The Mermaid of the Meyhane: The Legend of a Greek Singer in a Turkish Tavern John Morgan OвЂ™Connell / 273ДЎ0. Rheinsirenen: Loreley and Other Rhine Maidens Annegret Fauser / 250 9. Russian Rusalkas and Nationalism: Water, Power, and Women Inna Naroditskaya / 216 8. вЂвЂLongindyingcallвЂ™вЂ™: Of Music, Modernity, and the Sirens Lawrence Kramer / 194 7. The Sirens, the Epicurean Boat, and the Poetry of Praise Stephen M. вЂвЂSweet aluring harmonyвЂ™вЂ™: Heavenly and Earthly Sirens in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Literary and Visual Culture Elena Laura Calogero / 140 5. Devils, Daydreams, and Desire: Siren Traditions and Musical Creation in the Central-Southern Andes Henry Stobart / 105 4. вЂвЂTeach Me to Heare Mermaides SingingвЂ™вЂ™: Embodiments of (Acoustic) Pleasure and Danger in the Modern West Linda Phyllis Austern / 52 3. Sirens in Antiquity and the Middle Ages Leofranc Holford-Strevens / 16 2.

Naroditskaya, Inna, date Mе…ѓ838.M9495 2006 780.82-dc22 2005034293 1 2 3 4 5ДЄcknowledgments / vii Introduction: Singing Each to Each Inna Naroditskaya and Linda Phyllis Austern / 1 1. Includes bibliographical references and index. m a n u fa c t u r e d i n t h e u n i t e d s tat e s o f a m e r i c a Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Music of the sirens / edited by Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. The Association of American University PressesвЂ™ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA Telephone orders 80 Fax orders 81 Orders by e-mail в€« 2006 by Indiana University Press All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Music of the Sirens Edited by Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya Indiana University Press bloomington and indianapolis Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya Courtesy of McGaw Licensing/ The McGaw Group, LLC. Reading this work reaffirms the notion that the combined power of women and their music is at once dangerous and enchanting.вЂќ -Ellen Koskoff, Eastman School of Music/University of RochesterД¬over image В© Tim Ashkar. Cutting across history, cultures, and disciplinary lines, these essays bring together a vast literature on this mythical figure, who, like water, seems to flow effortlessly between the spaces of life and death, fantasy and certainty, music and silence. вЂњThis powerful collection of essays presents a fascinating portrait of feminized musical power as embodied in the figure of the siren and her many sisters. вЂњFascinating, provocative, erudite, and seductive, Music of the Sirens is sure to become an essential resource for anyone interested in cross-cultural figurations of aural and/or sexual allure.вЂќ -Suzanne G. Her most recent book is Song from the Land of Fire: Azerbaijanian Mugam in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods. She specializes in music and culture in contemporary central Asia, in the former Soviet republics, and in imperial Russia. Inna Naroditskaya is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology in the School of Music, Northwestern University. Her previous books are Music, Sensation, and Sensuality (editor) and Music in English ChildrenвЂ™s Drama of the Later Renaissance. She has written extensively on issues concerning music in western European intellectual culture, concentrating on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England and Europe. Linda Phyllis Austern is Associate Professor of Musicology in the School of Music, Northwestern University. This book, co-edited by a historical musicologist and an ethnomusicologist, brings together leading scholars and talented newcomers in classics, music, media studies, literature, and cultural studies to consider the siren and her multifaceted relationships to music across time and geography. Whether referred to as mermaid, rusalka, or mami wata, the siren has inspired music and its representations across the globe.

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