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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Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya. Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya ''teach me to heare mermaides singing'' Figure 2.8. Daniel Maclise,. OF THE Cover.
Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya. Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya ''teach me to heare mermaides singing'' Figure 2.8. Daniel Maclise,. OF THE Cover.
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Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya. ''teach me to heare mermaides singing'' Figure 2.8. Daniel Maclise, The Origin of the Harp, engraved by F. P. Becker from Moore's Irish Melodies (1866). Photograph courtesy of Linda Phyllis Austern ...
Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya. ''teach me to heare mermaides singing'' Figure 2.8. Daniel Maclise, The Origin of the Harp, engraved by F. P. Becker from Moore's Irish Melodies (1866). Photograph courtesy of Linda Phyllis Austern ...
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... Singing'': Embodiments of (Acoustic) Pleasure and Danger in the Modern West Linda Phyllis Austern / 52 3. Devils, Daydreams, and Desire: Siren Traditions and Musical Creation in the Central-Southern Andes Henry Stobart / 105 4. ''Sweet ...
... Singing'': Embodiments of (Acoustic) Pleasure and Danger in the Modern West Linda Phyllis Austern / 52 3. Devils, Daydreams, and Desire: Siren Traditions and Musical Creation in the Central-Southern Andes Henry Stobart / 105 4. ''Sweet ...
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... that draws them together is their music, the subject of this book. The impetus for this collection of essays came, like the siren and her kin, from multiple places and traditions. In July 1998, two [ ∞ ] Introduction: Singing Each to Each.
... that draws them together is their music, the subject of this book. The impetus for this collection of essays came, like the siren and her kin, from multiple places and traditions. In July 1998, two [ ∞ ] Introduction: Singing Each to Each.
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... singing voice. But his was never the realm of seduction or death, enchantment or prophecy, between his mythic space and the human world. The positive, productive musical powers of legendary male figures, such as the mythic Orpheus or ...
... singing voice. But his was never the realm of seduction or death, enchantment or prophecy, between his mythic space and the human world. The positive, productive musical powers of legendary male figures, such as the mythic Orpheus or ...
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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