Paul von Hippel

Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1998-2001
School of Music
Ohio State University
von-hippel.1@osu.edu
Curriculum vitae in Word format

Research areas

• Cognition, theory, and pedagogy
• Expectation and emotion
• Experimental, statistical, and computer-aided research methods

Education

• Ph.D., Stanford University, Department of Music, 1998.
• M.A.S. (Master of Applied Statistics), Ohio State University, Department of Statistics, 2001.
• B.A. Yale University, magna cum laude, with honors in music, 1990.

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Aarden, B.J., & von Hippel, P.T. (2004). " Rules for chord doubling (and spacing): Which ones do we need?" Music Theory Online 10.2.

Hunter, D.J., & von Hippel, P.T. (2003). "How rare is symmetry in musical 12-tone rows?" American Mathematical Monthly, 110(2), 124-132.

von Hippel, P. (2000). "Questioning a melodic archetype: Do listeners use gap-fill to classify melodies?" Music Perception 18(2), 139-153.

von Hippel, P., & Huron, D. (2000). "Why do skips precede reversals? The effect of tessitura on melodic structure." Music Perception 18(1), 59-85. [Summarized in the Electronic Encyclopedia of Statistical Exercises and Examples.]

von Hippel, P. (2000). "Redefining pitch proximity: Tessitura and mobility as constraints on melodic intervals." Music Perception 17(3), 315-327.

Refereed conference proceedings

von Hippel, P. (2002). "Melodic-expectation rules as learned heuristics." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney, AU.

Book review

von Hippel, P. (2000). "Jerrold Levinson: Music in the moment [review of the book]." Music Analysis, 19(1), 136-143.

Computer databases

von Hippel, P. (1998). "42 Ojibway folksongs in the Humdrum **kern representation: Electronic transcriptions from the Densmore collections." Stanford, CA: Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.

London, J., von Hippel, P., Huron, D., Cartano, J., Kingery, K., Olsen, B., & Santelli, T. (2000). (von Hippel, P., ed.). "Row forms in the serial works of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern." Stanford, CA: Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.

Commercial recording

von Hippel, P. (2001). "Kodaly's music box." Piano miniature commissioned and performed in the U.S., Europe, and Africa by Guy Livingston. Track 22 on the CD Don't Panic! Sixty Seconds for Piano. Mainz, Germany: Wergo Schallplatten 6649-2. Available from Amazon (~$20) and Sonatabop ($15).

Sheet music

von Hippel, P. (1995). "Iti Milvanon." Hebrew song for piano and medium voice, based loosely on a melody by Nira Hen. Sung at my wedding!

von Hippel, P. (1996/2002). Three Freedom Spirituals. Arrangements for SATB choir. Palo Alto, CA: Choral Public Domain Library.

1. "Steal Away" (1996, pdf, midi).
2. "Free At Last" (1996, pdf, midi). With soprano solo.
3. "Live A-Humble" (2002, pdf, midi).
   Known performances:
   • Vokalensemble Mosaik (Vienna, Austria)
   • RMIT Occasional Choral Society (Melbourne, Australia)
   • Bloor Street Gospel Chorus (Toronto, ON)
   • North Carolina July 4 Festival (Sea Notes Choral Society, Southport, NC)
   • Endwell Community Choir (Endwell, NY)
   • St. Timothy's Episcopal Choir (Mountain View, CA)
   • Peninsula Choral Workshop (San Mateo, CA)
   • Cowanesque Valley High School (Westfield, PA)
   • Capital City Chorale (Frankfort, KY)

Nonmusical work

Hoth, S., and Bruch, E. (1949/1990). (von Hippel, P., trans. and ed., 1997). East Prussia: Exile and Return. Original in German.

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