Music the artform and artists
Frippertronics: How Robert Fripp and Brian Eno Introduced Looping to the World
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- Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Frippertronics is a tape looping method popularised by guitar virtuoso Robert Fripp. Looping may not seem like a new idea – you’re likely to find a loop pedal under the foot of most street buskers – however, in 1972, the musical world had never seen anything quite like it.
'A new room in the Great Pyramid': lost 1963 John Coltrane album discovered
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- Tuesday, 12 June 2018
An album of previously unheard original compositions by the legendary jazz saxophonist has been discovered, 55 years after its recording.
The World’s Best Violins Sing Like Humans
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- Tuesday, 12 June 2018
In 1751, the Renowned Italian violinist Francesco Geminiani took a break from bowing and set pen to paper. He aimed to distill his decades of experience into a treatise on how best to approach his preferred instrument.
Les femmes dans la musique en Guinée équatoriale
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- Tuesday, 12 June 2018
En Guinée équatoriale, la musique généralement est une affaire d’hommes. Exception faites des femmes griots.
Results of the 65th International Rostrum of Composers
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- Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Quake (2018) by Icelandic composer Páll Ragnar Pálsson (born 1977) and Le café de nuit (2017) by the young Dutch composer Jan-Peter de Graaff (born 1992) are the works selected by radio music producers participating in the 65th International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) held in Budapest.
Jesuit Legacy in the Bolivian Jungle
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- Tuesday, 29 May 2018
The aging musical score wasn’t easy to read. It was a copy of a copy of a Latin Mass by the 18th-century composer Domenico Zipoli that had crossed the Atlantic and most of South America, only to be stuffed into a box for three centuries in a derelict jungle church where humidity had taken its toll.
Did Syria create the world's first song?
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- Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Syria’s musical traditions show histories and cultures that transcend contemporary politics and war. This is a country that gave the world song.
How diy opera composers reinvented a genre
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- Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Opera has always been a game of big bets. Companies invest entire annual budgets in a handful of productions, relying on long show runs and broad appeal to turn a profit.
La musique traditionnelle en Guinée équatoriale
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- Tuesday, 29 May 2018
La musique traditionnelle est au cœur de la société équato-guinéenne. Considérée comme sacrée et mystique, elle est jouée dans toutes les circonstances que ce soit une initiation, un mariage ou d'autres cérémonies importantes.
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