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Fifth International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music : Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. June 28, 2018.
On the lower walls of the Upper Church at Assissi there is a series of frescoes (1297-1300) by Giotto that celebrate the life of St Francis as recounted in Bonaventure’s life of the saint (from which excerpts are found beneath each... more
These entries in the forthcoming SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture explore the diverse musical articulations of two epochal modern phenomena, capitalism and colonialism.
https://journalistethics.com/ Free book available in PDF at this link This book lifts the veil to identify the puppet masters behind the MK Ultra Mind Control shills that front the New World Disorder Dystopia. The usual suspects are... more
RESUMO: O artigo apresenta resultados de pesquisas relacionadas especificamente às atividades corais a capella desenvolvidas e/ou patrocinadas pela Sociedade de Cultura Artística Brasílio Itiberê (SCABI), desde a sua criação, em Curitiba,... more
English version of Hebrew article published in Roni Weinstein ed. Italiyah [Italy], Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem 2012: 143-150.
Colonialism is a particular mode of domination exercised by a state or comparable entity over foreign lands and peoples. There is a good deal of overlap between the keyword colonialism and the more general concept of imperialism. The... more
«The Unbearable Sound: the Strange Career of Musicoclashes», in Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel (eds.), Iconoclash. Beyond the images war. Cambridge, MIT Press, 2002 : 253- 280.
This article discusses the aetiology and evolution of musical structure, specifically the sonata-form exposition, from a memetic perspective. It regards established musical forms as replicated schemata arising from the conglomeration of... more
Since the DCMS Creative Industries Mapping Document highlighted the key role played by creative activities in the UK economy and society, the creative industries agenda has expanded across Europe and internationally. It has the support of... more
Even if sound and music are deeply intertwined phenomena, it is still fiercely debated whether all music is made up of sound, and vice versa, whether all sound can be deemed as music. Researchers from many different backgrounds have... more
Musical Portraits: The Composition of Identity in Contemporary and Experimental Music explores the wide-ranging but under-examined genre of musical portraiture. It focuses in particular on contemporary and experimental music created... more
Review of Alex E. Chávez, Sounds of Crossing: Music, Migration and the Aural Poetics of Huapango Arribeño. 2017.. Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies, 3(2), pp.170–171.
La Barcarolle op. 60 de Chopin fait partie de la dernière période créatrice du compositeur, également appelée « dernier style ». Cette œuvre a suscité de très nombreuses interprétations dans la littérature musicologique, mais l’objet de... more
This paper was read at the 2021 annual conference of the Musicological Society of Australia. It is drawn from my forthcoming book, edited with David Dolata and Philippe Vendrix: "Tablature: Alternate notations 1350-1750" to be published... more
Acoustical knowledge of ancient Hindus "Expressed in the Vedic language, which is derived from classical Sanskrit, the verses of the Vedas were traditionally chanted during sacred rituals and recited daily in Vedic communities. The value... more
Euro-American performance arts are exceptional among the world’s cultures in that music and dance are separable and constitute independent disciplines. In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a distinct consciousness emerged... more
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This chapter explores the use of music and digital media in the Chanjo campaign against corruption in Tanzania, focusing on mediations of agency. Building on Latour (2005), I use the concept mediated agency to refer to a process in which... more
The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate, if possible, whether there is any relation between rap and African-American music. That is to say, if rap directly comes from the music that the first slaves to arrive in North American soil... more
This is a book of ideas, a catalogue of experience, a mass of personal stories, a collection of inspiring musical exercises, and a fascinating record of community music's roots and heritage. Community music making is exploding across... more
Agitation is a common problem in patients suffering from dementia and encompasses a variety of behaviors such as repetitive acts, restlessness, wandering, and aggressive behaviors. Agitation reduces the probability of positive social... more
“Prokofiev's music is extremely visual. It's physically communicative. Sometimes, playing it, I feel like a ballet dancer sensing the music through motion and vibration. In later life Prokofiev took this still further. Not only can we... more
The relationship between music, the self/identity, and consumption is significant and widely acknowledged, yet it remains under-researched. To further our understanding of the symbolic consumption of music, this study evaluates the... more