21/08/2017
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on CfP: Global Trends in the Popular Culture and Nighttime Entertainment of European Cities, 1880s–1930s
The role that dance halls, cabarets and variety theatres, and cultural imports like the cakewalk, tango and jazz played in the rise of a pan-European and global commercial popular culture, has been addressed either from the perspective of a single … Continue reading
15/08/2017
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Symphony of a Metropolis II: ‘We Stood Like Kings’
The original music for Ruttmanns ‘Symphony of a metropolis’ was composed by Edmund Meisel and played live with a symphony orchestra. However, Ruttmanns semi-documentary portrait of Berlin remains as a strong inspiration for creating new soundtracks up until now. The … Continue reading
14/08/2017
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on CfP: Music Tourism Convention By Sound Diplomacy
Music Cities Events is proud to present Music Tourism Convention. The world’s most extensive conference bringing together the music and tourism sectors to explore how music impacts, benefits and improves tourism offers, from festivals to heritage, music trails to food and … Continue reading
03/08/2017
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on CfP: Marseille ? Naples : deux métropoles musicales transculturelles de Méditerranée
In addition to numerous other similarities, the Mediterranean cities Marseille and Naples offer very lively music scenes with significant parallels (and, of course, differences). Examples of comparable phenomena point to typical forms of popular song (“canzone napoletana”/”chansons deMarseille”), the close … Continue reading
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