musicology - Martine Mussies

Meirminnen – Zwollo/Couperus

By Martine Mussies | April 13, 2019 by Martine Mussies

Inspired by the image of the mermaid as a symbol for a forbidden love (that beckons as a siren, but will never become reality), I made many trips – from Stockholm to Saint Petersburg and…

(the lack of) musical life in Utrecht 1800-1830

By Martine Mussies | January 9, 2019 by Martine Mussies

My hometown, Utrecht, is arguably one of the cultural marvels of Netherlands. But this has not always been the case. While working on an article about the conductor and composer Johann Hermann Kufferath (1797-1864), my…