An introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]

Review of guides to writing about music

On the treatment and assessments of female students at the Conservatoire Américain in Fontainebleau, France

On music in Olivier’s film of Hamlet

On a previously unknown composition by Louise Talma