Music History & Musicology

Musicologist John Michael Cooper and pianist Lara Downes will present a lecture-recital of unpublished works by Florence B. Price, an NEC composition/organ alum and the first African-American woman to...

Since at least the 16th century, the Turkish maftirim repertoire – Hebrew devotional poetry set to Turkish makam music for use in the synagogue – demonstrates the deep relationships Ottoman Jews...

Othello in the Seraglio, a uniquely powerful “coffeehouse opera,” tells an age-old story of passionate love and murderous jealousy, of a black slave at the 17th century Ottoman Court who rises to...

Presented by the 2050 Forum, the Intercultural Institute, and the Music History Department—a roundtable discussion with Jeff Todd Titon on the future of music & sound in the face of climate disruption...

In his Missa Solemnis, Beethoven used a very elaborate set of expression marks in the manuscript that do not appear in printed versions of the score. These markings are directly connected to the text...