by Breanna Olson | May 26, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
For the next 10 weeks, I am excited to work alongside four brilliantly intelligent people to discover the musical geography of Paris in 1924. Together, we will create a dynamic map and timeline that should act as a useful resource for anyone interested in the topic....
by smithdc | May 26, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Hi. I’m Derek Smith. I am working with a CURI team at St. Olaf College on a project that is loquaciously entitled “The Musical Geography of Nineteen-Twenty Four Paris”. The goal of my peers is to essentially map the musical soundscape of this very specific time period...
by Philip Claussen | May 26, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015, Philip Claussen
As someone looking to move into the world of music education, it might be somewhat odd to think that I would be working on an archival research project on 1924 Paris, even if it does focus on the music scene of the time. However, I have done a fair amount of prior...
by Katharina Biermann | May 26, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
As a relatively casual musician, I admit I had some personal reservations going into this research project. I certainly would not consider myself an expert on the music of 1920’s Paris. However, it would seem that I find myself in good company, each member of...
by Louis Epstein | May 26, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
On this first day of CURI research, I’m . . . in London. In my defense, I’m here to present a paper on the 1924 Soirées de Paris season, which means I’m thinking about (and soliciting feedback on) the topic of our summer-long project. I’m also...
by Louis Epstein | May 14, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Premieres, innovations, and influential revivals jump off the pages of musicological scholarship, contributing to a historical narrative that emphasizes progress and the new even when the overwhelming majority of historical evidence suggests that...
