10/10/2017
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Music Cities Convention Memphis, Oct. 26, 2017
Music Cities Convention is the largest and most extensive gathering on Music Cities. The conference brings together leaders from governments, cities and regions, academics, organisations and the music scene to discuss, debade and introduce new thinking. On October 26th 2017, … 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
31/07/2017
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on 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
Comments Off on 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
Comments Off on 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
Comments Off on 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
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:
06/01/2017
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on 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
Comments Off on 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
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