Music in The Courier
To mark the celebration of the first International Jazz Day, 30 April, we invite you to read our selection of special issues and articles dealing with music.
Rediscover Francis Bebey, Pierre Boulez, Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Myung-Whun Chung, Yehudi Menuhin, Olivier Messiaen, Youssou N’Dour, Peter Oswald, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Atahualpa Yupanqui and many other musicians.
Read also Jorge Amado, Manfred Osten and Jean Starobinski.
Special issues and articles on jazz: click here
Special issues on music
- Youth's sonic forces, 2000
- A World of music, 1991
- Mozart and the Enlightenment: the mystery of genius, 1991
- Music on the move, 1986
- Exploring the new soundscape, 1976
- Music of the centuries, 1973
- The Sculpture of vibrations, 1969
Articles and interviews on music
- Atahualpa Yupanqui: artist of the essential, 2008
- Youssou N'Dour: Africa's world musician, 1998
- Colombian champeta, 1998
- It's rumba time!, 1988
- Words for music, 1998
- Ton-That Tiêt talks to Isabelle Leymarie, 1998
- Music from South Africa, 1998
- Toto la Momposina, 1998
- Interview with Mstislav Rostropovich, 1997
- Best-sellers and gossip-mongers in 18th-century France, 1997
- Ethiopia's Azmari minstrels, 1997
- Isabelle Leymarie talks to Rido Bayonne, 1997
- Rediscovering Lili Boulanger, 1997
- The Hidden voice of Federico Mompou, 1996
- Isabelle Leymarie talks to Doudou N'Diaye Rose, 1996
- Isabelle Leymarie talks to Juan Carlos Cáceres, 1996
- Music, time, eternity, 1996
- A Mystic journey, 1996
- Jocelyne Béroard singer with the zouk group Kassav, 1996
- Isabelle Leymarie talks to Teresa Laredo, 1996
- Yehudi Menuhin talks to Martine Leca, 1995
- The Birth of the blues, 1995
- Cultural counterpoint, 1995
- The Eye and the ear, 1995
- Opera from Taiwan, 1995
- Interview with Montserrat Caballé, 1995
- Mambo mania, 1995
- Strings down the centuries, 1994
- Interview with Myung-Whun Chung, 1994
- Seeking the inner voice, 1994
- The Maroons: musicians of freedom, 1994
- Pieces of music, music of pieces, 1993
- A World steeped in music, 1993
- Rock'n' revolt, 1993
- Interview with José Carreras, 1993
- Interview: Susana Rinaldi, 1992
- Interview with Lebanese pianist and composer Abdel Rahman El Bacha, 1992
- Interview with Atahualpa Yupanqui, 1992
- Ziryab, master of Andalusian music, 1992
- Music out of doors, 1992
- The Music of Myanmar, 1992
- The Japanese and Western music, 1987
- The Musical offering, 1987
- Song without words; the art of yodeling, 1987
- Horn of plenty, 1987
- Music, the pulse of a people, 1986
- The Afro-Brazilian experiment, 1986
- Tango time, 1986
- Flamenco: '...a taste of blood in the mouth', 1984
- Szymanowski; a great composer rediscovered, 1982
- Reggae: a Jamaican musical phenomenon, 1981
- Anatomy of a harp, 1981
- Maestro computer: exploring the new frontiers of sound, 1980
- Music of the Gulf: the song of the pearl-fishers, 1979
- Oriental octet, 1978
- Dialogue with the West; a fruitful interplay of ideas and talent, 1978
- Classical Arab music: the making of a mode, 1977
- The Tango tangle; an Argentinian writer unravels the mystery surrounding Buenos Aires' favourite song and dance, 1977
- Where gods and men have mingled, 1977
- A Song for every season; music in African life from the cradle to the grave, 1977
- Music, dance and ecstasy; Unesco records, 1975
- A Stone age orchestra; the earliest musical instruments were made from the bones of mammoths, 1975
- Leonardo the musician, 1974
- The Vibrant intensity of traditional African music, 1972
- The Forbidden dialogue, 1969
- Oriental music, Occidental music: the non-acceptance of the unfamiliar, 1969
- Man through his art: music, 1964
- New horizons in music, 1962
- Society calls the tune, 1962
- Music on a string, 1962
- Music of the Orient; a new language for Western ears, 1962
- Lost hymns of Georgia; a 1,000-year-old musical mystery unravelled by a Soviet linguist, 1962
- A Little-known realm of haunting vocal music and melodies, 1961
- Lincoln Center; America's capital for drama, music and dancing, 1961
- The Music of the Orient in reach of Western ears
- Unique jungle 'music box', 1956
- Concrete music, 1954
- Folklore is an everyday event in Yugoslavia; International Music Council will issue 'Guide book' for lovers of folk music, 1951
- Junior music, a force for world harmony, 1950
- New international council will bring together the world's musicians, 1950
- A Better chance for young composers, 1950
- World music catalogue to list best reproductions, 1948