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  • September 20, 2016

    Art About Music: Jackson Pollock’s “Autumn Rhythm” (Number 30) (1950)

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  • September 19, 2016

    Art About Music: Nicolas Poussin’s “A Dance to the Music of Time” (1634-1636)

    (In this painting the figure representing Time plays a lyre.) Continue reading

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  • September 16, 2016

    Art About Music: Roy Lichtenstein’s “The Melody Haunts My Reverie” (1965)

    (The piece refers to the 1927 song “Stardust” written by Hoagy Carmichael.) Continue reading

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  • September 15, 2016

    Art About Music: Fra Angelico’s “Angel Musicians” (c. 1433)

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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.

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