colonialism and music

Whose Global Musicology?

After listening to a stunning, galvanizing performance by Daniel K. L. Chua in support of global musicology (inaugural lecture at the 2019 ARLAC conference), our research group, the Grupo de Musicología Histórica, set up a series of seminar-like meetings to explore …

Rethinking Early Modern “Western Art Music”: A Global History Manifesto

I’ve long been struck by how historical musicologists working on what they call “Western Art Music” (in English, at least) consider the conceptual boundaries of their subject to be self-evident. There are conventions for studying, performing, and listening; a standardized …