New Historical Lenses

One theme/trend we’ve been discussing in this class is the potential for alternate histories or stories. Rather than studying a single history in a survey course where you learn facts and “objective truths” about music, its creation and the historical time...

Nationalism’s Pervasiveness

Throughout our semester together, I have found that my independent research for papers has repeatedly enlightened the themes we discuss in class.   I continue to be surprised by these findings – not because they are unanticipated, but because they continue to...