Musicology

How does opera signify? Opera is defined as the copresence of libretto and music, which makes this interdisciplinary study move between the fields of musicology and literary theory.

Within the study ‘Musicians as Lifelong Learners: Discovery through Biography’, biographical research was used to examine key developments in the professional lives of musicians, focusing on the relationship between their life, educational and career span and their learning styles. This resulted in a collection of 32 narrative learning biographies of musicians from different countries and with various careers.

Today musicians face major changes in their professional life, confronted with questions of how to function flexibly and exploit opportunities in the rapidly changing cultural context. To this end, the concept of lifelong learning is being investigated within this study.

This unique book contains, besides anecdotes and valuable memories, almost 50 special photographs, both onstage and backstage, of several famous names from the world of jazz.

In Overtone Singing, ethnomusicologist and singer Mark van Tongeren provides a fascinating insight into the timeless and universal aspects of sound and vibration.

In Overtone Singing, ethnomusicologist and singer Mark van Tongeren provides a fascinating insight into the timeless and universal aspects of sound and vibration.

The rise of pop music in the 1950’s and the 1960’s is puzzling. Why did people started consuming pop music and why was it suddenly valued so highly? To answer that, we need to look at how consumption and production have mutually influenced each other.