In this episode, I chat with Professor Andrei Pohorelsky. Professor Pohorelsky is a musicologist specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, with a focus on American vernacular traditions and materialist approaches to musicology. His current book project, In Search of Ragtime, examines the genre’s role in shaping and reflecting American industrial capitalism from the Gilded Age through the twentieth century. His broader research explores topics such as sound in cinema verité and the cultural meanings of love songs during times of social change.
