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As most first year students I started the subject western music to 1600 last week. The subject being about music of the middle ages and renaissance, with its Gregorian choir music and strange sounding instruments, brought me to my topic for this month’s musician; Dead Can Dance! My mother introduced me to Dead Can Dance.
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Hello and welcome to Hucbald, In this article we will talk to you about our association, the activities we organise and how you can submit for Hucbald and how we keep you updated on everything we do. Hucbald is the study associaton for bachelor students of musicology now for 81 years. The last years we
A Word to the Master Students Meer lezen »
If you’re deep into the dreariness of existence during this period right before the holiday: well my friend, you are not alone. When we’re free to go out into the sun everyday and really relax again, it’s probably a lot easier to feel a bit less sad. But how to get through this last period
Bloom out of your gloom Meer lezen »
A Dutch company called Cinema in Concert brings iconic movies live to picture with a full orchestra performing the original film score, while showing the movie on the big screen. Last week I went to the movie “Gladiator” at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and, knowing the soundtracks, I was so excited to experience it in
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Last year, half of my listening minutes on my Spotify Wrapped consisted of podcasts. Needless to say, I’m a huge podcast fan. During March I have been captivated by a small series made by Switched on Pop devoted to the sound of Britney Spears: Listening 2 Britney. For someone so scrutinized by mass media, the
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So today’s article is all about planning. I think we can all use some tips to navigate through a stressful exam/paper period at the end of the third period. Since I’m not one of the most organized people, I was especially suited to dig up some tips and tricks. I’m still learning to get a
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This is a hard piece to write, but we as a committee felt that it needed to be written. We wanted to post a statement of support for all the victims of the war between Russia and Ukraine. But how do you write about a war that hits so close to home? How do we
A statement of support for all war victims Meer lezen »
I do not want to start this article by stating all the bad things that covid-19 has brought us in the last two years. That’s not what this article is about: there are a few things that this pandemic has given us (note: these points by no means do outweigh all the horrible events that
The Fantastical Idea of Cottagecore Meer lezen »
I was ten years old when I first walked into an orchestra rehearsal from one of the orchestras at Hofstads Jeugdorkest. This is a youth orchestra association, with five symphony orchestras and a string ensemble, for people from the age of seven till the age of 25. The orchestras are all different levels and as
