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Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly

What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful...

In the early 20th century, the system of tonal harmony...

Why do we crown Kings and Queens? And why has...

In this lecture, we shall explore a colourful collection of...

Scores of painters and photographers over the last seventy years...

This lecture will examine the images of power and empire...

In this lecture, we will delve into the history of...

Composers of tonal music, from the 17th century through to...

Louis XIV saw himself as a patron of the arts...

The name might sound forbiddingly technical, but the chord is...