Author Archives: Peter Micic

The guqin and earth’s greatest hits

In 1977 NASA sent Voyager I into deep space to explore the great beyond. The spacecraft contained a 12-inch copper disc titled “Sounds of the Earth”, featuring “greetings from the People of Earth in 60 languages, and natural sounds such … Continue reading

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Soundscapes of Memory: ethnomusicology in China

Peter Micic writes about musicologists’ fieldwork in China.

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