Theory of music and musicology

Inventing the Recording focuses on the decades in which recorded sound went from a technological possibility to a commercial and cultural artefact.

The main function of western musical notation is incidental: it prescribes and records sound.

The main function of western musical notation is incidental: it prescribes and records sound.

Musical activity is one of the most ubiquitous and highly valued forms of social interaction in North America (to say nothing of world over), being engaged from sporting events to political rallies, concerts to churches.

Musical activity is one of the most ubiquitous and highly valued forms of social interaction in North America (to say nothing of world over), being engaged from sporting events to political rallies, concerts to churches.

When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing.

When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing.

For the past four decades, the concept of hypermeter has been routinely applied to eighteenth-century music.

For the past four decades, the concept of hypermeter has been routinely applied to eighteenth-century music.

In recent years, a psychological perspective has gained increasing acceptance in the education provided to musicians: teachers, performers, and "e;creatives"e; alike.

In recent years, a psychological perspective has gained increasing acceptance in the education provided to musicians: teachers, performers, and "e;creatives"e; alike.

Modern Jerusalem, a city central to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religious imaginaries and the political epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, is to put it mildly a highly contested space.

Modern Jerusalem, a city central to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religious imaginaries and the political epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, is to put it mildly a highly contested space.

Antifascist and socialist monuments pervaded the landscape of the former German Democratic Republic (1949-89), presenting a distorted vision of the national past.

Antifascist and socialist monuments pervaded the landscape of the former German Democratic Republic (1949-89), presenting a distorted vision of the national past.

Whether regarded as a perplexing object, a morally captivating force, an ineffable entity beyond language, or an inescapably embodied human practice, music has captured philosophically inclined minds since time immemorial.

The history of music is most often written as a sequence of composers and works.

The history of music is most often written as a sequence of composers and works.

Nothing strikes the ear quite like a soprano singing in the sonic stratosphere.

Nothing strikes the ear quite like a soprano singing in the sonic stratosphere.

Sonic Overload offers a new, music-centered cultural history of the late Soviet Union.

Sonic Overload offers a new, music-centered cultural history of the late Soviet Union.

Sonata form is the most commonly encountered organizational plan in the works of the classical-music masters, from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Schubert, Brahms, and beyond.

Sonata form is the most commonly encountered organizational plan in the works of the classical-music masters, from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Schubert, Brahms, and beyond.

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Music Downtown Eastside draws on two decades of research in one of North America's poorest urban areas to illustrate how human rights can be promoted through music.

Music Downtown Eastside draws on two decades of research in one of North America's poorest urban areas to illustrate how human rights can be promoted through music.

At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire.

At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire.

By the end of the Second World War, Germany was in ruins and its Jewish population so gravely diminished that a rich cultural life seemed unthinkable.

Since 1973, Queen have captivated listeners through the intense sonic palette of voices and guitars, the sprawling and epic journeys of songs, and charismatic splendour of their live performances.

Since 1973, Queen have captivated listeners through the intense sonic palette of voices and guitars, the sprawling and epic journeys of songs, and charismatic splendour of their live performances.

Ethnomusicologists face complex and challenging professional landscapes for which graduate studies in the field do not fully prepare them.

Ethnomusicologists face complex and challenging professional landscapes for which graduate studies in the field do not fully prepare them.

All music fans harbor in their memories vivid fragments of their favorite works.

All music fans harbor in their memories vivid fragments of their favorite works.

For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they work with.

For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they work with.

For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they work with.

For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they work with.

How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways?

How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways?

Before the French Revolution, making music was an activity that required permission.

Before the French Revolution, making music was an activity that required permission.

Jazz has always been a genre built on the blending of disparate musical cultures.

Opera has always been a vital and complex mixture of commercial and aesthetic concerns, of bourgeois politics and elite privilege.

Theological Stains offers the first in-depth study of the development of art music in Israel from the mid-twentieth century to the turn of the twenty-first.

Theological Stains offers the first in-depth study of the development of art music in Israel from the mid-twentieth century to the turn of the twenty-first.

The Hispanic rite, a medieval non-Roman Western liturgy, was practiced across the Iberian Peninsula for over half a millennium and functioned as the most distinct marker of Christian identity in this region.