by Philip Claussen | Jul 10, 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 | 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...
by Philip Claussen | Jun 16, 2015 | Philip Claussen
Most of us, I would assume, are familiar with the old mnemonic device “five W’s and an H.” I remember learning it in 1st grade, and thought it was both painfully boring and absurdly obvious for something that we had to learn in school. I would much...
by Philip Claussen | Jun 8, 2015 | Philip Claussen
Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a French composer from Normandy; he studied at the Paris Conservatory (which he despised) and in 1887 left his music publisher and amateur composer father and his stepmother (whom he found unbearable) to live in Montmartre (link to map), the...
by Philip Claussen | May 31, 2015 | Philip Claussen
After having taken a week (and a few days) to ease my way into the world of 1924 Paris, the major players in the field of music performance and composition of the time, and the scholarship that exists around these, I can confidently say that I know absolutely nothing...
by Philip Claussen | May 26, 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...
