The celebration of the “Beethoven Year” in Madrid in 1927 resulted in a whole series of celebrations of all kinds that extended throughout that emblematic year to honour the German composer. This resulted in the public performance of numerous concerts by Madrid’s leading orchestral and choral groups, including the Orquesta Filarmónica de Madrid,…[Read more]

This article focuses on the study of the different musical periods that make up the Modern Age in Europe, taking into account from a critical point of view the current state of the art in bibliography. Each period is previously defined according to the chronological problem and according to its technical, aesthetic and stylistic characteristics.

Article about the biography and musical output of the Italian composer Doomenico Scarlatti

The importance of this publication lies in the recovery and study of a musical heritage of extraordinary quality: unpublished musical works by the masters of the Royal Chapel of Madrid, the most important centre in Spain at the time, which until now had slept the sleep of oblivion. In addition to the musical transcriptions, this contribution is…[Read more]

This article examines two important texts of Teresa de Jesús, El Libro de la vida and Las moradas del castillo interior, to take a new look at an old debate about whether Santa Teresa’s written expression is “spontaneous” or whether it is in fact more literary. Dr. Davis arrives at the conclusion that the writer’s works are both more indebted to…[Read more]

Using the transatlantic relación of Diego Portichuelo de Ribadeneyra (1657) as an example, this essay tracks some of the ways in which several religious passengers narrated their experience crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the Spanish Indies fleets during the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries. Of particular importance here are the ways in…[Read more]

On the example of “The Walking Dead”, we demonstrate in how far the reception of pop culture narratives can serve not merely trivial entertainment, but epistemological interest as well. For this purpose, we introduce the term pop cultural secondary worlds and formulate the thesis that these can be used analogously to thought experiments. The…[Read more]

Dictionary articles in Lexicon about women musicians

Because of its material characteristics, the sonic poses a challenge to the influential paradigm of religion as mediation. This article makes a case for a neo-phenomenological analytic of atmospheres in order to do justice to the sonic in anthropological approaches to religion. Approaching the sonic as atmospheric half-things, I propose a…[Read more]

Study about the construction of organs in North Spain by Cavaillé-Coll (19th century)

Omani students were introduced to Independent Learning Tools, such as MyELT, Moodle, and MS Teams, during the Covid-19 pandemic. They used these tools for their study throughout the pandemic. Hence, this research investigated how satisfied were Omani students with independent learning tools during Covid-19. This study is significant because it…[Read more]

Omani students were introduced to Independent Learning Tools, such as MyELT, Moodle, and MS Teams, during the Covid-19 pandemic. They used these tools for their study throughout the pandemic. Hence, this research investigated how satisfied were Omani students with independent learning tools during Covid-19. This study is significant because it…[Read more]

The article describes two accounts of Poland and the culture of its people. The first of these dates from 1784 and was written by the Marquis de Ségur, a French diplomat travelling to St Petersburg. The second, from 1840, was written by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz, at the time working as a professor at the Collège de France in Paris. I try t…[Read more]