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Top News Music

Music is always political

Pop music can normalise populism, says musicologist Mario Dunkel. In the following interview he explains how this happens and what it means – for…

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Top News Music English and American Studies

Election campaign bluster and jazz

What does the US sound like? This intriguing question and its many facets will soon be the subject of a conference at the university. Americanist…

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Image montage: Kai Siedenburg and Martin Bleichner sit in different positions on different seats of a cinema hall.
Hearing Research Excellence Strategy Top News Music Neuroscience

On hearing and noise

Kai Siedenburg investigates how people with hearing problems can experience the joy of music again. Martin Bleichner is more interested in disturbing…

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The positive effects of music

Can music improve the quality of life of people with disorders of consciousness? In her doctoral thesis, cognitive linguist Teresa Grimm examined this…

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Top News Music

Singing in decline?

Choir rehearsals are disappearing from people's calendars, music lessons at schools are more theory than practice and churches are shrouded in…

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Campus Life Music

Creating authentic music

Teaching, composing, organizing events – composer Violeta Dinescu has enriched musical life at the University of Oldenburg and far beyond for…

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Music Top News Health Services Research

Music is key

How does music therapy or choir singing reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life for dementia patients? This is the focus of a study by…

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In the spotlight

History is not only something you read about; it can also be heard and felt. Together with her team, musicologist Anna Langenbruch researches how…

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