Emphasis will be placed on an open forum, i.e. there will be great flexibility regarding the types of texts that the magazine contains. Short and long articles/texts will be received from various perspectives (academic, aesthetic, musing, statements (manifesto), artistic approaches/methods, discussions, evaluations, etc).
Suggestions may also be made regarding types of texts Subtitles will not be called for articles to emphasize the diversity of the journal.
Issues
- Issue 11 .U.N. (pdf version)
- Issue 10 — (pdf version)
- Issue 9 — (pdf version)
- Issue 8 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 7 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 6 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 5 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 4 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 3 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 2 ‘Id (pdf version)
- Issue 1 ‘Id (pdf version)
The first eight issues of Threads exist only in pdf format, see below.
The website strives to be a platform for:
- Discourse about music in the Icelandic language
- Communication of knowledge
- Preservation of research
With the web publication, we want to increase the activity of research in the field of music, create new opportunities and incentives, and be a center of perspectives within music.
Editorial board
Einar Torfi Einarsson
Atli Ingólfsson
Thorbjörg Daphne Hall
Issue 1
THREADS - Issue 1 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 1 - When the Heart Rides_Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen
THREADS - Issue 1 - Reclamation for the Virgin Mary_Árni Heimir Ingólfsson
THREADS - Issue 1 - ATÓNAL 3.1_Atli Ingólfsson
THREADS - Issue 1 - All'aure in una lontananza_Bára Gísladóttir
THREADS - Issue 1 - The composer the performer listener_Berglind María Tómasdóttir
THREADS - Issue 1 - Scored as map_Einar Torfi Einarsson
THREADS - Issue 1 - Children can be poor_Hróðmar I Sigurbjörnsson
THREADS - Issue 1 - The Light in the Dark_Ingibjörg Eythórsdóttir
THREADS - Issue 1 - Memorizing Contemporary Music_Pétur Jónasson & Tania Lisboa
THREADS - Issue 1 - Music - Problems_Wolves Ingi Haraldsson
THREADS - Issue 1 - Meet You Again in Midsummer Gold_Þorbjörg Daphe Hall
THREADS - Issue 1 - Amorphity of the sounds_Thráinn Hjálmarsson
Issue 2
THREADS - Issue 2 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 2 - A verso for piano_Atli Ingólfsson [b4-14]
THREADS - 2. tissue - Lokkur_Berglind María Tómasdóttir [b15-20]
THREADS - Issue 2 - Context-Worn etcg de-regionalized notation_Einar Torfi Einarsson [b21-34]
THREADS - Issue 2 - Jórunn Viðar_Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir [b35-37]
THREADS - Issue 2 - Hulda-sound and light sculpture_Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir [b38-43]
THREADS - Issue 2 - The Goldberg Project_Mathias Halvorsen [b44-50]
THREADS - Issue 2 - The Folk Songs and Þorkell_Svanfríður Hlín Gunnarsdóttir [b51-66]
THREADS - Issue 2 - Music practice which reflection_Úlfar Ingi Harladsson [b67-70]
THREADS - Issue 2 - Music of the section_ Thráinn Hjálmarsson [b71-79]
Issue 3
THREADS - Issue 3 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 3 - Scandal in Árbæjarkirkja_Atli Ingólfsson [b3-14]
THREADS - Issue 3 - Beyond Music_Berglind María Tómasdóttir [b15-22]
THREADS - Issue 3 - Untitled Russian Real_Einar Torfi Einarsson [b23-29]
THREADS - Issue 3 - Reflection on learning_Halldór Úlfarsson [b30-36]
THREADS - Issue 3 - Tristan and Skógarpúkinn_Hróðmar I Sigurbjörnsson [b37-53]
THREADS - Issue 3 - Voice of the Sounds_Tráinn Hjálmarsson [b54-73]
Issue 4
THREADS - Issue 4 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 4 - Reflections on the flat present_Atli Ingólfsson [b4-7]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Foreign musicians in Iceland_Ásbjörg Jónsdóttir & Þorbjörg Daphne Hall [b17-28]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Raffigurar Narciso al fonte_Bára Gísladóttir [b29-38]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Music for human voice, piano and listeners_Berglind María Tómasdóttir [b39-42]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Three Preludes by Henri Dutilleux_Edda Erlendsdóttir [b43-47]
THREADS - Issue 4 - music if not_Einar Torfi Einarsson [b48-54]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Figures in the Unreturned_Gylfi Garðarsson [b55-58]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Opening of the Opera_Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson [b59-63]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Writing notes with sounds_Hrafnkell Flóki Kaktus Einarsson [b64-66]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Music School FÍH_Sigurður Flosason [b67-72]
THREADS - Issue 4 - Hljóðön - music exhibition_Thráinn Hjálmarsson [b73-87]
Issue 5
THREADS - Issue 5 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 5 - Other reflections on an even flatter present_Atli Ingólfsson [b4-10]
THREADS - Issue 5 - At the first hanagal_Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir [b16-21]
THREADS - Issue 5 - Jaap Schröder and his relationship with Iceland_Sigurður Halldórsson [b35-53]
THREADS - Issue 5 - Music as Narrative_Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson [b54-60]
THREADS - Issue 5 - Postcard - Intersection II_Tráinn Hjálmarsson [b61-62]
Issue 6
THREADS - Issue 6 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 6 - Their subjects and hydraulic walls_Einar Torfi Einarsson [b5-13]
THREADS - Issue 6 - Quartet at the End of Time_Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson [b14-26]
THREADS - Issue 6 - Composing Situations_Pétur Eggertsson [b27-38]
THREADS - Issue 6 - Smart Instruments_Þórhallur Magnússon [b62-64]
Issue 7
THREADS - Issue 7 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 7 - SO by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson_Anna Þ Gunnarsdóttir [b4-16]
THREADS - Issue 7 - Words about composition_Atli Ingólfsson [b17-24]
THREADS - Issue 7 - National Declaration of Independence in Operetta_Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson [b33-49]
THREADS - Issue 7 - Distributed on Kugelrófin_Sigurður Flosason [b50-53]
Issue 8
THREADS - Issue 8 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 8 - Halldór Kiljan Laxness in Art Song_Cayla Rosché [b4-7]
THREADS - Issue 8 - Isn't this good enough for jazz_Ingrid Örk Kjartansdóttir [b8-18]
THREADS - Issue 8 - Looking ahead_Elín Anna Ísaksdóttir & Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson [b19-27]
THREADS - Issue 8 - Starry Sky with the Northern Lights Bragging_Þorbjörg Daphne Hall [b28-38]
THREADS - Issue 8 - How Metaphors Make Music More Relatable_Mikael Lind [b39-41]
THREADS - Issue 8 - Translation of Music_Tráinn Hjálmarsson [b42-44]
THREADS - Issue 8 - Music and Society_Helgi R Ingvarsson [b49-53]
Issue 9
THREADS - Issue 9 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 9 - Transformation of the form_Atli Ingólfsson [b16-26]
THREADS - Issue 9 - Riddle music of the Renaissance and the rude_Einar Torfi Einarsson [b27-36]
THREADS - Issue 9 - The path is the goal_Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir [b37-46]
THREADS - Issue 9 - Eurovision is Christmas_Linda Björg Guðmundsdóttir [b47-49]
THREADS - Issue 9 - NAIP Master's Program and DaDOM_Sigurður Halldórsson [b50-56]
THREADS - Issue 9 - What has the banjo seen_Tumi Árnason [b57-62]
THREADS - Issue 9 - Listen carefully_Berglind María Tómasdóttir [b90-94]
THREADS - Issue 9 - To Listen is to Relate is to Sustain_Angela Rawlings [b95-101]
THREADS - Issue 9 - Listening Beyond Pauline Oliveros_Rachel Beetz [b102-107]
Issue 10
THREADS - Issue 10 - pdf-utgafa
THREADS - Issue 10 - Thanks from car wreck_Atli Ingólfsson [b4-13]
THREADS - Issue 10 - Professor talk on topic_Einar Torfi Einarsson & Atli Ingólfsson [b14-18]
THREADS - Issue 10 - Aphex Twin - A Topic Analysis_Einar Indra Kristbjargarson [b19-26]
THREADS - Issue 10 - Prokofjev and the classic theme model_Hróðmar I Sigurbjörnsson [b27-37]
THREADS - Issue 10 - The Musical Chairs Framework_Majella Clark [b38-44]
THREADS - Issue 10 - Creative AI_Þórhallur Magnússon [b45-48]
To authors
It is called for content in issue 11.
Text length: 500 - 5000 words
Text submission deadline: 2 March 2026 - Received: threads@lhi.is
Text should be submitted as a .doc/docx file. Image files should be sent separately: 300dpi (.tif, .png, .jpg, .pdf))
Submitted text criteria:
- Types of texts: academic articles, discussion of compositions, artistic approaches, methodology, translations, artistic manifestos (statements), casual musings regarding the music work/teaching/art of the person or others.
- The magazine is open to suggestions in each case regarding text types, and examples of reviews or reviews of books, CDs, concerts, festivals, etc. You could also think of source processing or interviews in video form or audio format.
- Efforts must be made to activate several key concepts regarding the creation of texts and methods to create knowledge and understanding: „reflection“ or reflection (in practice or after implementation), review (of one's own art or that of others), relationships (finding relationships, creating relationships), context, and back-processing/process (what lies behind, environment, ahead).
- Basic categories: composition/composer, musicology, musicology, performers/performance, other (criticism/discussion/judgment...)
- Emphasis is placed on an open platform and great flexibility regarding the types of text and submitted content.
- Authors are encouraged to take advantage of the publication's digital environment and add audio, video and video files.
- The journal aims to include both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed material.
- The website emphasizes the Icelandic language, but texts in English will also be received.
Those interested can contact us by email: threads@lhi.is
Contact
You can contact the editorial board via email threads@lhi.is
37 articles
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Threads - Issue 11
- Condition
- Preface
- Conakry University of the Arts
- Irrational settings beyond the octave
- Spooky Actuation at a Distance
- The experimental music group Skerpla and the Icelandic circus about Ljósagang
- About authors
- Overview
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Threads - Issue 10
- Aphex Twin - A Topic Analysis
- Preface
- Prokofiev and the classic theme models
- Professor talk about topics - from raw materials to subject?
- Creative AI: a few words about automated and co-operative technology
- The Musical Chairs Framework for Understanding New Audiences and Innovative Practice: An Analysis from the Perspective of the Conductor
- About authors
- Overview
- Thanks from a car wreck
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Threads - Issue 9
- The effect of socialization on stereotypical roles within the jazz music scene in Iceland
- DaDom - Daily Dose of Music
- Eurovision is Christmas...
- Preface
- The riddle music of the Renaissance and the rude
- Listen carefully
- What has the banjo seen?
- The way is the goal
- Listening Beyond Pauline Oliveros
- To Listen is to Relate is to Sustain
- About authors
- Transformation of the form
- Overview
- Þorlák times and musical life of the Middle Ages in Iceland
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Other material
- „When the Heart Rides“: Reflections on Icelandic amateur, folk and outdoor musicians
- All'aure in una lontananza
- ATONAL 3.1 - beyond the avant-garde
- Preface
- The composer, the performer, the listener Ø af ecology of contemporary music
- A harvest for the Virgin Mary
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