Music – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:15:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Music – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Dancing in the Streets of Ancient and Early Medieval Byzantine Constantinople https://brewminate.com/dancing-in-the-streets-of-ancient-and-early-medieval-byzantine-constantinople/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:15:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226449 What “dance” meant in the Byzantine context is not always clear. By Dr. Leslie BrubakerProfessor Emerita of Byzantine

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]]> The Magic of Live Music: Why Performances Move Us https://brewminate.com/the-magic-of-live-music-why-performances-move-us/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:07:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167639 Some concertgoers reported being so moved by their first concerts due to the pandemic in nearly two years

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]]> Castrati in Early Modern England: Music, Surgery, and the Human Instrument https://brewminate.com/castrati-in-early-modern-england-music-surgery-and-the-human-instrument/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:08:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=208218 The craze for castrati in England started relatively late. Introduction For most of the people in this book,

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]]> When Music Remembers: A Holocaust History of Art in the Wake of Atrocity https://brewminate.com/when-music-remembers-a-holocaust-history-of-art-in-the-wake-of-atrocity/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:04:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226980 Richard Strauss did not specify what precisely his music was attempting to remember. By Jeremy EichlerClassical Music CriticBoston

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]]> What You Should Know Before Buying a Bass Instrument https://brewminate.com/what-you-should-know-before-buying-a-bass-instrument/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:17:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=246024 Investing in a bass guitar is a significant decision for musicians, whether just starting or aiming to enhance

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]]> Traditional Music: Learning for Yourself https://brewminate.com/traditional-music-learning-for-yourself/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=244218 Traditional Music: Learning for Yourself With over 40,000 years of musical history behind us, when you learn to

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]]> Government Song Women of New Deal America in the Mid-20th Century https://brewminate.com/government-song-women-of-new-deal-america-in-the-mid-20th-century/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:01:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=197743 The forgotten folk collectors of the New Deal. Introduction It was October 1935, and the Resettlement Administration was in

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]]> Medieval Space Semiology: Music, Manuscript Painting, Architecture, and Scholasticism https://brewminate.com/medieval-space-semiology-music-manuscript-painting-architecture-and-scholasticism/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:02:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=214582 Autochthonous functions of space also existed in the middle ages. Indeed without music no discipline can be perfect;

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]]> The Heroines of Old-Time Music in the Mountains of Appalachia and Elsewhere https://brewminate.com/the-heroines-of-old-time-music-in-the-mountains-of-appalachia-and-elsewhere/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:09:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226972 This music was made to entertain and connect communities. By Sophie CastroFormer Intern with Humanities MagazineFashion AssistantMichael Kors

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]]> George Gershwin: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ as a History of Jazz, Race, and America’s ‘Melting Pot’ https://brewminate.com/george-gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue-as-a-history-of-jazz-race-and-americas-melting-pot/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:40:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226014 Seeing ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene. By Dr. Ryan Raul BañagaleAssociate Professor

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