Musical Offerings, Spring 2026

Editor-in-Chief Sandra S. Yang, Ph.D. Professor of Music History, Cedarville University Associate Editors Kathryn P. Carnegis, M.B.A. Digital Services Director, Cedarville University Phillipa Burgess, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Sinclair Community College and Cedarville University Managing Editor Tricia Clark, B.A. Digital Services Specialist, Cedarville University Consulting Editor Allison Renner B.M. Keyboard Pedagogy, Cedarville University Student Editor Jayda Archer B.M.E. Student, Multi-Age Music Education, Instrumental Concentration, Cedarville University On the cover: postcard view of “Italian Headquarters” in New Orleans, referring to the informal name given to Madison Street looking lakeward from Decatur towards Charles. The nickname referred to this area as “Italian Headquarters” because of its dense Sicilian immigrant population. This image is part of the public domain. Musical Offerings is an online, open-access journal published by the Cedarville University Department of Music and Worship. Since 2010, it has published articles in the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, music history, and church music history. This journal is available in print as well as electronically through Cedarville’s institutional repository, DigitalCommons@Cedarville. ISSN 2167-3799 (Online) ISSN 2330-8206 (Print) https://cedarville.tind.io/search?c=Musical+Offerings&cc=Musical+Offering s&ln=en

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