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Carol J. Oja’s Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s

The 1920s was a formative decade for “serious” American music, and the nexus of musical activity was in New York. Music professor Carol Oja provides an in-depth exploration of the music of the decade and its continuing impact on American … Continue reading

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Albert Glinsky’s Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage

Ah, electronic music. Not much of it graces these electronic pages of Green Man Review. Now comes this bit of musiclore about one Leon Theremin, who may with justification be called the father of electronic music. Most folks of my … Continue reading

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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band’s Trout Mask Replica

The avant garde of one generation is often the mainstream of future generations. Thus, Yoko Ono’s ululations of the Sixties influence The B-52s’ warbling in the Eighties; Velvet Underground’s dark, jagged art-rock informs punk and postpunk bands too numerous to … Continue reading

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