In this activity, students will learn about theme and variation as a compositional form and put their own spin on a familiar melody through group improvisation. "Theme and variation" is a popular ...

Now, let me preface this by saying I love all types of music: blues, rock, metal, classical, hip-hop, soul/r&b, etc. I would suspect that most reading this probably have a great affinity for all ...

The score for John Cage’s indeterminate composition “Fontana Mix” (image: BBC Radio 3) With the development of music notation, music was set free from the delicate bonds of oral and aural traditions.

There's a well-known Russian folktale, "Snegurochka," that tells the story of an elderly couple who yearn to have a child; they create a little girl out of snow, and she comes to life. In her novel ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Touch is world-directed, temporally extended, exploratory contact and movement. It was by modelling his theory of perception on touch that ...

The aim of this journal is to nourish the trend of 'critical' musicology in Italy and abroad. Articles are published in French, English, Italian, Spanish and German with Italian or English abstracts.

The study of music theory and popular music analysis continues to evolve as scholars integrate traditional analytical frameworks with innovative methodologies. Recent work in the field has broadened ...