Strange Music

Stravinsky was a Christian and Claude Debussy was a hedonistic atheist, they were both modern classical composers. However, this was not their only similarity. They also studied music at a college, quickly rose to fame, and composed in several different styles. One similarity was their studies of music. They both studied music at colleges. Debussy, despite his lack of formal schooling, went to the Paris Conservatory for eleven years, starting at the young age of eleven. Although his experimentation

Brian Eno said that the recording studio “takes music out of time dimension and puts it in the space dimension”. Eno describes that the recording studio has opened a new world of music- a world in which the listener can listen to a performance over and over again. Prior to the use of the studio, listeners could only listen to a performance once when it is performed live, so this opens new doors for listeners. Listeners now have the ability with studio recordings to “listen again and again to a performance

its own. In our modern day in age it is now possible to monitor what the brain looks like, and what it is doing when someone is doing something. It is shown that learning music activates areas of the brain and synchronizes the mind for learning at a rapid pace, while expanding your memory to a higher retention. Music is a fundamental part of our culture, if we choose to set it aside and forget about it, like much of our history, we wouldn’t be who we are, we would be a bunch of hippies

Billie Holiday “I’m always making a comeback but nobody even tells me where i’ve been’’ stated Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz vocalists of her time. She had a music involved childhood, a career in jazz music and also a unique element to her career. In fact, Holiday’s love for music started when she was very young. Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 and died on July 17, 1959. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but she grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Her

Now I have one radio-phonograph; I plan to have five. There is a certain acoustical deadness in my hole, and when I have music I want to feel its vibration, not only with my ear but with my whole body. I'd like to hear five recordings of Louis Armstrong playing and singing "What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue" -- all at the same time. Sometimes now I listen to Louis while I have my favorite dessert of vanilla ice cream and sloe gin. I pour the red liquid over the white mound, watching it glisten

of the center pieces of music history. From blues music in the early 1900s to pop music of today and everywhere in between the guitar has influenced music almost as much as those singing it. I have been determined to learn as much about the instrument as I can since I picked up in the 7th grade. I have gone from struggling to play basic chords on a cheap acoustic guitar to being able to play some of the famous blues “licks” and rock and roll hooks that have dominated music for so long. The guitar

As America rolled into the twentieth century, great innovation began to infiltrate all levels of industry within the nation. With this newly found innovation came new desires and cravings in the music industry. To fulfill this craving, the great American Jazz movement filled the ears of millions as this genre rapidly evolved into a popular segment of the culture. As this movement swept across the nation, talented women even began playing a crucial role in the jazz genre. Unfortunately, this was at

Madelyn Stencel Music History 1 Markham Packet #3 Mozart’s music has always been a very popular thought when one thinks about classical music geniuses. But, how many people think of Mozart as a person who made compositional decisions within a socially defined context. How many think about the “perfect order” of his music. One piece in particular is Mozart’s “Piano Concerto in G Major K. 453”. Susan McClary states her as well as her companions opinions regarding this piece in her article. Many

Introduction of Literature Review The following extracts introduces us to the links between film and music, providing examples and research about how both factors intertwine to create a full experience, visually with film, and emotionally with the music that goes with it. Film and Music: An Overlooked Synthesis http://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/2539/WiessingerS0509.pdf?sequence=1 Music and image are intricately joined in almost all modern film and video. Despite this, scholars of

together for the same reason: the love of music. Anticipation flowing through the air as lines grew farther from the entrance. Faintly hearing the music while shuffling to the front. Making our way in I had to stop for a second. Suffocated by the overwhelming amount of music, I realized that there was no other place I’d rather be right now. Following crowds to one of the stages I found myself curiously watching the people around me. Admiring the strange outfits and looks some seemed to be pulling