by Sam Parker | Jun 16, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Of all the composers at the fore of the early twentieth century, Ravel is one of the most well known. While Poulenc, Milhaud, and Honegger are familiar names among musicologists, Ravel and Debussy have achieved a place in the general public’s vocabulary. Most...
by Stella Li | Jun 16, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
“It would even be dangerous for composers systematically to ignore the productions of their foreign colleagues and thus to form a sort of national coterie: our musical art, so rich in the present epoch, would quickly degrade and enclose itself in...
by Sam Parker | Jun 13, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
The question, “why make maps about music history?” goes back to the question, “why study music history?” The answer is different for everyone, but for me, it is simple: I study music history because the past constitutes the best stories...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Jun 13, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
What does it mean to know the past? As a student, I first think of sitting down with a textbook to memorize dates and names. In our project, however, we seek to create a more engaging way of learning about history. The maps that we create, as well as the pictures,...
by Stella Li | Jun 12, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
At the beginning of the film Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson asked, “Can you imagine what would it be like to live in 1920s Paris?” This question leads to a central goal of our research project, that is to imagine history in a new light. By creating series of...
by hynes1 | Jun 10, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Why is mapping the music of 1920’s Paris relevant to modern research and individuals? Because through showing the geographical influence, we can help students, researchers, teachers, and the general public to imagine what it might have been like to live in 1920’s...
