The Bass Line
Ulkar AghayevaMusings about music and more
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Reflections on the Kodály cello sonata
As the last, weighty and low, sound of cello melted into the air and decayed, we remained in a state of reverie, mesmerized and almost stupefied. What had just happened?.. The very air in the room felt electrified. With our ears still awash...
Music as a power maintaining and upending social order
This post is based on a talk I gave at Fractal NYC on 8/10/25.
The idea of putting together this talk came to me as I was thinking about two readings on social history of music that initially seemed at odds with each other. I want to lay o...
Music in Shakespeare
Shakespeare plays are full of music. It is in the texture of the language itself, in its dulcet flow that is so enchanting both to recite and listen to. It is, more literally, in the songs the characters sing and dance to. Much has been wri...
Epiphany in music
The emotional landscape of music is a terrain no less variegated, scenic and wondrous than the one we walk on. It has its valleys and mountain ranges, wellsprings and oceans, cliffs and waves splashing beneath them. Sometimes you walk off s...
Climbing Mount Mugham
Chances are you’ve heard Azerbaijani mugham without being aware of it. The soundtrack of Stalker (1979) is based in part on the mugham Bayati-Shiraz performed on tar, a plucked string instrument with a characteristic metallic sound.
In the...
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