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The Vision of Music in Saint Hildegard’s Scivias: Synthesizing Image, Text, Notation, and Theory

The Vision of Music in Saint Hildegard’s Scivias: Synthesizing Image, Text, Notation, and Theory

    This essay, published in print and as a web app, presents images, song texts, and music from the final vision in St. Hildegard of Bingen’s prophetic work, Scivias (c1151). The manuscript for this “Vision of Music” provides lyrics Read More →
Stealing All Transmissions: A Secret History of The Clash

Stealing All Transmissions: A Secret History of The Clash

   Free print preview Stealing All Transmissions is a love story. It’s the story of how The Clash fell in love with America, and how America loved them back. The romance began in full in 1977, when select rock journalists and Read More →
The Paraguayan Harp: From Colonial Transplant to National Emblem

The Paraguayan Harp: From Colonial Transplant to National Emblem

How did a musical instrument transplanted to South America by European missionaries earn the official designation as Paraguay's cultural national symbol? Read More →
Maximus Musicus Visits the Orchestra

Maximus Musicus Visits the Orchestra

E-book edition In the best-selling and award-winning book Maximus Musicus Visits the Orchestra, Iceland’s best-loved mouse discovers the wonders of music and the symphony orchestra in his own joyful and charming manner. The book, by Hallfrídur Ólafsdóttir and Þórarinn Már Read More →
The Caldwell Collection of Viols: A Life Together in the Pursuit of Beauty

The Caldwell Collection of Viols: A Life Together in the Pursuit of Beauty

This book, in print and iPad editions, presents the stringed musical instruments in the Caldwell Collection of Viols, including fine, rare, and important examples by Amati, Bertrand, Norman, Rose, Tielke, and others. Read More →
Why We Like Music: Ear, Emotion, Evolution

Why We Like Music: Ear, Emotion, Evolution

          Free print preview     Is it really true that listening to Mozart makes us and our children smarter? Why is there always classical background music in high-class restaurants? Does opera really make cows give more milk and Read More →

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