Browsing by Subject "Applied Musicology"
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“Bad Girls Do It Well”: Musical Exoticism and Commodifying Difference in the 21st Century
(2017)This thesis investigates how musical exoticism works as a commodifying factor in 21st century popular music. Drawing on research from the fields of traditional musicology, popular music studies and postcolonial studies, ... -
Birds in Messiaen's Organ Music. A case study on the accuracy of representation of birdsong in music
(2018)Research on the accuracy of birdsong representation in Olivier Messiaen’s music has mainly been focused on birdsong within his piano and orchestra works. This accuracy issue has not been a topic within research on his organ ... -
Cash Rules Everything Around Me: Wu-Tang Clan’s 36 Chambers, Black Postmodernism and Neo-Marxism
(2020)Many authors in the field of New Musicology have focused on Hip-Hop, as it is a genre rich in social and political meaning. Its potential to be perceived as a postmodern musical expression has been highlighted in several ... -
Cloudy Sunday - Vasilis Tsitsanis and Greek Cultural Identity
(2021)This thesis examines issues of cultural identity through Tsitsanis music. The focus is on issues of cultural fluidity and otherness. These theories interpret music from a cultural and political perspective by narrating a ... -
Complexion (Don’t Mean A Thing) How is blackness Signified and discussed in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly?
(2019)This thesis discusses the way blackness is Signfied and discussed on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. The album’s narrative structure is discussed by using the concept of the encyclopedic novel, and how this structure ... -
Composing Afropolitanism: Music in the Feature Films of Abderrahmane Sissako
(2019)Abderrahmane Sissako’s films are among the most renowned African films in Europe, winning many awards, including a César for Best Original Music. Although his work gained much attention from African studies scholars and ... -
Connecting to the Audience. How to Attract a New Audience for Classical Music Concerts.
(2019)The audience for classical music concerts is decreasing. A lot of cultural organisations are struggling with attracting a new and younger audience, although there are plenty of people that do have an interest in classical ... -
Constructing and Preserving Rio de Janeiro's Sonic Identity
(2021)Sonic branding, a strategic aural communication system according to a brand's core values, is highly associated with marketing studies and examined by scholars such as Philip Kotler and Clara Gustafsson on its meanings and ... -
Defining the Visual Album by way of Animal Collective’s ODDSAC: Identifying the musicological exchange between music and images based on audio visual and music video analysis
(2017)An introspective case study on the first self-defined visual album: ODDSAC by alternative indie-rock band Animal Collective. This thesis will interpret both the musical and visual components of visual albums under the guise ... -
Embargo on Russian music in Lithuania during the Russo-Ukrainian war of 2022
(2022)The Russo-Ukrainian war of 2022 has spurred a widespread discussion about re-evaluating Russian culture in contemporary Lithuanian media. Russian music, which has been present in Lithuania since the Soviet occupation, is ... -
Engagement through participation: A study of online and offline fan behavior towards Indian Askin in 2019
(2020)The scope of this study is the discussion of the ways in which pop music artists in The Netherlands engage with their audiences both online and offline in recent years. The artists receive attention from a large online ... -
Eurovision Song is not Pop: How National Identity in Eurovision Defines the Function of the Eurovision Song
(2018)This thesis is an exploration and analysis of how national identity is expressed in Eurovision songs and performances, using previously established theories on national identity in Europe and Eurovision. The hypothesis ... -
Flairck - Unintended Revival
(2021)The 1970s and 1980s saw a folk music revival that spread around the world. During that time many new bands were formed, including Flairck. Despite Flairck's reluctance to classify their music as folk music, they are often ...