Buchler is Professor of Music Theory in the College of Music, Florida State University. He has uploaded to Vimeo a version of his keynote address for the 2025 conference of Music Theory Southeast: link. The title of the file is Buchler MTSE Keynote 2025.
Here is a list of songs he discusses, in order of appearance. Not all have rising lines, but all involve register in an important way and all are given analyses and interpretations that are appealing and illuminating.
- "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue Has Anybody Seen My Girl" Ray Henderson (music) Sam Lewis and Joe Young (lyrics) 1925
- "Singin" in the Rain" Nacio Herb Brown (music) Arthur Freed (lyrics) 1929
- "In Florida Among the Palms" Irving Berlin 1916
- "Bewitched" Rodgers & Hart 1941
- "All er Nuthin'" from Oklahoma! (1943)
- "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" from Oklahoma! (1943)
- "It's Been A Long, Long Time" Jule Styne (music) Sammy Cahn (lyrics) 1945
- "Keep Marching" from Suffs Shaina Taub (music and lyrics) 2024
