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The study of music theory and popular music analysis continues to evolve as scholars integrate traditional analytical frameworks with innovative methodologies. Recent work in the field has broadened ...

Meshell Ndegeocello, a 10-time Grammy-nominated singer-bassist-songwriter, puts her muse before her paycheck. An artist who doesn’t consider genre, Ndegeocello moves freely between jazz, rock, soul, ...

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I. Materials of twentieth-century music : 1. Introduction : The artist and his environment ; The arts and the artist in the twentieth century -- 2. Melody : The concept of melody ; Melodic style in ...

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. Music is a concept that almost defies definition yet is regarded as a cultural universal.