by Philip Claussen | Nov 9, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015), Philip Claussen
In the past few decades, readings and analysis through the lens of queerness have become more and more popular in academia; the two articles discussed below, by Samuel Dorf and Christopher Moore, are perfect examples of this trend. And while both articles bring...
by Philip Claussen | Oct 23, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015), Philip Claussen
My next research paper is focused on the Concerts Pasdeloup, a musical organization/orchestra that regularly gave performances throughout the concert season that were available to a wide audience. The group is of particular interest to me for three reasons. First,...
by Philip Claussen | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015), Philip Claussen
In the book In 1926: Living at the Edge of Time, Hans Gumbrecht attempts to demonstrate something that was entirely new in 1997, and is still largely unfamiliar to historians. Instead of describing an event or a person from a traditional standpoint, using words, a few...
by Philip Claussen | Jul 29, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015, Philip Claussen
Paris has long been known as an international city – a place were people from all around the world gathered to live, work, and make art, among many other activities. Most of the “foreigners” we’ve focused on through this project have been artists and musicians who...
by Philip Claussen | Jul 10, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015, Philip Claussen
As some may already know, I have spent the past two weeks in Paris, researching vigorously with the help of the Bibliothèque Nationale, the national library of France. While my research experience here has been for the most part incredible, from time to time it has...
by Philip Claussen | Jun 18, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015, Philip Claussen
The impact of art is necessarily limited by the audience that can witness it. That’s why it’s so important to examine what transportation was availableto whom in Paris; of course train was the predominant formof long-distance land travel at the time, and...
