Welcome! On this site, upper-level students from “Musical Markets and Performance Politics, 1750-1880” explore issues near and dear to their hearts. The resulting blogs focus on topics ranging from developments in instrument design to the performer as interpreter to the challenges of grappling with early American musical culture. Read, comment, and enjoy!
- Evolution of the Trumpet – Aric Kline
- A Performer’s Perspective on Gender, Sexuality, and Identity In Interpretation – Jonathan Rhodes
- Chromaticism: understanding the connective thread between Schubert, Wolf, and Strayhorn – Henry Carpender
- Violin Developments: Musical and Instrumental – Karin Theobald
- The Origins of American Folk Music – Sarah Bobrow
- Minstrelsy and Marginalization – Nina Laube