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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... vocal powers and other distinctive traits have been borrowed by nightclub singers and MTV stars many years and half-a-world apart. Sirens appear here in a number of guises as well as in varied forms and with many names: artifacts of ...
... vocal powers and other distinctive traits have been borrowed by nightclub singers and MTV stars many years and half-a-world apart. Sirens appear here in a number of guises as well as in varied forms and with many names: artifacts of ...
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... vocal beauty obscures the perils and dangers of embodied union, serving as a metaphor against trusting the ear above the eye. One of the tensions presented throughout this book is between constructions of the siren that emphasize unity ...
... vocal beauty obscures the perils and dangers of embodied union, serving as a metaphor against trusting the ear above the eye. One of the tensions presented throughout this book is between constructions of the siren that emphasize unity ...
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... vocal call system that was used mainly for a√ective and social signaling; it remains unclear to what extent the development of language might have been constrained by this a√ective signaling system. What is apparent, however, is that ...
... vocal call system that was used mainly for a√ective and social signaling; it remains unclear to what extent the development of language might have been constrained by this a√ective signaling system. What is apparent, however, is that ...
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... vocal expression is that it is optimally suited to relatively indirect communication over long distances; visual contact between listener and the sonic source is not necessary.32 ''All poets unanimously,'' begins an anonymous ...
... vocal expression is that it is optimally suited to relatively indirect communication over long distances; visual contact between listener and the sonic source is not necessary.32 ''All poets unanimously,'' begins an anonymous ...
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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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