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  • May 28, 2019

    Art About Music: Gerard van Honthorst’s “Musical Group on a Balcony” (1622)

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  • May 21, 2019

    Art About Music: Gabriël Metsu’s “A Young Woman Composing A Piece Of Music” (c. 1664)

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  • May 14, 2019

    Art About Music: John Singer Sargent’s “Study for Seated Musicians for ‘El Jaleo’” (c. 1882)

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  • May 7, 2019

    Art About Music: Giovanni Cariani’s “A Concert” (c. 1518-1520)

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  • April 30, 2019

    Maertan Van Heemskerck’s “Concert of Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helicon” (1565)

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  • April 23, 2019

    Art About Music: Jan van Hens’s “Musicians Outside The Tavern” (c. 1600)

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  • April 16, 2019

    Dirck Hals’s “Music-Making Company On A Terrace” (c. 1620-1625)

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  • April 9, 2019

    Art About Music: Utagawa Kunisada’s “Sankyoku Music by Fashionable Girls’ (c. 1844-1845)

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  • April 2, 2019

    Art About Music: William Hogarth’s “The Enraged Musician” (1741)

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  • March 26, 2019

    Art About Music: Frederick Leighton’s “Music Lesson” (1877)

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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

Recent Posts

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  • A Microphone’s Hearing, A Musician’s Listening

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