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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... Homer's Odyssey, whose form is never given; the eight beneficent celestial dwellers of the myth of Er in Book X of Plato's Republic; Heraclites' siren with the body of a woman and the legs of a bird; Virgil's hybrid bird-maidens born of ...
... Homer's Odyssey, whose form is never given; the eight beneficent celestial dwellers of the myth of Er in Book X of Plato's Republic; Heraclites' siren with the body of a woman and the legs of a bird; Virgil's hybrid bird-maidens born of ...
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... Homer's ancient version. The hero of the Homeric Odyssey is, in fact, first told of the sirens by one of his female lovers, the mighty sorceress Circe, who turned many men to beasts. By that point in his narrative, he had already been ...
... Homer's ancient version. The hero of the Homeric Odyssey is, in fact, first told of the sirens by one of his female lovers, the mighty sorceress Circe, who turned many men to beasts. By that point in his narrative, he had already been ...
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... Terrible Siren inspired the title to Sachs's biographical novel about Woodhull, who, born and bred in poverty in Homer, Ohio, ended her life as the ''esteemed by the estimable'' [ ∞≠ ] inna naroditskaya and linda phyllis austern.
... Terrible Siren inspired the title to Sachs's biographical novel about Woodhull, who, born and bred in poverty in Homer, Ohio, ended her life as the ''esteemed by the estimable'' [ ∞≠ ] inna naroditskaya and linda phyllis austern.
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... Homer's Sirens, which sit in a meadow, these Sirens fly through the air and perch on rocks. Their number varies: in Homer there are two,6 and paired Sirens are to be found on early vases,7 but [ ∞π] sirens in antiquity and the middle ages.
... Homer's Sirens, which sit in a meadow, these Sirens fly through the air and perch on rocks. Their number varies: in Homer there are two,6 and paired Sirens are to be found on early vases,7 but [ ∞π] sirens in antiquity and the middle ages.
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... Homer, they had power to lay the winds.8 By the end of the century the Sirens have acquired human torsos, and with them arms that permit them to play musical instruments. When there are only two, one may have an aulos and the other a ...
... Homer, they had power to lay the winds.8 By the end of the century the Sirens have acquired human torsos, and with them arms that permit them to play musical instruments. When there are only two, one may have an aulos and the other a ...
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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