^ Richard Parncutt: The denial of climate change and the so-called "death penalty demand". Retrieved January 17, 2020 . See also: The right to life of climate deniers, children in poverty, and future generations .
  20. ↑ scholar.google.at
  21. ↑ Richard Parncutt: Frequently cited music psychologists ( Memento of October 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), uni-graz.at, June 2008
personal data
SURNAME Parncutt, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian music psychologist and professor of systematic musicology
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne