What happens when a musical genre becomes an identifier for a region?聽 In his book , Matthew Machin-Autenrieth unravels the cultural complexity and contested politics of an iconic art form.
David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses the problems of labeling music by genre.
An ancient song repertory will be heard for the first time in 1,000 years this week after being 鈥榬econstructed鈥 by a Cambridge researcher and a world-class performer of medieval music
David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses how musical preferences are linked to thinking styles.
What to take to university is a question foremost in the minds of thousands of freshers up and down the country. Christopher Page鈥檚 latest book 鈥 探花直播Guitar in Tudor England鈥 reveals that 16th century students faced similar dilemmas 鈥 though their packing lists were rather different.
Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be Coldplay or Slayer? 探花直播answer could give an insight into the way you think, say researchers from the 探花直播 of Cambridge.
A previously unseen letter by Felix Mendelssohn is to go on public display in an exhibition about an unrealised British musical prodigy, revealing that he narrowly missed an opportunity to meet the great composer and perhaps transform his career.
Modern scientific methods for mapping the evolution of species are being applied to centuries-old hand-copied music, providing new inspiration for how it is performed.
New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European musical tradition.
Handwritten copies of scores by composers of English lute music have been digitised in a programme to make a precious legacy available to professional and amateur musicians around the world.聽
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