There is no historical or geographical limit on what can be covered. There is no restriction on the style or genre of song or singing.
In her second post, Heather Platt tracks Villa Whitney White’s lecture-recitals of German lieder from 1895–98. Unusually, White sang complete song-cycles and songs written for men.
Heather Platt discusses an unusual lecture-recital held in Denver in 1898 that brought together songs of Native Americans, Blacks, Creoles and whites. Women’s clubs and Villa Whitney White made it happen.
Qianwen Yu explores the musicality of traditional weaving through a combination of historical research and contemporary technology, interpreting the woven fabric as a map, as a score.
Riché Richardson talks about what Whitney Houston meant to her as a Black teenager growing up in Montgomery, Alabama.
Riché Richardson talks about what Whitney Houston meant to her as a Black teenager growing up in Montgomery, Alabama.
Now largely forgotten, Madame Charles Cahier was one of the most famous interpreters of Mahler’s vocal music. She, and the few recordings she made, deserve our attention.
Candace Bailey pursues the determination of Harriett Abrams to be recognized for her songs from 1803, and especially in numerous publications of those songs.
As the 25th anniversary of her husband’s death approached, Amy Beach composed two somber songs. Megan Lyons asks why Beach never published them.
In the Japanese-Chinese film Eternity (1943), Yoshiko Yamaguchi sang two songs that made her a star in China. But the film backfired.
Did nuns in Medieval Europe sing anything other than chants and sacred songs? Mary Caldwell discusses one example, a song performed during the Christmas season.
