Music – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:05:30 +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 Ritual and Music: The Tympanon in Ancient Greece https://brewminate.com/ritual-and-music-the-tympanon-in-ancient-greece/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:05:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=149907 The original form of ancient Greek tympanon, a big hand-drum with a roaring sound, lives on in religious,

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]]> Picking Gourds: The Surprising Long History of the Banjo https://brewminate.com/picking-gourds-the-surprising-long-history-of-the-banjo/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:04:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=233568 The banjo was introduced by enslaved Africans and continued to evolve in the Americas. When I was a

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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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