Mediatheque Stories tagged #MusicHistory
War and peace in music
How does music speak about war? And what does peace sound like? An essay. #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2024
Music as trauma medicine
What can musical monuments achieve that physical ones can’t? An essay by the American composer John Adams. #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2024
Unusual Stories from the Laeiszhalle
Ten of the most entertaining stories about Hamburg's venerable concert hall. #Laeiszhalle #MusicHistory
The deep well of history
A brief look at Armenia’s ancient music in the 21st century #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory #World
A portrait of Béla Bartók
Amiable yet conflicted: Béla Bartók’s life and work #MusicHistory #Portrait
5 Questions for Aynur
She is currently the most prominent voice of Kurdish music. Her unmistakable sound can be heard at the Kurdistan Festival in the Elbphilharmonie #Interview #MusicHistory #Kurdistan
The Music of Kurdistan
A festival celebrating the diversity and vitality of Kurdish music culture. #MusicHistory #World #Kurdistan
5 Questions for Danûk
From wax cylinder to Spotify hit: the band Danûk take early 20th century phonograh recordings and transform them into remarkable contemporary music. #Interview #MusicHistory #World #Kurdistan
Christmas carols and their origin
The stories behind the most popular Christmas hits. #Singing #MusicHistory #Christmas
György Kurtág: Every note in the right place
Late fame through polished and radically reduced music: About the composer György Kurtág. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
MUSIC WITHOUT SHADOWS?
A host of voices speak in Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s music. That is one of its strengths. #MusicHistory
Electronic music
Making music possible: a short history of electronic sound production. #Electronic #MusicHistory
New Sounds on Old Instruments
The (re-)discovery of Early music #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory
The whole world in music
How different cultures find one another: a short history of world music. #MusicHistory #World
Franz Schubert and Love
About the Romantic composer and his works, whose melodic beauty fascinates us to this day. #Singing #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023
Bach: The Ways of a Dynasty
The Bach family stepped into the limelight a long time before Johann Sebastian was born. #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory
The mandolin – an all-rounder among instruments
Everything you need to know about the versatile plucked instrument and why it has rightly been chosen as the 2023 instrument of the year. #Explained #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023
Alfred Schnittke – A Portrait
A report by a contemporary witness on one of the leading composers of the 20th century #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023 #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
A Church Service in Music: The Mass
A short history of musical settings of the Mass. #Explained #Singing #MusicHistory
Lisa Streich: What she wants to hear
The swedish composer has shimmering, crystalline sounds in mind for the Elbphilharmonie. Thanks to a composition prize, she now has the chance to realise her ideas. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #Visions