Musicology

A lunch discussion (in German) about what makes music classical

How architecture and music converged at the Berlin Philharmonic in 1963

Against the backdrop of current ecological thought, Rehding examines a few recent examples of music that actively raise awareness and attempt to change behavior.

Christopher Gibbs and Matthew Gardner will explore the personal and professional relationship between Schubert and Beethoven.

Christopher Gibbs discusses how music programs were curated in Germany and Austria during the so-called long nineteenth century.

Ronald Radano discusses the German archive of African music recordings from the early twentieth century.

Andrew Hicks excavates a richly textured media-archaeology of the soundscapes of medieval Persian poetry to reveal the role of listening within the Persian poetic imagination.