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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... hear the sea-maid's music.5 The siren's acoustic power and its capacity to a√ect the external world span centuries and cultures, ultimately encompassing both genders. In some ethnic myths and legends, the mermaid and other siren-like ...
... hear the sea-maid's music.5 The siren's acoustic power and its capacity to a√ect the external world span centuries and cultures, ultimately encompassing both genders. In some ethnic myths and legends, the mermaid and other siren-like ...
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... hear nothing? Perhaps the sirens did not bother to charm the self-restrained hero. Perhaps, tied to the symbolically explicit mast, he is metaphorically turned into a woman, ''all ears,'' vulnerable to the penetration of seductive ...
... hear nothing? Perhaps the sirens did not bother to charm the self-restrained hero. Perhaps, tied to the symbolically explicit mast, he is metaphorically turned into a woman, ''all ears,'' vulnerable to the penetration of seductive ...
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... hear among the others; but if you yourself wish to hear, let them bind you in the swift ship hand and foot, upright at the foot of the mast, and let cords be attached to you, so that you may hear and enjoy the two Sirens' voice. But if ...
... hear among the others; but if you yourself wish to hear, let them bind you in the swift ship hand and foot, upright at the foot of the mast, and let cords be attached to you, so that you may hear and enjoy the two Sirens' voice. But if ...
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... hear the voice of us two. For no one yet has passed this way in his black ship before hearing the honeyed voice from our mouths, but he goes home having rejoiced and knowing more. For we know all the things that in broad Troy the ...
... hear the voice of us two. For no one yet has passed this way in his black ship before hearing the honeyed voice from our mouths, but he goes home having rejoiced and knowing more. For we know all the things that in broad Troy the ...
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... hear their singing, throw themselves into the sea and are lost. For half their bodies, down to the navel they have human form, but for the other half thereafter that of a goose; similarly hippocentaurs have one half of a human being ...
... hear their singing, throw themselves into the sea and are lost. For half their bodies, down to the navel they have human form, but for the other half thereafter that of a goose; similarly hippocentaurs have one half of a human being ...
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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