Music the artform and artists
'She exists out of time': Umm Kulthum, Arab music's eternal star
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- Tuesday, 07 July 2020
With a voice adored by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and millions across the Arab world, Umm Kulthum rejected gender norms with her powerful, political music. But can her 90-minute songs work in a new stage musical?
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mozart
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- Tuesday, 07 July 2020
We asked Mark Hamill, Condoleezza Rice, Mitsuko Uchida and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices.
Perceptions of Musical Octaves Are Learned, Not Wired in the Brain
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- Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Singing experiments with residents of the Bolivian rainforest demonstrate how biology and experience shape the way we hear music.
Riachão, cent ans (ou presque) de samba
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- Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Un performer, qui arborait costume, casquette et mocassins blancs, chemise rouge, des bagues à chaque doigt, un chapelet de colliers et une serviette éponge autour du cou, référence à la capoeira oblige, sur scène comme à la ville.
Ennio Morricone: 6 bandas sonoras inolvidables que el aclamado músico italiano creó para el cine
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- Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Con más de 500 temas musicales a lo largo de su carrera, Ennio Morricone fue uno de los compositores más influyentes de la industria del cine.
Women and singing in Somali culture
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- Tuesday, 23 June 2020
From a mother’s lullabies to work songs, folkloric dance lyrics and the famous buraanbur genre, Somali women’s sung poetry conveys messages and stories about their status in society.
Mexican street musicians bring melodies to people stuck at home
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- Tuesday, 23 June 2020
After the coronavirus outbreak prompted the normally bustling streets of Mexico City to empty out, out-of-work musicians looking to make ends meet have been filling roadways with the melodies of their marimbas, trumpets and güiros.
Why Satie? Why now? How one composer embodies our time of loneliness and angst
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- Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Safe at home this spring has not necessarily meant sane at home. One antidote is a mega-dose of Erik Satie.
Anna Netrebko, la gran cantante del siglo XXI
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- Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Ya son pocos los que pueden sostener, por haberla visto en vivo, que como Maria Callas no hubo ni habrá otra . Pero como referencia histórica, con infinitos testimonios audiovisuales y crónicas de época, la presencia de la gran soprano sigue incólume para comparar, minimizar, disminuir o, peor aún, denostar a quienes osen ocupar ese sitial sagrado que la historia y las leyendas le han otorgado.
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