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Music in the Flesh: An Early Modern Musical Physiology

Music in the Flesh: An Early Modern Musical Physiology

My book reimagines the lived experiences of people making music—composers, performers, listeners—in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Europe. It explores how music affected and reshaped them in body, soul and spirit.

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An Improvised Audience With Bettina Varwig and Friends

A Reflection on our Cambridge Festival Event in March 2026 by James Waite.

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Creative Conversations

Creative Conversations

A blogpost by Bettina Varwig about our event LOVE BOMB.

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Bach in the Flesh at Girton

Bach in the Flesh at Girton

A blogpost by Bettina Varwig.

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What Music Could Do To Listeners' Bodies

A blogpost by Bettina Varwig for The British Academy.

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