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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... York Evening Post: The terrible syren has defeated you And charmed your cohorts and Battalions to silence and inacton.19 This same image of the Terrible Siren inspired the title to Sachs's biographical novel about Woodhull, who, born ...
... York Evening Post: The terrible syren has defeated you And charmed your cohorts and Battalions to silence and inacton.19 This same image of the Terrible Siren inspired the title to Sachs's biographical novel about Woodhull, who, born ...
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... York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971), 144. 2. See Elaine Morgan The Descent of Woman (New York: Stein and Day, 1972), 91, 102–104. 3. See Jan Bondeson, The Fejee Mermaid (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1999), 40–41 and 58–59; and ...
... York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971), 144. 2. See Elaine Morgan The Descent of Woman (New York: Stein and Day, 1972), 91, 102–104. 3. See Jan Bondeson, The Fejee Mermaid (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1999), 40–41 and 58–59; and ...
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... York: Alfred van der Marck Editions, 1986), 69; Philip Kuberski, The Persistence of Memory: Organism, Myth, Text (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), 95; and George Lako√ and Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By (Chicago ...
... York: Alfred van der Marck Editions, 1986), 69; Philip Kuberski, The Persistence of Memory: Organism, Myth, Text (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), 95; and George Lako√ and Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By (Chicago ...
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... York: Harper and Row, 1983), 8. 11. Edward Herbert, Lord Cherbury, Pagan Religion, ed. John Anthony Butler (Ottawa: Dovehouse Editions; and Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1996), 177. For a more modern ...
... York: Harper and Row, 1983), 8. 11. Edward Herbert, Lord Cherbury, Pagan Religion, ed. John Anthony Butler (Ottawa: Dovehouse Editions; and Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1996), 177. For a more modern ...
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... York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1918, 1981; and Paris: Société Anonyme des Éditions Ricordi, 1919), written in 1911–1912 on a text by Charles Grandmougin. Boulanger was the first female winner, but fourth female to compete for, the coveted ...
... York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1918, 1981; and Paris: Société Anonyme des Éditions Ricordi, 1919), written in 1911–1912 on a text by Charles Grandmougin. Boulanger was the first female winner, but fourth female to compete for, the coveted ...
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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