Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • D.Phil., City University of New York 2008
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Music, Music, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008 - 2009
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 15, 2021

    10 Books About Music from Duke Authors

  • FEB 23, 2021

    January Book: Nicholas Stoia "Sweet Thing: The History and Musical Structure of a Shared American Vernacular Form"
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Europe (Continent) 
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • Oxford University Press
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Stoia, N. Sweet thing: The history and musical structure of a shared american vernacular form, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190881979.001.0001.
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  • Academic Articles

    • Stoia, Nicholas. “Blues Lyric Formulas in Early Country Music, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll.” Music Theory Online 26, no. 4 (December 2020). https://doi.org/10.30535/mto.26.4.8.
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    • Stoia, Nicholas. “The Tour-of-Keys Model and the Prolongational Structure in Sonata-Form Movements by Haydn and Mozart.” Journal of Schenkerian Studies 12 (2019): 79–123.
    • Stoia, N., K. Adams, and K. Drakulich. “Rap Lyrics as Evidence: What Can Music Theory Tell Us?” Race and Justice, January 31, 2017.
    • Stoia, N. “Triple Counterpoint and Six-Four Chords in J.S. Bach’s Sinfonia in F Minor.” Music Analysis 34, no. 3 (October 1, 2015): 305–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/musa.12041.
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    • Stoia, N. “The Common Stock of Schemes in Early Blues and Country Music.” Music Theory Spectrum 35, no. 2 (2013): 194–234. https://doi.org/10.1525/mts.2013.35.2.194.
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    • Stoia, N. “Mode, Harmony, and Dissonance Treatment in American Folk and Popular Music, c. 1920-1945.” Music Theory Online 16, no. 3 (August 1, 2010).
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • AAAS 139: History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop 2023
  • HISTORY 108: History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop 2023
  • MUSIC 143: History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop 2023
  • MUSIC 361: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music II 2023
  • MUSIC 791: Independent Study 2023
  • MUSIC 261: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I 2022
  • MUSIC 361: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music II 2022
  • MUSIC 393: Research Independent Study 2022
  • MUSIC 560: Tonal Analysis 2022
  • MUSIC 790S-1: Seminar in the History of Music 2022
  • MUSIC 791: Independent Study 2022
  • AAAS 139: History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop 2021
  • HISTORY 108: History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop 2021
  • MUSIC 143: History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop 2021
  • MUSIC 361: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music II 2021
  • MUSIC 461: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music III 2021
  • MUSIC 560: Tonal Analysis 2021
  • MUSIC 791: Independent Study 2021

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