The music of 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner played a surprising, complex and little-known role in French cultural history and identity in the years surrounding World War II. Wagner’s musical dramas enjoyed enormous popularity in France in the 1930s as French critics and the public rejected Germany’s claim to exclusive ownership of Wagner’s music, claiming […]
Dr Rachel Orzech wins 2025 McCredie Musicological Award Read More »
Musicology is the scholarly study of music that aims to explore its cultural and/or historical context, its aesthetic features as a form of human expression, the modes of performance associated with it, and its role as a social and political activity. A Grainger Fellow in the Museums & Collections department of the University of Melbourne,
Music for the ages: Dr Sarah Kirby examines the historical pull of music Read More »
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