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February 15, 2024

Music Awakens One’s Soul...

“An answer to the question of what it means to be human...”

Dr. Ani Shahinian

February 1, 2024

Space Adventure: A Maltese Musical Fantasy for Children

“With their 1962 children’s musical Space Adventure...”

Dr. Daniel K. Gullo

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January 18, 2024

Nasheeds from West Africa: Uniting Texts and Sound

“All of Timbuktu’s family libraries that were digitized by HMML include numerous compositions that...”

Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor

The Legacy of Mūrisṭus’ Hydraulic and Pneumatic Pipe Organs in the Early 20th-Century Arabic Literary Culture

“The organ is not the first musical instrument that comes to mind when...”

Dr. Celeste Gianni

January 4, 2024

December 21, 2023

A Christmas Hymn Sing-Along

“Singing is one of those amazing things...”

Dr. Catherine Walsh

December 7, 2023

Visualizing the Audible: Depictions of Music in a Medieval German Manuscript

“Although music is an aural and tactile experience, human beings also have a...”

Dr. Jennifer Carnell

November 23, 2023

Do You Hear What I Hear? The Audible and Inaudible in Medieval Music

“Among HMML’s microfilms of the Durham Cathedral Library...”

Dr. Jennifer Carnell