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  • December 15, 2020

    Art About Music: Jacob Lawrence’s “Blind Musician” (1942)

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    art about music
  • December 8, 2020

    Art About Music: Romare Bearden’s “Sitting In at Barron’s” (1980)

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  • December 1, 2020

    Art About Music: Male Figure by Mbala artist, Democratic Republic of Congo (late 19th-early 20th c.)

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    art about music, drumming
  • November 25, 2020

    Art About Music: Jean-Antoine Watteau’s “The Country Dance” (c. 1706-1710)

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  • November 17, 2020

    Art About Music: “A Musical Gathering – Ottoman” (18th century)

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    art about music, musical instruments
  • October 8, 2020

    Chris Ofili’s “The Caged Bird’s Song” (2014-2017)

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  • September 23, 2020

    Art About Music: Théodore Géricault’s “The Piper” (1821)

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  • September 17, 2020

    Art About Music: Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Music, Pink and Blue No. 2” (1918)

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  • September 9, 2020

    Art About Music: Fernand Pelez’s “La Vachalcade” (1896)

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  • September 1, 2020

    Art About Music: Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh’s “The Lutenist” (1661) and Joan Miró i Ferrà’s “Dutch Interior I” (1928)

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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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