Paris’s reputation of being a cultural epicenter still is embedded in today’s modern worldview. Filmmakers, fashion designers, artists, students, and even the average tourist dreams of heading to the city that’s known for its embracing of the avant-garde, the romantic, and the new. When looking back on 1920’s Paris and its music scene in particular, […]
Author: Mallory Lindahl
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]For me personally, the third paper has proved to be the hardest so far. Of course, living through a global pandemic certainly isn’t helping the situation, but I’m also less familiar with operas/oratorios in general. Because of this, I purposely chose Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex in order to broaden my musical horizons. […]
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Queer Readings and Critiques
Both Samuel N. Dorf and Christopher Moore have credibility as published musicologists who specialize in studies surrounding music in Paris and LGBTQ+ history. Their arguments and queer readings of composers allow us as students and researchers to enhance our critical thinking skills; we can appreciate the scholarship and dedication the authors have contributed to their writing, but […]
The concept of Negrophilia becomes quite convoluted when attempting to dissect it and separate it into its true parts. The question of if Parisian’s really did love African and African American artists at the time cannot truly be answered by a modern scholar, as I’m sure there were Parisians who really did appreciate the music […]
Georges Braque (1882-1963) and Pablo Piacasso (1881-1973) both act as two central figures in the Cubism art movement. During my initial research, I was unsure of how I was going to incorporate an artist such as Braque into the dynamic French musical movements of the early 20th century. It was upon discovering Nancy Perloff’s Art and […]
In class on Tuesday, February 18th, Professor Epstein told us that a group of completely homogenous people cannot truly exist; it’s literally impossible. I wrote this down in my notes because I think it allows us to comprehend the differing arguments made by composers and authors we have studied thus far. As of right now, […]