Early Musics Skills and Resources

The rapid collapse in available research funding is one crisis in the humanities we aren’t talking enough about, Asheesh Kapur Siddique writes.

Sheeppox virus (SPPV) is a major livestock pathogen causing economic hardship through reduced production and death of vulnerable sheep, with written descriptions of sheeppox-like disease recorded sinc...

This event will explore the history of sea shanties and New England’s maritime history with live music-making ...

“Professor Sisyphus learned a slang word. He was excited to impress his students. Then he discovered that as soon as he uttered slang in class—poof! It would...

Musicologist Marianna Ritchey explores classical music in contemporary American capitalism through diverse lenses.

Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.

Tuning in to the sounds of the ancient world

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A comparative view of digitised State Archives in Italy, from online collections to records accessible only through reading-room computers.

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 2 August · 1hr 2min

AMS-EMSR Study Group Recent Scholarship Journals dedicated to Pre-1600 Repertories Early Music [link] Early Music History [link] Plainsong & Medieval Music [link] Journal of the Alamire Foundation [...

Hesiod, a Greek poet writing some time in the 8th or 7th century BCE, lists the Muses and the last two are Ourania (Latinized Urania) and Calliope.  The last is the greatest of all, he says – …

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Il termine bottino (loot), indicante una categoria di oggetti che esiste prevalentemente in funzione della conquista, descrive una relazione di possesso, se non più specificamente di espropriazione. I...

It is with profound sadness that Rare Book School announces the death of RBS emeritus faculty member Albert Derolez on 11 July 2026, at the age of 91.

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As two powers expanded, Venice eastward and the Mongol Empire westward, their interests converged around trade. This book explores their diplomacy and commercial ties, revealing how the Black Sea…

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...