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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... Culture Elena Laura Calogero / 140 5. The Sirens, the Epicurean Boat, and the Poetry of Praise Stephen M. Buhler / 176 6. ''Longindyingcall'': Of Music, Modernity, and the Sirens Lawrence Kramer / 194 7. Russian Rusalkas and Nationalism ...
... Culture Elena Laura Calogero / 140 5. The Sirens, the Epicurean Boat, and the Poetry of Praise Stephen M. Buhler / 176 6. ''Longindyingcall'': Of Music, Modernity, and the Sirens Lawrence Kramer / 194 7. Russian Rusalkas and Nationalism ...
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... cultural collection, the term ''siren'' has several specific meanings. It indicates a particular mythological or ... cultures seem to have invented myths or tales of enchantment that involve fairy-like stories of water-beings, or at ...
... cultural collection, the term ''siren'' has several specific meanings. It indicates a particular mythological or ... cultures seem to have invented myths or tales of enchantment that involve fairy-like stories of water-beings, or at ...
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... cultural constructs of performance and audition, diverse links between sounding body and hearing body. Narrative and absolute musics from many cultures and for many sorts of performance have further envoiced even the otherwise most ...
... cultural constructs of performance and audition, diverse links between sounding body and hearing body. Narrative and absolute musics from many cultures and for many sorts of performance have further envoiced even the otherwise most ...
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... cultures, ultimately encompassing both genders. In some ethnic myths and legends, the mermaid and other siren-like figures (such as the Germanic nixie and the Andean sirinu) can adopt male or female form and seduce earthly women as well ...
... cultures, ultimately encompassing both genders. In some ethnic myths and legends, the mermaid and other siren-like figures (such as the Germanic nixie and the Andean sirinu) can adopt male or female form and seduce earthly women as well ...
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... cultural descendents, as Annegret Fauser demonstrates. Even the most evidently consistent group of sirens, Buhler's ... cultures, the siren has been a sort of hallucinogenic stimulant that gives the sensitive man a feeling of fullness in ...
... cultural descendents, as Annegret Fauser demonstrates. Even the most evidently consistent group of sirens, Buhler's ... cultures, the siren has been a sort of hallucinogenic stimulant that gives the sensitive man a feeling of fullness in ...
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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