Jordan Alexander Key
A Medieval Composer's Thoughts on Pop Culture: "Popular" (?) Music from 14th Century Italy: Part III
The Italian Trecento is an often overlooked period in Western Music history, marked as the transition between the artistic pinnacle of...
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Jordan Alexander Key
The Black Madonna & Vermillion Book: "Popular" (?) Music from 14th Century Spain
Thirty miles west of the bustling Spanish metropolis, Barcelona, nestled in the craggy serrations of the multi-peaked mountain range...
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Jordan Alexander Key
Idiocracy, the Greatest Mental Disease of Our Age: On Critical Thinking and Culture
Before going any further with this blog, I would like to take a post and write briefly about the goals of my research. This short...
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Jordan Alexander Key
My End is My Beginning: "Popular" (?) Music from 14th Century France: Part 3
Today, Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377) is considered the most prominent composer and poet of the 14th century, bridging the musical...
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Jordan Alexander Key
Hermann Schroeder: Early Life & Organ Works
Biography: Early Caree Schroeder grew up in a Catholic household with musical parents. When he was eleven he began receiving piano and...
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