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Britishness and the classical guitar after 1950: composers, performers and identity in the contemporary British guitar repertoire [posted: 22.08.09]
Re-worked paper first delivered at the Galpin Society’s ‘Making the British Sound’ Conference in Edinburgh (July 10 2009).
In his essay ‘The Cultural Study of Musical Instruments’, Kevin Dawe points out that musical instruments are ‘as symbolic and emblematic of peoples and places as any other musical phenomenon’ and when they cross cultural boundaries (for example […] -
Fugue on the Final Countdown - Why? [posted: 12.06.09]
Programme note from the performance given on June 7 2009 at Leeds College of Music (conductor Dan Keen, Leeds College of Music Community Symphony Orchestra).
The Fugue on the Final Countdown employs the famous theme by 1980s ‘hair metal’ band Europe as its subject. Those of a certain age will recall that it was impossible to […] -
Musical performance and the machine: thoughts on the interplay between technology and the human musician [posted: 12.06.09]
Paper given at Coventry University National Music Performance Symposium (10th June 2009)
‘Bravo for this software. Works like a Swiss watch’. (R. Sanchez, Cirque du Soleil)
In March 2004 the New York Times reported on a legal tiff between Local 802 (the New York branch of the American Federation of Musicians) and a music technology company called […]
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