Music of the SirensLinda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya Whether referred to as mermaid, usalka, mami wata, or by some other name, and whether considered an imaginary being or merely a person with extraordinary abilities, the siren is the remarkable creature that has inspired music and its representations from ancient Greece to present-day Africa and Latin America. This book, co-edited by a historical musicologist and an ethnomusicologist, brings together leading scholars and some talented newcomers in classics, music, media studies, literature, and cultural studies to consider the siren and her multifaceted relationships to music across human time and geography. |
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... century, and even more so since the ''Age of Enlightenment'' a century later. The song of the siren belongs to the threshold between time and eternity, the plane of reference for the metaphors of myth.4 From the seaside meadow-dwellers ...
... century, and even more so since the ''Age of Enlightenment'' a century later. The song of the siren belongs to the threshold between time and eternity, the plane of reference for the metaphors of myth.4 From the seaside meadow-dwellers ...
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... century CE. These are the creatures that most influenced later visual and written narratives, directly as in the case of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century classically influenced works described by Stephen Buhler and Elena Laura ...
... century CE. These are the creatures that most influenced later visual and written narratives, directly as in the case of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century classically influenced works described by Stephen Buhler and Elena Laura ...
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... century. In fact, with their ability to traverse disparate geographical areas and allure travelers, sirens and their sisters have often served as emblems of empire and dominion. Many sailing ships from the age of global exploration and ...
... century. In fact, with their ability to traverse disparate geographical areas and allure travelers, sirens and their sisters have often served as emblems of empire and dominion. Many sailing ships from the age of global exploration and ...
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... century has German folkloric roots and American popular cultural descendents, as Annegret Fauser demonstrates. Even the most evidently consistent group of sirens, Buhler's seventeenth-century English literary ones, draw together several ...
... century has German folkloric roots and American popular cultural descendents, as Annegret Fauser demonstrates. Even the most evidently consistent group of sirens, Buhler's seventeenth-century English literary ones, draw together several ...
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... century musical and literary conventions, death also signifies the completion of the sexual game. Austern further suggests that the siren brings together the child's primal desire to return to the womb and the man's drive toward sexual ...
... century musical and literary conventions, death also signifies the completion of the sexual game. Austern further suggests that the siren brings together the child's primal desire to return to the womb and the man's drive toward sexual ...
Contents
Siren Traditions and Musical Creation in the CentralSouthern Andes | |
Heavenly and Earthly Sirens in Sixteenth and SeventeenthCentury Literary and Visual Culture | |
5 The Sirens the Epicurean Boat and the Poetry of Praise | |
Of Music Modernity and the Sirens | |
Water Power and Women | |
Loreley and Other Rhine Maidens | |
Music for Mami Wata and Other Water Spirits in Africa | |
Pop Sirens at the Twentyfirst Century | |
12 The Cocktail Siren in David Lynchs Blue Velvet | |
Bibliography | |
List of Contributors | |
Index | |
Back Cover | |
The Legend of a Greek Singer in a Turkish Tavern | |
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