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Articles by Fritz Schenker

By Fritz Schenker

In this final post exploring issues of musical labor in the age of machine-age imperialism (the subject of a… Read More

By Allison Wente, Fritz Schenker, Sergio Ospina-Romero

The discussions about music, labor, and value that have long accompanied the history of popular music have recently seemed to bubble to the surface across… Read More

Articles by Fritz Schenker

The Politics of “Oriental Syncopation”

Musical Labor and Machine-Age Imperialism