Temporal Asymmetries in the Fiddle Music of Oliver Schroer

This web page accompanies my Master’s thesis, Temporal Asymmetries in the Fiddle Music of Oliver Schroer (local mirror), and contains links to the tracks and albums discussed therein.

Updates

• Dec 22, 2022: In Temporal Asymmetries in the Fiddle Music of Oliver Schroer, I cite Jean Duval's 2019 article, "Revival of ‘Crooked’ Fiddle Tunes in the Performance of Contemporary Québec Traditional Music". Several years earlier, Duval wrote a PhD thesis on crooked Quebecois tunes, Porteurs de pays à l’air libre: jeu et enjeux des pièces asymétriques dans la musique traditionnelle du Québec, which I neglected to include in my survey of the literature. Thank you to Robin Beech for drawing my attention to this oversight.

Tracks

• Bright Eyes: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Into the Sun: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Horseshoes and Rainbows: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Chel’s Bells: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Before Dreaming: Bandcamp, Spotify
• The Hub of The Wheel: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Tightrope in Space: Not on any major streaming services as of June 2022, so I don’t feel bad hosting it here. If you’re aware of an official place to listen to this track, please let me know, and I’ll link to it!
• The Humours of Aristotle: Bandcamp, Spotify

Albums

• Jigzup: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Whirled: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Oliver Schroer and the Stewed Tomatoes: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Celtica: Spotify
• O2: Spotify
• Restless Urban Primitive: Bandcamp, Spotify
• A Million Stars: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Smithers: Not on any major streaming services as of June 2022 - if you’re aware of an official place to listen to this album, please let me know!
• Camino: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Freedom Row: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Enthralled: Bandcamp, Spotify
• Hymns and Hers: Bandcamp, Spotify

Initial Analyses

• Bright Eyes
• Horseshoes and Rainbows
• Chel’s Bells
• Before Dreaming
• The Hub of The Wheel
• Tightrope in Space
• The Humours of Aristotle