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For years, the classical tradition has trained female musicians to do away with their vocal break, smoothing it over in the quest for an idealised tone.
@MarenMeinhardt explores the politics and ideas that have controlled the female voice.
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Maren Meinhardt: While the Music Lasts - Vocal Break: On Women, Music and Power by Lauren Elkin
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Dogs are everywhere in art, at the feet of scholars and St Jeromes, posing with their owners and striding through Paris.
What can we learn about ourselves, Kirsten Tambling wonders, from the ways we depict our animal companions?
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Kirsten Tambling: Artist’s Best Friend - The Dog’s Gaze: A Visual History by Thomas W Laqueur
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