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Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix Unpicked

Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix Unpicked

Upcoming Event Lecture, Rich Mix, Thursday, 20 Mar 2025 – 19:30 Professor Mermikides continues his Gresham College lecture series with his upcoming lecture Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix Unpicked. Despite being cited as one of the most creative and influential guitarists of all time, and his tragically short life, Jimi Hendrix’s playing and composing are yet to be fully analysed. This lecture demystifies his diverse influences and reveals the full range of his extraordinary invention in terms of sonic…

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The Nature of Music lecture series – Gresham College

The Nature of Music lecture series – Gresham College

Professor Milton Mermikides has completed his inaugural lecture series at Gresham College. The Nature of Music examines how music exploits our innate and highly evolved listening faculties in order to communicate complex and otherwise inexpressible emotions. Using a diverse range of examples – from Bach to Beatles, Bossa to Björk, Bartók to Billie Holliday – we explore the universal building blocks of prediction, rhythm, pitch, scale, dissonance and multiplicity in the musical experience. The complete series is now available to…

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Documentary of Falla’s Homenaje

Documentary of Falla’s Homenaje

In this video, Prof. Steve Goss of the IGRC explains why Manuel de Falla’s Homenaje is most important guitar piece in the first half of the 20th century, and how it spurned on a frenzy of new compositions for the guitar by non-guitarist composers. Allow Steve Goss and Zoran Dukic to take you on a journey through the life and music of Manuel de Falla. Although his music deeply reflected the traditional culture of his native Spain, he was also…

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