Cosmophonia
A podcast about all things music and space.
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Episodes
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
The gorgeous and strange first movement of Beethoven's piano sonata Op. 27 No. 2 is one of the most popular piano pieces of all time, but there are many secrets that lie below its placid surface. We discuss some of the ways that the piece evokes moonlight and nocturnal landscapes.
References
The recording we used was played by Malcolm Bilson from "The Complete Piano Sonatas Played on Historical Instruments"
Sarah Waltz, "In Defense of Moonlight"
Tom Beghin, "Beethoven's Mondschein Sonata"
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
The anticipated second half of our Star Trek themes discussion! We get very excited about The Next Generation, and then get very opinionated about Enterprise and Discovery, while ultimately finding some redemptive qualities about them.
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
What is a more iconic space art than Star Trek? As both Meredith and Gabe are Star Trek nerds, we thought it a fitting beginning to our frontier into this podcast series. While of course music is omnipresent in the franchise in underscoring and even musical-themed episodes, we focus for now on the theme songs, discussing how they are put together and what they reflect about the themes and ideas of The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager.
About the Podcast
From the Music of the Spheres to astronomical data sonification, music and outer space have always seemed to have a special affinity in human cultures. While of course sound cannot travel through the airless stretches of space, nevertheless we cannot help but think about what space sounds like. Cosmophonia exists to highlight the ways in which we earthlings have brought together sound arts and the universe at large.
Meredith Michael is a music historian specializing in musical mythologies of outer space.
Gabriel Lubell is an astronomer, composer, and music theorist.
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