The Pointy End
Don't look back in anger: did Britpop cause Brexit?
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- Monday, 26 November 2018
It’s a thesis doing the rounds – and is full of holes. But there’s no denying that Britpop’s nostalgia did make flag-waving nationalism more acceptable.
La facture instrumentale est-elle écologique ?
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- Monday, 26 November 2018
Espèces protégées et facture instrumentale est une histoire longue de plusieurs siècles. Les fabricants d'instruments sont-ils soucieux de la protection de l'environnement?
Familiar music could give Alzheimer's patients a cognitive boost
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- Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Different parts of patients' brains were activated by music they'd heard before.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018
All the people pictured on the cover.
Did you know Mozart’s middle name isn’t really Amadeus?
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Mozart was baptised as (deep breath)... Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
Myths and Facts: Caring for Your Voice during the Winter Months
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Taking care of the voice or Vocal Hygiene can be thought of as the care and feeding of the voice.
La pochette d'album à l'ère de l'immatérialité musicale
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Qu’elle soit matérielle ou strictement numérique, la pochette d’album s’inscrit inévitablement dans l’identité de marque de l’artiste.
A Study on Meter and Rhyme
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Language that is metrically regular to an unusual degree is not only found in poetry, but also in the language of rites and festive events, in preverbal infant-directed speech (IDS), in slogans, commercial ads, etc.
Dvořák's Symphony No.9 is actually the power behind viral hit Baby Shark
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018
We need to talk about the viral ear worm of 2018 (but from a uniquely Czech symphonic perspective).
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