Music the artform and artists
New York Rock: The Birth of Punk, an Oral History
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- Thursday, 27 October 2016
As a city that represents endless possibilities, New York has long been the setting for the dawning of new movements, styles, and musical genres. And perhaps no music origin story has inspired as much appreciation, celebration, and imitation as the birth of punk rock in New York City in the 1970s.
Le plus vieux morceau de musique crée par ordinateur a été restauré
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- Thursday, 27 October 2016
En 1951, pour la première fois des morceaux de musique étaient créés non pas à l’aide d’instruments, mais par ordinateur. Ils sont nés dans le laboratoire du mathématicien Alan Turing et viennent d’être restaurés par des chercheurs.
La musique africaine fait son introspection à Ségou
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Ce Forum a constitué un cadre opportun pour engager une réflexion constructive sur les questions de la professionnalisation des acteurs de la filière musicale en Afrique.
Street music, noise, and the city of joy
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Music is a choice the listener makes and the difference between music and noise is a matter of perspective.
'His Instrument Gave Me Wings': Remembering Synth Inventor Don Buchla
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Don Buchla believed in the humanity of wires. The modular synth pioneer created an instrument like none other, one that relied on intuition, learning and, most importantly, human touch.
Beyond Fela: a guide to early African electronic music
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Call it what you will, but there’s no denying that West African funk or boogie will light up a European dance floor—and no one knows that better than Nomad and Dirk Leyers.
Traditional music in Mauritius
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- Tuesday, 04 October 2016
Mauritius Island, the cultural melting pot of the Indian Ocean, is at the crossroads of several musical styles. Sega is however the unifying musical genre.
Ravi Shankar opera to get posthumous world premiere
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- Tuesday, 04 October 2016
Sukanya, a Hindu tale named after the sitar great’s wife and completed by their daughter Anoushka, will be semi-staged at Leicester’s Curve with the LPO.
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