Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from…
Can music feel pain? Do songs possess dignity? Do symphonies have rights? Of course not, you might say. Yet think of how we anthropomorphize music, not least when we believe it has been somehow mistreated. A singer butchered or mangled the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bow…
Music in the British provinces, 1690-1914
Music in the British provinces, 1690-1914
Trotz zahlreicher musikwissenschaftlicher Arbeiten hat die Vorstellung einer plötzlichen Wiederentdeckung J. S. Bachs durch F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy im Jahr 1829 beharrlich das kulturelle Gedächtnis bestimmt. Diese Studie setzt sich kritisch mit dieser Art von musikhistoriograph…
Countries and cities -- Publishing and purchasing -- Repertoires and reception -- Assimilations and appropriations.