Dr Simon Perry’s research interests include Russian music (history and criticism, and analysis) and analysis of late nineteenth and early twentieth century music.
He is a BMus (Hons) and MMus graduate from The University of Melbourne and a PhD graduate of the School of Music at UQ.
He lectures mainly in music techniques and music history.
Book: Music research essentials
Perry, Simon, Lee, Kat, McCarthy, Adam and Berends, Felicity (2024). Music research essentials. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1ed3dc9
Book Chapter: 'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger
Collins, Sarah and Perry, Simon (2015). 'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger. Grainger the Modernist. (pp. 17-32) edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315585772-7
Book Chapter: Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?
Perry, Simon (2014). Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?. Collaborative creative thought and practice in music. (pp. 91-107) edited by Margaret Barrett. Burlington, VT, United States: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315572635-15
(2002–2004) UQ Early Career Researcher
Orthographic Analysis of Musorgsky Manuscripts
(1998) University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
Painting musical images in Impressionism: multilayering and colouring in historically informed performance of French music between 1860-1930
Doctor Philosophy
Harmony, Form, and Literary Response in Selected Works of Lili Boulanger (1893¿1918)
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Perry, Simon, Lee, Kat, McCarthy, Adam and Berends, Felicity (2024). Music research essentials. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1ed3dc9
'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger
Collins, Sarah and Perry, Simon (2015). 'The Beauty of Bravery': alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger. Grainger the Modernist. (pp. 17-32) edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315585772-7
Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?
Perry, Simon (2014). Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky: a posthumous collaboration?. Collaborative creative thought and practice in music. (pp. 91-107) edited by Margaret Barrett. Burlington, VT, United States: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315572635-15
Perry, Simon (2013). Pitch-notational analysis: a basis for an approach to understanding harmonic thinking in common-practice and post common-practice tonality. Music Theory and its Methods: Structures, Challenges, Directions. (pp. 239-264) edited by Denis Collins. Frankfurt Am Main, Germany: Peter Lang.
A voice unknown: Undercurrents in Mussorgsky's 'Sunless'
Perry, Simon (2004). A voice unknown: Undercurrents in Mussorgsky's 'Sunless'. Nineteenth Century Music, 28 (1), 15-49. doi: 10.1525/ncm.2004.28.1.15
Agonising over orthography: Aspects of notation from Tristan to Opus 11, number 1
Perry, Simon (2003). Agonising over orthography: Aspects of notation from Tristan to Opus 11, number 1. Musicology Australia, 26, 1-37.
Grainger's autobiographical writings: New light on old questions
Perry, S. D. (2001). Grainger's autobiographical writings: New light on old questions. Australasian Music Research, 5, 125-134.
Musorgsky's 'Gnomus' composer's score as analytical text
Perry, S. D. (1999). Musorgsky's 'Gnomus' composer's score as analytical text. Context: Journal of Music Research, 15/16, 5-20.
Defining Russia musically: Historical and hermeneutical essays: Richard Taruskin
Perry, Simon (1998). Defining Russia musically: Historical and hermeneutical essays: Richard Taruskin. Musicology Australia, 21 (1), 73-77. doi: 10.1080/08145857.1998.10415961
Musorgsky's orthography: An approach to tonal structures in his music
Perry, Simon David (1998). Musorgsky's orthography: An approach to tonal structures in his music. PhD Thesis, School of Music, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/157855
(2002–2004) UQ Early Career Researcher
Orthographic Analysis of Musorgsky Manuscripts
(1998) University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
Painting musical images in Impressionism: multilayering and colouring in historically informed performance of French music between 1860-1930
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Influence of early 20th-century European art music on the repertoire off piano music by Chinese composers
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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A Performer Perspective of Compositional and Pianistic Heritage Present in the Works of Miriam Hyde
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Harmony, Form, and Literary Response in Selected Works of Lili Boulanger (1893¿1918)
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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The Musical Life at Ely Cathedral, 1800-1892
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Music in the Italian Futurist Movement: A Re-Examination of its Role and Functions
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Prokofiev's New Simplicity and Expressive Form
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Touch Divided: Artistic research in duo piano performance
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2016) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Hubert Foss and the Politics of Musical Progress: Modernism and British Music Publishing
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2016) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2014) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
A Performer's Guide to the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op. 19
(2012) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2012) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2010) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2010) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2008) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2008) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
ECLECTICISM IN THE MUSIC OF ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: A CONSIDERATION OF SYLISTIC DIVERSITY
(2006) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
SILENCE AND THE PERFORMER IN THE FLUTE WORKS OF TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)
(2006) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
THE EFFECTS OF COLLABORATION: A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCES OF VIOLINISTS ON THE VIOLIN REPERTOIRE OF SERGEI PROKOFIEV
(2006) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
THE RHETORIC OF THE NORTH GERMAN ORGAN SCHOOL
(2006) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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DELEUZE AND MUSIC: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MUSIC
(2005) Master Music — Principal Advisor
Gendering the podium: the journeys of professional women conductors
(2005) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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TO BE ADVISED
(2004) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2017) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
From the Battlefield: Chamber Music from the Front Line of WWI
(2017) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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The Critical Reception of Robert Schumann's Solo Piano Music in London, 1918-45
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2016) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Kindred Spirits: The beliefs, values, work and learning of independent classical artists
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
On Approaching a Performance of Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher
(2016) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2014) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Classical Music Networks: Creative industry, community and the arts in Australia
(2011) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
The Influence of Nature on Two Works for Viola by Toru Takemitsu and Ross Edwards
(2011) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Folio of compositions with critical commentary
(2010) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Bach's St Matthew Passion: its birth and attempted resurrections
(2009) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Music, The Arts and The Dual Aesthetic In Seventeenth -and Early Eighteenth- Century English Thought
(2009) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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FRANCK'S VIOLIN SONATA IN A MAJOR AND SAINT-SAENS' S VIOLIN SONATA IN D MINOR, OP. 75 NO. 1: CONTEXT AND COMPARISON
(2007) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERFORMER-COMPOSER DYNAMIC
(2006) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
PLAYING MUSICAL HOPSCOTCH: HOW INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN PERFORM AROUND, WITHIN AND AGAINST ABORIGINALISM
(2006) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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ASPECTS OF NATIONALISM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH PIANO MUSIC: A CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON SELECTED WORKS BY GRANADOS, FALLA AND ALBENIZ
(2002) Master Music — Associate Advisor
ASPECTS OF RAVEL'S PIANO TRIO
(2002) Master Music — Associate Advisor