Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Music

Administrative Appointments

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University (1969 - 1971)
  • Assistant Professor, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (1971 - 1972)
  • Acting Assitant Professor, Stanford University (1972 - 1974)
  • Assistant Professor, Stanford University (1974 - 1980)
  • Associate Professor, Stanford University (1980 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities-Newberry Library (1976)
  • Stanford-Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowship, Stanford University (1978 - 1979)
  • Summer Fellowship, Stanford University (1982 - 1985)
  • Albert Schweitzer Medal, St. Joseph Office of the Poor (1991)
  • Thomas Binkley Award, Early Music America (2010)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Member, American Musicological Society
  • Member, Church Music Association of America
  • Member, Consociatio Internationalis Musicae Sacrae
  • Member, Dante Society of America
  • Member, International Machaut Society
  • Member, Latin Liturgy Association
  • Member, Medieval Academy of America
  • Member, Medieval Association of the Pacific
  • Member, Plainsong and Medieval Music Society
  • Member, Dutch Musicological Society
  • Member, College Board Examining Committee for Advanced Placement in Music (1972 - 1980)
  • President, Renaissance Conference of Northern California (1980 - 1981)
  • Member, Advisory Board, National Endowment for the Humanities, documentary on Sumatran music (1983 - 1985)
  • Chairman, Stanford University Subcommittee on Distribution Requirements (1983 - 1984)
  • Chairman, Stanford Western Culture Program (1984 - 1985)
  • President, Northern California Chapter, American Musicological Society (1987 - 1991)
  • Acting Chairman, Department of Music, Stanford University (1989 - 1989)
  • Chairman, Bay Area Chapter, Latin Liturgy Association (1991 - Present)
  • Member, Performance Committee for the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society (2005 - 2008)
  • Member, Haskins Medal Committee of the Medieval Academy of America (2005 - 2008)
  • President, Church Music Association of America (2005 - Present)
  • Editor, Sacred Music (2006 - Present)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Music, Stanford University (2000 - Present)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Associates of Stanford University Libraries (2004 - 2007)
  • Director, Stanford Early Music Singers, Stanford University (1972 - Present)
  • Choirmaster, St. Ann Choir, Palo Alto (1964 - 1966)
  • Choirmaster, St. Ann Choir, Palo Alto (1967 - 1969)
  • Choirmaster, St. Ann Choir, Palo Alto (1973 - Present)
  • Organist, St. Ann Choir, Palo Alto (1988 - Present)
  • Quarterly services of Compline, Stanford Memorial Church (2001 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Stanford University (1969)
  • M.A., University of Washington (1963)
  • B.A., University of Washington (1963)

Contact

  • Academic
    mahrt@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Music Position: Assoc Professor
    • BRAUN 216
    • 541 Lasuen Mall
    • Stanford,  California  94305-3076 
    (650) 493-7933 (fax)

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 3076

Links

2023-24 Courses

Stanford Advisees

All Publications

  • Cipriano de Rore: New Perspectives on His Life and Music (Book Review) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY Book Review Authored by: Mahrt, W. 2019; 72 (3): 871–75

    View details for DOI 10.1525/jams.2019.72.3.871

    View details for Web of Science ID 000509912600008

  • Gregorian Chant in the Season of Lent ANTIPHON-A JOURNAL FOR LITURGICAL RENEWAL Mahrt, W. 2017; 21 (2): 93–114

    View details for Web of Science ID 000416484700001

  • Responsory prosae and the post-Christmas 'Choir Solemnities' at Salisbury Cathedral PLAINSONG & MEDIEVAL MUSIC Mahrt, W. P. 2016; 25 (1): 27-36

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0961137115000212

    View details for Web of Science ID 000386446800003

  • Additional Chants for the Congregation SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2015; 142 (2): 52-55

    View details for Web of Science ID 000372465200008

  • Singing the Ordinary of the Mass: A Response to Jared Ostermann SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2015; 142 (2): 38-45

    View details for Web of Science ID 000372465200005

  • The Choral Ordinary in the Ordinary Form SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2015; 142 (1): 22-29

    View details for Web of Science ID 000369819100003

  • Hearing the Gradual, Qui sedes, Domine, super Cherubim SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2015; 142 (1): 46-50

    View details for Web of Science ID 000369819100005

  • The New Musical Evangelization SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2014; 141 (1): 3-9

    View details for Web of Science ID 000338180400001

  • Palestrina's Sicut Cervus: A Motet Upon a Parallelismus Membrorum SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2014; 141 (1): 34-41

    View details for Web of Science ID 000338180400004

  • Victoria's Doubting-Thomas Motet, O decus apostolicum SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2013; 139 (3): 45-53

    View details for Web of Science ID 000319847100005

  • Repetition, Time, and Recollection SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2013; 139 (3): 4-7

    View details for Web of Science ID 000319847100002

  • Ziprianus, Sicut cervus: A Phrygian Motet in a Familiar Text SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2013; 140 (1): 24-30

    View details for Web of Science ID 000327173400004

  • Gospel Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2013; 140 (1): 3 - 5
  • Music and the Sacrality of the Two Forms Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal Mahrt, W. P. edited by Rutherford, J. E. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2013
  • Microphone Sacred Architecture Mahrt, W. P. 2013
  • Gregorian Chant and the Rosary SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2012; 139 (1): 49-52

    View details for Web of Science ID 000313401000006

  • Background Music SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2012; 139 (1): 3-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000313401000001

  • The Propers of the Mass as Integral to the Liturgy Psallite Sapienter: Benedict XVI and Beauty in Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. edited by Twomey, D. V., Rutherford, J. E. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2012: 149–162
  • The Musical Shape of the Liturgy Mahrt, W. P. 2012
  • Ars Celebrandi SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2012; 139 (4): 3-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000327173300001

  • Microphone Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2012; 139 (2): 3 - 6
  • The Communion Tollite hostias and Heinrich Isaac's Setting from the Choralis Constantinus SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2011; 138 (3): 22-31

    View details for Web of Science ID 000301037000004

  • Relative Goods SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2011; 138 (3): 3-5

    View details for Web of Science ID 000301037000001

  • Kyrie "Cunctipotens Genitor Deus" Alternatim SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2011; 138 (2): 29-33

    View details for Web of Science ID 000293764500005

  • Active Participation and Listening to Gregorian Chant SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2011; 138 (1): 19-31

    View details for Web of Science ID 000290371100003

  • Motets SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2011; 138 (1): 3-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000290371100001

  • Focus Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2011; 138 (2): 3 - 7
  • Singing at Mass SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2011; 138 (4): 3-5

    View details for Web of Science ID 000310122000001

  • Acoustics, Liturgy, and Architecture in Medieval English Cathedrals Music, Dance and Society: Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Memory of Ingrid G. Brainard Mahrt, W. P. edited by Buckley, A., Cyrus, C. J. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications. 2011: 251–259
  • The Choralis Constantinus and the Organ Heinrich Isaac and Polyphony for the Proper of the Mass in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance Mahrt, W. P. edited by Burn, D. J., Gasch, S. Turnhout: Brepols. 2011: 141–156
  • Can Kyrie Lux et Origo and Kyrie Te Christe Rex Supplices Be Sung by the Congregation? SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (3): 50-53

    View details for Web of Science ID 000283754600010

  • The Place of Hymns SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (3): 3-5

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  • The Gradual and the Responsorial Psalm SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (2): 20-32

    View details for Web of Science ID 000279626700004

  • The Languages of the Liturgy SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (2): 3-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000279626700001

  • Antiphonale Romanum, vol 2 (Book Review) SACRED MUSIC Book Review Authored by: Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (1): 72-75

    View details for Web of Science ID 000276706000009

  • Words, Words SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (1): 3-5

    View details for Web of Science ID 000276706000001

  • Practical Sacrality SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2010; 137 (4): 3-5

    View details for Web of Science ID 000288054000001

  • The Role of Old Sarum in the Processions of Salisbury Cathedral The Study of Medieval Manuscripts of England: Festschrift in Honor of Richard W. Pfaff Mahrt, W. P. edited by Brown, G. H., Voigts, L. E. Tournhout, Belgium: Brepols. 2010: 129–141
  • Offertory Chants with Repeats: Two Jubilate Deos, Precatus est Moyses, De profundis, and Domine in auxilium SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (3): 47-50

    View details for Web of Science ID 000271266500005

  • Ad orientem and Music SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (3): 3-5

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  • An Unusual Chain of Thirds: The Introit Miserere Mihi, Domine SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (2): 48-50

    View details for Web of Science ID 000267358900004

  • From Elevation to Communion: Pierre de La Rue, O salutaris hostia SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (1): 53-55

    View details for Web of Science ID 000265621500006

  • Saying and Singing SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (1): 3-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000265621500001

  • The Masses of William Byrd SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (4): 42-48

    View details for Web of Science ID 000272991100006

  • Gregorian Chant: Invention or Restoration? SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (4): 78-78

    View details for Web of Science ID 000272991100019

  • Viennese Classical Masses? SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2009; 136 (4): 3-5

    View details for Web of Science ID 000272991100001

  • "Pride of Place" (Gregorian chant) SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2008; 135 (3): 3-4

    View details for Web of Science ID 000259536300001

  • On the 'Graduale Romanum' and the papal Masses SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2008; 135 (2): 3-7

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256859600001

  • 'Passer invenit': A communion on a simile SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2008; 135 (1): 30-34

    View details for Web of Science ID 000254057800006

  • Sing to the Lord SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2008; 135 (1): 44-51

    View details for Web of Science ID 000254057800011

  • Aesthetics revisited (Music of the St. Louis Jesuits) SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2008; 135 (1): 3-4

    View details for Web of Science ID 000254057800001

  • The Masses of William Byrd A Byrd Celebration: Lectures at the William Byrd Festival Mahrt, W. edited by Turbet, R. Richmond, Virginia: Church Music Association of America. 2008: 87–94
  • William Byrd's Art of Melody A Byrd Celebration: Lectures at the William Byrd Festival Mahrt, W. edited by Turbet, R. Richmond, Virginia: Church Music Association of America. 2008: 113–122
  • The Economy of Byrd's Gradualia A Byrd Celebration: Lectures at the William Byrd Festival Mahrt, W. edited by Turbet, R. Richmond, Virginia: Church Music Association of America. 2008: 151–157
  • Grave and Merrie, Major and Minor: Expressive Paradoxes in Byrd's Cantiones Sacrae, 1589 A Byrd Celebration: Lectures at the William Byrd Festival Mahrt, W. P. edited by Turbet, R. 2008: 131–137
  • The Sacred Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2008; 135 (4): 3 - 5
  • Two narrative communions: 'Dicit Dominus, Implete Hydrias Aqua' and 'Fili, Quid Fecisti Nobis Sic?' SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2007; 134 (3): 21-24

    View details for Web of Science ID 000249307900006

  • Lasso as mannerist: 'Adoramus Te, Christe' (Orlando di Lasso) SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2007; 134 (1): 40-44

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244830200008

  • Toward a revision of 'Music in Catholic Worship' Conference on Revision of Music in Catholic Worship Mahrt, W. CHURCH MUSIC ASSOC AMER. 2007: 54–60

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244830200015

  • The Astonishing Output of Lasso Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2007; 134 (1): 50–52
  • On the Apostolic Exortation Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2007; 134 (2): 3 - 4
  • It's the music SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2007; 134 (4): 3-4

    View details for Web of Science ID 000252112100001

  • On the Style of Lasso’s Missa sesquialtera Die Münchner Hofkapelle des 16. Jahrhunderts im europaischen Kontext Mahrt, W. P. edited by Göllner, T., Schmid, B. Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2007: 415–433
  • The Criterion of Beaty Sacred Music Mahrt, W. 2007; 134 (1): 3
  • Summorum Pontificum Sacred Music Mahrt, W. P. 2007; 134 (3): 3 - 5
  • New directions for sacred liturgy (Church music) SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2006; 133 (3): 3-5

    View details for Web of Science ID 000240635000001

  • 'Expectans exspectavi' and 'Meditabor': Mode-two offertories with unusual endings SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2006; 133 (2): 25-29

    View details for Web of Science ID 000238300700004

  • Guillaume de Machaut and Reims: Context and meaning in his musical works (Book Review) SACRED MUSIC Book Review Authored by: Mahrt, W. 2006; 133 (2): 35-36

    View details for Web of Science ID 000238300700009

  • Gregorian chant as a paradigm of sacred music SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2006; 133 (1): 5-14

    View details for Web of Science ID 000236747900002

  • Reflections on 'Kyrie Orbis Factor' SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2006; 133 (1): 24-27

    View details for Web of Science ID 000236747900006

  • A future of chant SACRED MUSIC Mahrt, W. 2006; 133 (1): 3-4

    View details for Web of Science ID 000236747900001

  • Yonge Versus Watson and the Translation of Italian Madrigals John Donne Journal Mahrt, W. P. 2006; 25: 245–266
  • Façade as Spectacle: Ritual and Ideology at Wells Cathedral The Medieval Review Mahrt, W. P. 2005
  • Some Musical Sources and Their Context Stanford University Libraries Imprint Mahrt, W. 2004
  • Dante’s Musical Progress in the Commedia The Echo of Music: Essays in Honor of Marie Louise Göllner Mahrt, W. edited by Sullivan, B. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press. 2004: 63–73
  • To Transpose or Not to Transpose Early Music America Mahrt, W. P. 2004; 10 (4): 48f
  • Recordings by Stanford Early Music Singers of Medieval and Renaissance pieces Recorded Anthology for A History of Music in Western Culture Mahrt, W. edited by Bond, M. E. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. 2003
  • Male and Female Voice in Two Virelais of Guillaume de Machaut Machaut's Music: New Interpretations Mahrt, W. edited by Leach, E. E. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. 2003: 221–230
  • Gamut, Solmization, and Modes A Performer’s Guide to Medieval Music Mahrt, W. edited by Duffin, R. W. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. 2002
  • Notation and Editions A Performer’s Guide to Medieval Music Mahrt, W. edited by Mahrt, R. W. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. 2000
  • Chant A Performer’s Guide to Medieval Music Mahrt, W. edited by Duffin, R. W. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. 2000
  • The Interplay of Language and Music in Machaut’s Virelai ‘Foy Porter' Tradition and Ecstasy—The Agony of the Fourteenth Century Mahrt, W. edited by Deusen, N. v. Ottawa: Instute of Medieval Music. 1997: 235–250
  • Machaut’s Virelai Foy porter in manuscript Conference on the History of the Book Mahrt, W. 1996
  • THE MASSES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEIR GREGORIAN CHANTS SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1994; 121 (4): 19-23

    View details for Web of Science ID A1994QF22500005

  • Grammatical and Rhetorical Aspects of Troubadour Melodies The Cultural Milieu of the Troubadours and Trouvères Mahrt, W. edited by Deusen, N. v. Ottawa: Instute of Medieval Music. 1994: 116–124
  • Brahms’ Reminiscences Newsletter of the American Brahms Society Mahrt, W. 1994: 1 - 4
  • Brahms and Reminscence: A Special Use of Classic Conventions Convention in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Music Mahrt, W. edited by Mahrt, W., Allanbrook, W. J., Levy, J. M. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press. 1992: 75–112
  • Introduction: Lists of Writing and Compositions Convention in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Music Mahrt, W. edited by Mahrt, W., Allanbrook, W. J., Levy, J. M. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press. 1992: xviii-xxi
  • Word-Painting and Formulaic Chant Cum angelis canere: Essays on Sacred Music and Pastoral Liturgy in Honour of Richard J. Schuler Mahrt, W. edited by Skeris, R. A. 1992: 113–144
  • Convention in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Music: Essays in Honor of Leonard G. Ratner edited by Mahrt, W., Allanbrook, W. J., Levy, J. M. Stuyvesant, N. Y.: Pendragon Press. 1992
  • Introduction: About Leonard G. Ratner Convention in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Music Mahrt, W., Levy, J. M., Jamison, W. edited by Mahrt, W., Allanbrook, W. J., Levy, J. M. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press. 1992: xi-xvii
  • The Aesthetics of the Cyclic Mass Newsletter of the San Francisco Early Music Society Mahrt, W. 1991
  • A Harvard Festsprach on Medieval Music Historical Performance: The Journal of Early Music America Mahrt, W. 1991; 4 (1): 38-39
  • Liturgy Ever Ancient, Ever New: What Do Traditionalists Have to Fear? Crisis, Mahrt, W. 1991; 9 (7): 31–34
  • THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PROPOSALS TO CHANGE THE WESTERN CULTURE PROGRAM AT STANFORD-UNIVERSITY MINERVA Kennedy, D., Perry, J., LOUGEE, C., McCall, M., Robinson, P., Gibb, J., BUSH, C. N., Brown, J., Dekker, G., King, B., CHACE, W., Camargo, C., Evans, J. M., REBHOLZ, R., Degler, C., Gelpi, B., ROSALDO, R., BUSH, C. N., Mahrt, W., RAYDEN, H., LINDENBERGER, H., Gelpi, A., Davis, G., Middlebrook, D., Kennedy, D., Phillips, D., Papasotiriou, H. 1989; 27 (2-3): 223-411

    View details for Web of Science ID A1989AZ12500005

  • The Role of Music in the Camp In Song of Survival Mahrt, W. 1985
  • Gregorian Chant as a Fundamentum of Western Musical Culture Beiträge über die geistigen und künstlerischen Grundlagen der europäischen Musikkultur II Mahrt, W. edited by Overath, J. 1984: 286–293
  • Imogene Horsley (1919-1981) AMS newsletter Mahrt, W., Cohen, A., Houl, G., Ratner, L. G. 1982; 12 (1): 8
  • GREGORIAN CHANT AS A FUNDAMENTUM OF WESTERN MUSICAL CULTURE - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SINGING OF A SOLEMN HIGH MASS SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1980; 107 (3): 3-12

    View details for Web of Science ID A1980KY69200001

  • Guillaume Dufay’s Chansons in the Phrygian Mode Studies in Music from the University of Western Ontario Mahrt, W. 1980; 5: 81-98
  • Gregorian Chant as a Fundamentum of Western Musical Culture: An Introduction to the Singing of a Solemn High Mass Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Mahrt, W. 1979; 32 (3): 22-34
  • VIVALDI,ANTONIO (1678-1741) AND HIS SACRED MUSIC SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1978; 105 (4): 7-19

    View details for Web of Science ID A1978GT93900002

  • 'tUitnement kabinet, I and other recorder music Music Library Notes Mahrt, W. 1978; 34: 463 - 464
  • The Musical Shape of the Liturgy, Part IV: The Function of the Organ Sacred Music Mahrt, W. 1977; 104 (4): 3-18
  • MUSICAL SHAPE OF THE LITURGY .3. SERVICE OF READINGS SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1976; 103 (2): 3-17

    View details for Web of Science ID A1976GD57700001

  • Gregorian Chant as a Fundamentum of Western Musical Culture Report of the Sixth International Church Music Congress Mahrt, W. 1976: 85–105
  • ANTHOLOGY OF EARLY-RENAISSANCE MUSIC - GREENBERG,N, MAYNARD,P (Book Review) NOTES Book Review Authored by: MAHRT, W. P. 1976; 33 (2): 397-400

    View details for Web of Science ID A1976GD19100027

  • THE MUSICAL SHAPE OF THE LITURGY .1. THE GREGORIAN-MASS IN GENERAL SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1975; 102 (3): 5-13

    View details for Web of Science ID A1975MG63400002

  • THE MUSICAL SHAPE OF THE LITURGY .2. THE INTERPOLATION OF POLYPHONIC MUSIC SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1975; 102 (4): 16-26

    View details for Web of Science ID A1975MG63500004

  • GREGORIAN CHANT AS A FUNDAMENTUM OF WESTERN MUSICAL CULTURE SACRED MUSIC MAHRT, W. P. 1975; 102 (1): 3-21

    View details for Web of Science ID A1975MG63200001

  • The Gregorian High Mass and Its Place in the University Sacred Music Mahrt, W. 1974; 103 (1): 10-16
  • Review: Heinrich Isaac, Messen - Martin Staehelin Journal of the American Musicology Society Mahrt, W. 1973; 26: 341-344