Leonie Krempien 🦁
@leoniekrempien.bsky.social
she/her | Musicologist | English Lit & Culture | 17th c. English Opera & history of musicology | Edmund Spenser groupie | also posts @shakesmus.bsky.social
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tired: painstakingly trim 50 words, one at a time, until the whole thing is polished like a diamond
wired: find one long sentence somewhere in the middle and just delete it
wired: find one long sentence somewhere in the middle and just delete it
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
tired: painstakingly trim 50 words, one at a time, until the whole thing is polished like a diamond
wired: find one long sentence somewhere in the middle and just delete it
wired: find one long sentence somewhere in the middle and just delete it
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To be clear, it would be more understandable if reviewers routinely said this about double albums of Beethoven piano sonatas, or even recordings by an unaccompanied male group like the Orlando Consort. But they don’t. #EverydaySexism
And then I read this in a recent review of Musica Secreta: "... with the limited contrast of all female voices it’s probably best to be a bit selective rather than take this extensive programme in a single sitting."
2/5
2/5
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
To be clear, it would be more understandable if reviewers routinely said this about double albums of Beethoven piano sonatas, or even recordings by an unaccompanied male group like the Orlando Consort. But they don’t. #EverydaySexism
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Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
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And then I read this in a recent review of Musica Secreta: "... with the limited contrast of all female voices it’s probably best to be a bit selective rather than take this extensive programme in a single sitting."
2/5
2/5
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
And then I read this in a recent review of Musica Secreta: "... with the limited contrast of all female voices it’s probably best to be a bit selective rather than take this extensive programme in a single sitting."
2/5
2/5
Good Evening! 🧚
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Good Evening! 🧚
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What a beautiful description of the magic of studying the humanities.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What a beautiful description of the magic of studying the humanities.
I don't know maybe I'm insane, but afaik we know by now that avoiding hallucinations where an llm is in the background is mathematically impossible.
Which means any transcription would have to be double-checked by hand. Which in turn defeats the purpose of using a tool like that in the first place?
Which means any transcription would have to be double-checked by hand. Which in turn defeats the purpose of using a tool like that in the first place?
I am heavily invested in handwriting & historical documents. Historians need to weigh carefully whether time spent transcribing documents is “wasted,” or whether it actually helps thought processes & skills. This is not to say these tools should not be used.
Just consider the cost of “time saved.”
Just consider the cost of “time saved.”
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I don't know maybe I'm insane, but afaik we know by now that avoiding hallucinations where an llm is in the background is mathematically impossible.
Which means any transcription would have to be double-checked by hand. Which in turn defeats the purpose of using a tool like that in the first place?
Which means any transcription would have to be double-checked by hand. Which in turn defeats the purpose of using a tool like that in the first place?
🎶it's the most wonderful time of the year🎶
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🎶it's the most wonderful time of the year🎶
Mama take this badge from meeeee...
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Mama take this badge from meeeee...
There's still tickets left for our last ever concert with Winfried Toll today after 28(!) years.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
There's still tickets left for our last ever concert with Winfried Toll today after 28(!) years.
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Hörenswert: Unser Chef Prof. Dr. Klaus Pietschmann hat gestern mit dem #SWR über die morgen und übermorgen anstehende #Palestrina -Tagung in #Mainz gesprochen 👇
#Musikwissenschaft
@unimainz-events.bsky.social
#Musikwissenschaft
@unimainz-events.bsky.social
Klaus Pietschmann über die Palestrina-Tage in Mainz
Im Jahr 1525 wurde Palestrina geboren, zumindest ungefähr. Der Titel „Fürst der Musik“ steht auf seinem Grab, aber er wird auch von der Nachwelt „Retter der Kirchenmusik“ genannt. Das ist auch das Mot...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Hörenswert: Unser Chef Prof. Dr. Klaus Pietschmann hat gestern mit dem #SWR über die morgen und übermorgen anstehende #Palestrina -Tagung in #Mainz gesprochen 👇
#Musikwissenschaft
@unimainz-events.bsky.social
#Musikwissenschaft
@unimainz-events.bsky.social
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Die Akademie des Bistums #Mainz, die Abteilung Musikwissenschaft der @unimainz.bsky.social, das Institut für Kirchenmusik im Bistum Mainz sowie Musica Sacra am Hohen Dom zu Mainz laden ein zur Tagung "Palestrina Gestern – Heute – Morgen" am 21. und 22. November 2025 👇
21.-22. November: Palestrina Gestern – Heute – Morgen: Konzerte & Tagung – FB 07 – Abteilung Musikwissenschaft
www.musikwissenschaft.uni-mainz.de
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Die Akademie des Bistums #Mainz, die Abteilung Musikwissenschaft der @unimainz.bsky.social, das Institut für Kirchenmusik im Bistum Mainz sowie Musica Sacra am Hohen Dom zu Mainz laden ein zur Tagung "Palestrina Gestern – Heute – Morgen" am 21. und 22. November 2025 👇
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So close!
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November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So close!
abc7chicago.com/post/pope-le...
abc7chicago.com/post/pope-le...
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#OTD 1792: the #Mainz Nationaltheater performed for the final time. Founded in 1788, it quickly became one of the leading German #opera and #theatre companies and performed at the imperial coronations of 1790 and 1792. Its fate changed when the French Army captured the city in Oct 1792...1/7
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
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The Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften (DVSM) is hosting its 6th Master's Speed Dating Musicology event: dvsm-verband.de/speeddating-...
Für Studierende: Anmeldung Master-Speeddating Musikwissenschaften – Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften e. V.
dvsm-verband.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften (DVSM) is hosting its 6th Master's Speed Dating Musicology event: dvsm-verband.de/speeddating-...
A. S. Byatt's "Possession. A Romance."
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A. S. Byatt's "Possession. A Romance."
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
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Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
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Dem 'Deutschen Kulturrat' hat mein Übersichtsbeitrag zu #RechtsRock bei miz.org so gut gefallen, dass sie ein 'best of' davon in der Zeitschrift 'Politik & Kultur' abgedruckt haben 👇
Ein zentrales und konstitutives Element - Politik und Kultur
Von Punkrock und Oi! über verschiedene Metalspielarten, Liedermacher-Songs, eher poppige […]
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October 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Dem 'Deutschen Kulturrat' hat mein Übersichtsbeitrag zu #RechtsRock bei miz.org so gut gefallen, dass sie ein 'best of' davon in der Zeitschrift 'Politik & Kultur' abgedruckt haben 👇
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Insurance company will want to know if the car reverse sensor sounded at least twice before the incident
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Insurance company will want to know if the car reverse sensor sounded at least twice before the incident
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
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Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
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Popkultur-Kunstgeschichte:
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia
Depiction of Shakespeare character by Friedrich Heyser believed to have inspired pop superstar’s new music video
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Popkultur-Kunstgeschichte:
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
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Bruckner critical edition project
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Bruckner critical edition project
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Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!
Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660
October 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!