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  • October 26, 2022

    Art About Music: Jean Dufy’s “Trio De Clowns Musiciens” (1929)

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  • October 19, 2022

    Art About Music: Paolo Veronese’s “Music, Astronomy and Deceit” (1556-1557)

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  • October 12, 2022

    Art About Music: Oskar Kokoschka’s “The Power Of Music” (c. 1918-1920)

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  • October 5, 2022

    Art About Music: Claude Tousignant’s “Gong 72” (1966)

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  • September 28, 2022

    Art About Music: Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes (1992)

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  • September 14, 2022

    Art About Music: Idris Khan’s “Rhythm Painting 1” (2019)

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  • June 28, 2022

    Art About Music: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mechanical Drum” (c. 1490-1495)

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  • June 21, 2022

    Art About Music: Google Books’ Ngram Viewer: “Musicality” (2022)

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  • June 13, 2022

    Art About Music: “Saxophonist Playing Along To ‘Careless Whisper’ Each Night” (2022)

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  • June 1, 2022

    Art About Music: Gerard van Honthorst’s “The Concert” (1623)

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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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