| Title | Interlude |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Bees on the Moon |
| Contributor | Fatima Lahham (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0451.03 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0451/chapters/10.11647/obp.0451.03 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Fatima Lahham; |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2025-04-30 |
| Long abstract | This short interlude bridges Chapters 2 and 3, reading Charles Butler’s beekeeping treatise (The Feminine Monarchie, 1609; 1623) and the first English work of science fiction (Francis Godwin’s The Man in the Moone, 1638) as two sources for musical improvisation. These readings tease out some of the connections between early modern English texts on nature and those on world-travelling, exploring some of the ways in which improvisation and coloniality collide there. |
| Page range | pp. 87–96 |
| Print length | 10 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Fatima Lahham (b.1993) is a musician and researcher with interests across musical improvisation, feminist methodologies, early modern historiographies, and music and healthcare. After studies at Oxford University and the Royal College of Music in London, she received an AHRC studentship to support her PhD research at the University of Cambridge. Since then she has held academic positions at the Royal College of Music and Royal Holloway, University of London, and is currently employed as a researcher at Nordoff & Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity. Fatima performs widely as a recorder player across baroque music, Arabic music and various improvisatory settings. Her solo album 'bulbul' (2022) has been followed by several singles and she also works as a community musician.