Olaf Post

Harvard University Department of Music

Faculty

	Olaf Post Preceptor on Music post [at] fas.harvard.edu Music Building G-6 617-495-1531 Post holds a PhD in music theory from Columbia University, as well as master's degrees in philosophy (University of Amsterdam) and biotechnology (Wageningen University). He also studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and is active as a pianist and organist. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, Post was a research fellow in music cognition at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on music cognition and performance analysis. Specific interests include the modeling of rhythm perception, the piano music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and electronic dance music. At Harvard, Post has received several Faculty Awards from the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Program and Certificates of Teaching Excellence from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.
	Selected Papers and Recordings
	Articles
	Post, Olaf & Godfried Toussaint. "The Edit Distance as a Measure of Perceived Rhythmic Similarity." Empirical Musicology Review, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2011), pp. 164-179.
	Post, Olaf & David Huron. "Western Classical Music in the Minor Mode Is Slower (Except in the Romantic Period)." Empirical Musicology Review, Vol. 4 No. 1 (2009), pp. 2-10.
	Recordings
	Video of recent live piano performance: Rudolf Escher's Toccata (1944) Organ recording of J.S. Bach's Trio Sonata in C Minor, III: Allegro, BWV 526.

	Electronic Dance Music Composition
	One Last Time [Inspired by Daft Punk's Aerodynamic and One More Time]

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