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Written by Bethan Cruise
Explore how artists like Dungi Sapor, Chieh Huang, and Aljenljeng Tjaluvie use electronic music to breathe new life into Taiwan's indigenous tradition. By blending traditional elements with modern...
October 14, 2024
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Written by JeanPaul Tauler
Can heavy metal, a genre known for its sonic aggression, teach its listeners about ancient cultures, lesser-known history, and musical traditions of pre-modern times? This blog post delves into...
October 8, 2024
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Written by Benjamin Porter
Video games have shaped several aspects of culture in the last few decades, and music is no exception. This blog post highlights the emergence of the chiptune, a genre that originated...
June 3, 2024
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Written by D'Juan Moreland
The mass migration of Black Americans spurred a massive cultural boom in Northern cities. In this blog, this phenomenon is explored by examining the lives of the "Dean of African American...
June 13, 2023
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Written by Paul Dzekunov
In this blog, Dzekunov unpacks aspects of Kantian Aesthetics and applies them to a contemporaneous sonata written by Frederick II of Prussia. To read the full blog post, click here.
March 29, 2022
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Written by Miles Malone
In this blog, Malone explores the connections between New World Music and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, discussing Afro-Latin instruments, rhythmic ideas, and the diffusion of African music...
March 9, 2022
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Written by Jeremy Boss
Thomas Wiggins was a phenomenal musician and composer in the 19th century who had many extraordinary talents. These talents however were often used to exploit the musician from early childhood in...
March 3, 2022
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Written by Erika Rollins
In this post Rollins explores Black English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's life and career through a web of cultural, racial, and socioeconomic factors. To read the full blog post, click here.
August 26, 2021
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Written by Jay Fenner
Latin-American dance music has been deeply foundational in establishing the identity of South American popular music, however its importance within the compositions of 19th-century composers is...
June 23, 2021
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Author: Matthew King
Music will sometimes serve as a representation of a musician's psyche. Matthew King explores Clara Schumann's composition "Die Lorelei" and how it displays the thoughts of a composer potentially...
June 14, 2018
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