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  • Vol. 10 • No. 1 • 2026
Map of the World

On Doing Global Music History

  • Jessica Bissett Perea, Olivia Bloechl, Daniel F. Castro Pantoja, Hedy Law, Juliana M. Pistorius

The forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Global Music History joins a growing chorus of voices …

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  • Vol. 10 • No. 1 • 2026
Semzaba’s play Tendehogo

Musical Sounds in Tanzanian Swahili Letters: Expanding Horizons of Musicology

  • Imani Sanga

In my contribution to this issue, I would like to make a few remarks …

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  • Vol. 10 • No. 1 • 2026
Listening to the Qin

Learning to Listen, Again

  • Tin Cugelj

What did a Renaissance garden sound like? How does a sand dune sing, and who has listened to it across a thousand years?

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  • Vol. 10 • No. 1 • 2026
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We Are All Global Musicologists Now!

  • Daniel K. L. Chua

Why global musicology? Most musicologists think we need global musicology because music is global. Yes, music is global. It is everywhere and on the move …

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  • Vol. 9 • No. 2 • 2025
Trumpeter taken prison

Music and Agency in War and Other Conflicts

  • J. Martin Daughtry, Joshua A. Kerobo, D. Linda Pearse, Deanna Pelleranno, Peter Tregear, Iryna Tukova

Renaissance military campaigns requiring chapel musicians, Ottoman bands striking terror …

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  • Vol. 9 • No. 2 • 2025
Ukraine concert during blackout

Music and Resistance in War and Other Conflicts

  • J. Martin Daughtry, Joshua A. Kerobo, D. Linda Pearse, Peter Tregear, Iryna Tukova, Olga Zaitseva-Herz

War, occupation, and oppression cannot silence music. Contributors trace how sonic acts of resistance—whether Nigerian …

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