Musicology

Listening and making

Music evokes emotions and surrounds us: in concert halls, at home or on the streets. Musicology explores composed music and the processes of creating and listening to it. This includes past and present music, music from our own society and other cultures A broad range of methods and techniques make it possible to research a large variety of musical phenomena.

Success of megamusicals makes space for innovation

Megamusicals have often been criticised in the academic world and in the media for their homogenizing tendencies, but increasing academic attention on them is providing us with new insights. In her inaugural lecture ...
How good is your Eurovision knowledge?

From 18 - 22 May, the Netherlands will play host to the Eurovision Song Contest. You may still remember some of the songs that have triumphed in the competition over the years, but would you recognise other, less ...
Amsterdance – The Amsterdam Electronic Dance Music Research Group

New ASCA Research Groups coordinated by Oliver Seibt and Ian Pocervina. | The “Amsterdam Electronic Dance Music Research Group” is interested in a variety of topics that fall under the umbrella term of electronic ...
Historical Traces of European Radio Archives, 1930-1960

Call for Papers: Workshop at the University of Amsterdam and/or online | Organisers: Carolyn Birdsall, Corinna R. Kaiser and Erica Harrison | 28-29 October 2021 | Contact: trace@uva.nl | Abstracts: 15 April 2021, no ...
European grant for disclosure of colonial sound collections from Southeast Asia

A Dutch-French-British research consortium, led by UvA researchers Barbara Titus and meLê yamomo, has received a European grant for their three-year project titled Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives ...
Veni grants for 25 UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers

No fewer than 25 researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC have been awarded Veni grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grants amount to a maximum of 250,000 euros per project. ...
Millie Taylor appointed professor by special appointment of the Musical (Joop van den Ende Chair)

Professor Millie Taylor has been appointed professor by special appointment of the Musical at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), effective 1 November 2020. The chair was established on ...
Hooked on Music: test your Eurovision music knowledge

What is a hit song made up of? And why are some songs much easier to remember than others? Musicologists Ashley Burgoyne and Henkjan Honing investigated this by using music from the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Music Studies (Arts and Culture)
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Muziekwetenschap

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