Tierce de Picardie Award... [Update]!

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[Update] January 2020: Recently surrounded by the myriad of global catastrophic events; in reflection, it is my decision to temporarily delay the tierce de Picardie award.

Thank You!

Holiday Traditions...

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Holiday Traditions...

El Mesias de Handel Mormon Tabernacle Choir 2018

(Genealogical Report, YouTube; March 27, 2018)

A Nutcracker History...

“The Nutcracker”

http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/The_Nutcracker

Денис Родькин о балете «Щелкунчик»/ Denis Rodkin talks about 

“The Nutcracker” ballet

(Bolshoi Theatre, Youtube; April 11, 2020)

Nutcracker Bolshoi Ballet | Grand Ballet | Full HD

(Grand Ballet, YouTube; December 25, 2020)

Балет "Щелкунчик" / "The Nutcracker" ballet 

  (Bolshoi Theatre, YouTube; April 10, 2020)

Science dances to Longfellow’s tune

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Science dances to Longfellow’s tune: Music categories share features across cultures, research suggests (G. S.MUDER, The Telegraph; 22.11.2019)

Human songs share universal patterns across world cultures 
(News Release; EurekAlert!; 21 November 2019)
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/aaft-hss111819.php

Featured Research Article:

Universality and diversity in Human song 
(MEHR et al., 2019)
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6468/eaax0868.full.pdf

More on Samuel MEHR...

Playing our song

(Peter REUELL, The Harvard Gazette; September 12, 2019)

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/online-music-lab-studies-questions-of-melody-and-humanity/

Is music a shared language?
(Alexa LIM, Science Friday; January 26, 2018)
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/is-music-a-shared-language/