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A little help from my neo-Marxist philosopher: was Adorno the fifth Beatle?
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- Friday, 04 October 2019
According to the Brazilian president’s political guru Olavo Carvalho, the band ‘barely knew how to play the guitar’, and their songs were written by the leading member of the Frankfurt School.
Au Mexique, un nouveau record du monde de participation à une danse folklorique
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- Friday, 04 October 2019
Le livre Guinness des records a enregistré la participation de 882 personnes dansant au rythme de la musique mariachi samedi 24 août dans la ville mexicaine de Guadalajara, soit la plus grande danse folklorique du monde.
String theory: how to make an acoustic guitar – in pictures
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Rosie Heydenrych, an artisan luthier, has been making acoustic guitars by hand for about a decade.
Why Washing Machines Are Learning to Play the Harp
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Appliance makers believe more and better chimes, alerts, and jingles make for happier customers. Are they right?
7 great places to see music instruments being made
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
From Steinway pianos in Queens to Kamaka ukuleles in Honolulu, get to the source of these iconic musicmakers.
Prématurés : la musique pour stimuler le cerveau
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- Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Une musique spécialement conçue pour les grands prématurés aide à renforcer le développement des réseaux cérébraux, et pourrait ainsi limiter les retards de développement.
How does music therapy work?
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Music therapy works, but no one is really sure how. Now, a novel type of brain scan may provide key insight.
Listen With Me
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
As classical music faces a changing world, so do its critics.
The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Movies about musicians, whether biopics, fictions or documentaries, are a fixture in cinema, but judging by the flurry of activity over the past 12 months, we are in an uncommonly busy period, if not a flat-out golden age.
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