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]]> Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Songs Behind America’s Pastime https://brewminate.com/baseball-songs-sheet-music-history/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:08:35 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=228573 From the years before the Civil War onward, composers put baseball to music. Historic sheet music from the

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]]> Music, Performance, and Power in Early English Colonial Encounters https://brewminate.com/music-performance-colonial-encounters/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:40:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=247277 From Shakespeare’s The Tempest to English ventures in Virginia, music, dance, and ritual shaped colonial encounters—often masking unequal

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]]> The Lost Music of Venice’s Ospedaletto Orphanage Revived https://brewminate.com/the-lost-music-of-venices-ospedaletto-orphanage-revived/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:12:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=221789 A Venetian orphanage fresco preserved a forgotten aria by Pasquale Anfossi, allowing musicians to revive music unheard for

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]]> Jazz Photography and the Visual History of Black America https://brewminate.com/jazz-photography-black-cultural-history/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:56:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=155203 From candid club scenes to iconic portraits of Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk, jazz photography made Black artistry,

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]]> 6 Ways Your Business’s Background Music Might Be Breaking the Law (Without You Knowing) https://brewminate.com/6-ways-your-businesss-background-music-might-be-breaking-the-law-without-you-knowing/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:09:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=275293 Background music creates a welcoming atmosphere, helps shape customer experiences, and supports a business’s brand image. Yet a

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]]> Why Insuring a Guitar Collection Is a Smart Move for Musicians https://brewminate.com/why-insuring-a-guitar-collection-is-a-smart-move-for-musicians/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:36:56 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274924 A guitar collection often carries two kinds of value. One is financial, shaped by scarcity, condition, and market

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]]> A History of Jazz Funerals in New Orleans: Grief, Rhythm, and the Second Line https://brewminate.com/jazz-funerals-new-orleans-history-second-line/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:10:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274280 New Orleans jazz funerals turn mourning into movement, blending African diasporic deathways, Christian ritual, brass bands, mutual aid,

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]]> Divine Song: The Importance of Music in Ancient Religious Rituals https://brewminate.com/ancient-religious-ritual-music/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:07:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=273846 Ancient sacred music did more than accompany worship; it summoned gods, shaped memory, protected communities, and made divine

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]]> Villancicos: How Native Nahua Song and Dance Translated in Christian Conversion https://brewminate.com/native-song-dance-christian-festivals-new-spain/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:07:23 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=231744 Indigenous song and dance shaped Christian festivals in New Spain, carrying rhythm, affect, memory, and cultural negotiation into

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