Nico Schüler (born 5 May 1970) is a German-American music theorist, musicologist, composer, and university professor, whose scholarly work has been reviewed in peer-reviewed journals.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He is listed in the Biography and Genealogy Master Index,[9] in Who's Who in America[10] and in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders.[11]
Schüler's publications are focussed on the rediscovery of forgotten or underrepresented musicians (e.g., Jacob J. Sawyer, Sam Lucas, The Hyers Sisters, Billy Kersands, Wallace King, Cornelia Schröder-Auerbach), computer-applications in music research,[14] methodology of music research, music of the 20th century (e.g., Dietrich Erdmann, Hanning Schröder, Kurt Schwaen, Burkhard Meier, or Peter Harlan), music theory pedagogy, and music historiography.[15] He is the co-editor of the international book series Methodology of Music Research.[16] Schüler is an editorial board member of the scholarly journal New Sound,[17] and he was a keynote speaker at the 13th Biennial International Conference on Music Theory and Analysis in Belgrade in 2019.[18] Further, he served as president of the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter (2016-2019)[19] and president of the College Music Society South Central Chapter (2007-2009 and 2017-2019).[20] As a composer, he has written piano and electronic music, and he has been an officer of the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA).[21]
Publications
Schüler, Nico. "Digital Humanities", MGG Online, edited by Laurenz Lütteken, New York, Kassel, Stuttgart: Bärenreiter, et al., September 2023, https://www.mgg-online.com/mgg/stable/499900.
Schüler, Nico. "The Degree of Rubato in Performances of Bach’s Invention No. 9: Two Case Studies", Softwaregestützte Interpretationsforschung, Grundsätze, Desiderate und Grenzen, edited by Julian Caskel, Frithjof Vollmer, and Thomas Wozonig. Würzburg: Königshausen u. Neumann, 2022. pp. 167–179. ISBN 978-3-82-607433-2.
Schüler, Nico. "Toward a Higher Accuracy of Note Onset Detection", Softwaregestützte Interpreta-tionsforschung, Grundsätze, Desiderate und Grenzen, edited by Julian Caskel, Frithjof Vollmer, and Thomas Wozonig. Würzburg: Königshausen u. Neumann, 2022. pp. 419–424. ISBN 978-3-82-607433-2.
Schüler, Nico. "Online Research Methods for Rediscovering Forgotten Composers: Using Online Databases and Archives", Music in the Disruptive Era, edited by David Hurwitz and Pedro Ordóñez Eslava. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022. pp. 97–112.
Schüler, Nico. "Orientation Processes and Perspectivism in the Spatiality of Music-Theoretical Research: Reflections on the Plurality of Modern Methods and Methodology of Music Analysis", Music and Space: Theoretical and Analytical Perspectives, ed. by Ivana Ilić, Jelena Mihajlović-Marković, and Miloš Zatkalik. Belgrade, 2021. pp. 38–58. ISBN 978-86-81340-30-1.
Schüler, Nico. "Otto Laske and the Visualization of Electro‐Acoustic Music: Laske’s Visual Music Animations", Emille, the Journal of the Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society 18 (2020): 61–67.
Schüler, Nico. "Modern Approaches to Teaching Sight Singing and Ear Training", Facta Universitatis – Visual Arts and Music 6/2 (2020): 83–92.
Schüler, Nico. "Contextuality and Interdisciplinarity in Digital Music Research: History, Current Projects, and A Case Study," Contextuality of Musicology – What, How, Why and Because, edited by Tijana Popović Mladjenović, Ana Stefanović, Radoš Mitrović, and Vesna Mikić. Belgrade, Serbia: Faculty of Music, 2020. pp. 86–96. ISBN 978-86-81340-25-7.
Schüler, Nico. "Expressive Timing at the Beginning of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata op. 2 no. 1," Musica Movet: Affectus, Ludus, Corpus, edited by Milena Medić. Belgrade, Serbia: University of Arts, 2019. pp. 177–186. ISBN 9788681340073.
Schüler, Nico. "The Development of Computing Technology and Its Influence on Music-Analytical Methods and Encoding: 1940s through 1980s," Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2017: 131-133. [published in 2019]
Schüler, Nico. "New Discoveries on African-American Composer Jacob J. Sawyer (1856-1885)," South Central Music Bulletin XVII (2018-2019): 23-36.
Schüler, Nico. "Current Research Methodologies For Rediscovering Forgotten Composers: Using Commercial Genealogy And Newspaper Databases And Other Online Archives", Music in Society 2018: 369–386.
Schüler, Nico. "Analytical Observations of Duality in Time by James (Jim) C. Scully," New Sound: International Journal of Music 50 (2018): 189-196.
Schüler, Nico, Chris Walton, and Marcel Cobussen. "Virtual Panel Discussion," New Sound: International Journal of Music 50 (2018): 17-23.
Schüler, Nico. "Computer-Assisted Music Analysis: Historical Reflections, Recent Approaches, and Common Methods", MusikTheorie – Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft 32/4 (2017): 317–329.
Schüler, Nico. "Rediscovering Forgotten Composers with the Help of Online Genealogy and Music Score Databases: A Case Study on African-American Composer Jacob J. Sawyer (1856-1885)", Musicological Annual 51/2 (2015): 85–97.
Schüler, Nico. Computer-Assisted Music Analysis (1950s-1970s): Essays and Bibliographies. Frankfurt / New York: Peter Lang, 2014. ISBN 978-3-631-39764-0.
Stefanija, Leon, and Nico Schüler (Eds.): Approaches to Music Research: Between Practice and Epistemology. Frankfurt / New York: Peter Lang, 2011. ISBN 978-3-631-59200-7.
Stefanija, Leon, Nico Schüler, Tuomas Eerola, Reiko Graham, Vanessa Nering, and Mirjana Veselinović-Hofman: Musical Listening Habits of College Students in Finland, Slovenia, South Africa, and Texas: Similarities and Differences. Frankfurt / New York: Peter Lang, 2010. ISBN 978-3-631-57268-9.
Schüler, Nico. [Ed.] On Methods of Music Theory and (Ethno-) Musicology: From Interdisciplinary Research to Teaching. Frankfurt / New York: Peter Lang, 2005. ISBN 978-3631543900.
Schüler, Nico. "On Continuity and Innovation in Contemporary Music," New Sound: International Magazine for Music 22 (2003): 77-78.
Schüler, Nico. "Towards a History of Computer-Assisted Music Analysis: Developments since 1989," Journal of the Institute for Music Research at Kyunghee University [South Korea] I (October 2003): 325-342.
Schüler, Nico. [Ed.] Computer-Applications in Music Research: Concepts, Methods, Results. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. ISBN 978-3631390320.
Schüler, Nico. "Music Analysis of the Next Generation? Recent Development in Computer-Assisted Music Analysis," New Sound. International Magazine for Music 20 (2002): 34-47.
Schüler, Nico. "A Reader Responds [Curricular Ideas for Ear Training and Sight Singing]," The College Music Society Newsletter May 2002: p. 5.
Schüler, Nico. Hanning Schröder. Dokumente und Kritisches Werkverzeichnis [Hanning Schröder. Documents and Critical Catalog of Works], Verdrängte Musik vol. 15, Hamburg: von Bockel, 1996. ISBN 978-3928770675.
Schüler, Nico. [Ed.] Zwischen Noten- und Gesellschaftssystemen. Festschrift für Cornelia Schröder-Auerbach zum 95. Geburtstag und zum Andenken an Hanning Schröder anläßlich seines 100. Geburtstages, Frankfurt/ M., New York: Peter Lang, 1996. ISBN 978-3631498323.
Ochs, Ekkehard, and Nico Schüler (Eds.). Festschrift Kurt Schwaen zum 85. Geburtstag. Frankfurt/M., New York: Peter Lang, 1995. ISBN 978-3631475522.
Schüler, Nico. Zum Problem und zu Methoden von Musikanalyse [On the Problem and on Methods of Music Analysis]. Hamburg: von Bockel, 1996. ISBN 978-3928770798.
Schüler, Nico. Erkenntnistheorie, Musikwissenschaft, Künstliche Intelligenz und der Prozeß: Ein Gespräch mit Otto Laske, Peenemünde: Dietrich, 1995. ISBN 3-930066-14-9.
Schüler, Nico, and Dirk Uhrlandt: MUSANA 1.0 / 1.1 - ein Musikanalyseprogramm: Programmdokumentation, Peenemünde: Axel Dietrich, 1994 / 1996 [with a PC disc]. ISBN 3-930066-24-6.
Schüler, Nico, and Lutz Winkler (Eds.): [On Inter-Regional Music Cultural Relations in the Baltic Area. Papers of the Academic Colloquium within the Scope of the Greifswald Music Days on November 29th, 1992] Zu interregionalen musikkulturellen Beziehungen im Ostseeraum. Referate des wissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums im Rahmen der Greifswalder Musiktage am 29. November 1992. Greifswald, 1993.
Schüler, Nico (Ed.): [Chamber Music Today 3. Composers, Works, Analyses, Interview] Kammermusik Heute 3. Komponisten, Werke, Analysen, Interview. Greifswald, 1993.
Schüler, Nico, and Lutz Winkler (Ed.). [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Papers of the Academic Colloquium of the Greifswald Mozart-Days on Dezember 3rd, 1991] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Referate des wissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums der Greifswalder Mozart-Tage am 3. Dezember 1991. Greifswald, 1992.
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