This week we discuss Jennifer Beavers' article "Beyond Mere Novelty: Timbre as Primary Structural Marker in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major". We talk about timbre as formal quality, the place of timbre in analysis, and a bit about the music of Ravel. There is a brief shout-out to theremins.
https://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.4/mto.19.25.4.beavers.html