Stefan M. Kostka (born 1939) is an American music theorist, author, and professor emeritus of music theory at the University of Texas at Austin.
Education Kostka graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's degree in 1962, and then received a graduate degree at the University of Texas, studying under Kent Kennan before receiving a PhD in music theory from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Career He was a member of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music from 1969 to 1973, and since that time has been on the faculty at the University Texas at Austin. Kostka initiated courses in computer applications in music at both the Eastman School and the University of Texas. Later, he specialized in courses in atonal theory and contemporary styles and techniques.
Selected publications Books The Hindemith String Quartets: A Computer-Assisted Study of Selected Aspects of Style, Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1969 A Bibliography of Computer Applications in Music, J. Boonin, 1974Review of A Bibliography of Computer Applications in Music: John E. Druesedow (May 1975), Computers and the Humanities, volume 9, number 3, pages 147–148 Reviews of Tonal Harmony: Roger Graybill (Autumn 1993), Music Theory Spectrum, volume 15, issue 2, pages 257–266 , ; Ann Kosakowski McNamee (Autumn 1986), Journal of Music Theory, volume 30, number 2, pages 309–314 , Materials and Techniques of Twentieth Century Music, Prentice Hall, 1990;Reviews of Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music: Ronald Rodman (Spring–Fall 1989), Indiana Theory Review, volume 10, pages 115–123 ; Mary H. Wennerstrom (1990), Intégral, volume 4, pages 105–116 ; Arnold Whittall (Spring 1991), Music Theory Spectrum, volume 13, number 1, pages 79–88 , 5th edition, Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, with Matthew Santa, Routledge, 2018. Anthology of Music for Analysis, with Roger Graybill, Prentice Hall, 2003
Articles 1971: "Recent developments in computer-assisted musical scholarship", Computers and the Humanities, volume 6, issue 1, pages 15–21 1991: (with Russell Riepe)
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