39 min
Soundtracks of Imperial Power in Europe and Africa Sounding History
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- Music History
Does music stand apart from the “real world”? We don’t think so. Take, for example, the operas of Jean Baptiste Lully for the court of Louis XIV. More than works of art, these were spectacles of pure politics. They shared the quality with the dramatic musical genres of many empires near and far, including that of Mansa Muso in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Does music stand apart from the “real world”? We don’t think so. Take, for example, the operas of Jean Baptiste Lully for the court of Louis XIV. More than works of art, these were spectacles of pure politics. They shared the quality with the dramatic musical genres of many empires near and far, including that of Mansa Muso in Sub-Saharan Africa.
39 min