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Music censorship is and has been widespread, ranging from atrocities committed against musicians and composers during the 20th century to suppression of music and song under dictatorships and current censorship in many countries and communities around the world. Censorship, however, is not only related to anti-democratic regimes, past
Music censorship refers to the practice of editing musical works for various reasons, stemming from a wide variety of motivations, including moral, political, or religious reasons.
19 wrz 2024 · The UK reggae and ska artist Judge Dread holds the Guinness World Record for the most songs ever banned by the BBC – and the organization even reflexively banned him when he released a clean...
14 sie 2024 · Music and performance bans in Cambodia and Saudi Arabia sparked resistance, and led to new eras of identity expression and underground scenes.
This volume is a collection of thirty in-depth studies of music censorship from the eighth century to the present and covers music ranging from Gregorian chant to eighteenth-century opera to contemporary pop music.
30 paź 2020 · In your experience, how do race, gender and sexuality affect the way that people censor music? Do you notice that the people in your life are more offended by certain lyrics and artists, but...
An important reason behind censorship is that popular music is disseminated quickly through its various media. Ideas can be shared very broadly to the obvious dismay of opponents, not least since “pop music is inherently oppositional” (Peddie xvii).
