Urban Music Studies

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31/07/2017
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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Berlin – Symphony of a Metropolis

In his documentary film ‘Berlin – Symphony of a Metropolis’ Walther Ruttmann (1887-1944) experiments with the perception of the city in motion in terms of a musical form: The symphony. With its montage technique and the dramaturgical structure this 60 … Continue reading

21/06/2017
by R. Kuchar
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June is New York Music Month

NYC kicks off the first-ever  (NYMM) – a citywide celebration of New York City’s diverse music ecosystem during the month of June. Music is central to the city’s economy, social fabric, and cultural identity. NYMM celebrates this with programming and … Continue reading

12/06/2017
by R. Kuchar
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Music City´s Origin – Hector Berlioz´ Euphonia

Topos Music City came up in the essay ‚Euphonia or the Musical City‘ by the French romantic composer Hector Berlioz  (1803-1869) first. Published in 1852 in his collection ‚Evenings with the Orchestra‘ Berlioz envisions a future town, situated on the … Continue reading

30/01/2017
by R. Kuchar
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Update Resources Section: Bibliography of Articles related to Urban Music Studies

Bibliography completed! Have a look on the site ‘Articles’ in the Resources section. We just added a quite long list of international contributions dealing with Music and the City. In connection with books and expertises,  we now have completed a … Continue reading

Update Resources Section: Bibliography of Expertises and other related Work

In the resources sections, we just added some sources of expertises and other related work referring to Urban Music Studies. Have a look at some international as well as German publications:

To bibliography of expertises and other related work

06/01/2017
by R. Kuchar
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Mapping the Sound of Cities

Soundcities An online open source database of city sounds and soundmaps from around the world using online found sounds and field recording.

15/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
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Welcome

Hi, in the end, we are online! With this Blog, we´d like to connect scholars of different disciplines and all interested actors working on the varying relationships between music and the city. Therefore, we collect and share information about available … Continue reading