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April 27, 2022

Art About Music: The Luttrell Psalter (1325-1340)

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April 12, 2022

Art About Music: Titian’s “The Music Lesson” (1535)

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March 30, 2022

Art About Music: Jan Steen’s “The Wandering Musicians” (17th c.)

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March 22, 2022

Art About Music: Spotify Ad for Central Cee

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March 15, 2022

Art About Music: AppLe’s “Air Pods Max – Journey into Sound” (2020)

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March 8, 2022

Art About Music: Frans Hals’ “Two singing boys with a lute and a music book” (1625)

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March 1, 2022

Art About Music: Philip Evergood’s “Woman at the Piano” (1955)

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February 23, 2022

Art About Music: Bernardo Strozzi’s “The Concert” (c. 1635)

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February 16, 2022

Art About Music: John Singer Sargent’s “El Jaleo” (1882)

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February 8, 2022

Art About Music: Adriaen van Ostade’s “Village Musicians”(1645)

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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.