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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... and Other Rhine Maidens Annegret Fauser / 250 9. The Mermaid of the Meyhane: The Legend of a Greek Singer in a Turkish Tavern John Morgan O'Connell / 273 10. Siren Serenades: Music for Mami Wata and Other Water Contents.
... and Other Rhine Maidens Annegret Fauser / 250 9. The Mermaid of the Meyhane: The Legend of a Greek Singer in a Turkish Tavern John Morgan O'Connell / 273 10. Siren Serenades: Music for Mami Wata and Other Water Contents.
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... Greek term siren, such as the Russian sirin, the Italian sirena, and the Andean sirinu. The term also incorporates a range of archetypal beings dwelling in or near water, at once human-like and inhuman, recognized by di√erent names in ...
... Greek term siren, such as the Russian sirin, the Italian sirena, and the Andean sirinu. The term also incorporates a range of archetypal beings dwelling in or near water, at once human-like and inhuman, recognized by di√erent names in ...
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... Greeks called Tractatoriae, as by attracting and insinuating into the ears of man,'' says an early cataloguer of outstanding women of myth and history, who also explains that sirens sing and play winds and strings in a trio.12 The ...
... Greeks called Tractatoriae, as by attracting and insinuating into the ears of man,'' says an early cataloguer of outstanding women of myth and history, who also explains that sirens sing and play winds and strings in a trio.12 The ...
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... Greek bird-bodied namesake. The literary Lorelei of the nineteenth century has German folkloric roots and American popular cultural descendents, as Annegret Fauser demonstrates. Even the most evidently consistent group of sirens ...
... Greek bird-bodied namesake. The literary Lorelei of the nineteenth century has German folkloric roots and American popular cultural descendents, as Annegret Fauser demonstrates. Even the most evidently consistent group of sirens ...
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... Greek literature is in the twelfth book of the Odyssey.1 In lines 39–54, Circe warns Odysseus at his departure: First you will come to the Sirens, who beguile all mortals, any who comes their way. Whoso draws near in ignorance and hears ...
... Greek literature is in the twelfth book of the Odyssey.1 In lines 39–54, Circe warns Odysseus at his departure: First you will come to the Sirens, who beguile all mortals, any who comes their way. Whoso draws near in ignorance and hears ...
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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