Technology through the years has changed the way that music is acquired and enjoyed. In history, music evolved over time and the introduction of instruments began humans’ love affair with music. Recorded music has changed significantly over the last few decades. People express themselves through music. Music can describe or explain who you are as person. Changes in sound have changed society.
In history, in 325 C.E. Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and spurred the development of European music, and 850 C.E. music moved from monophony to polyphony (infoplease.com). Significant strides in modern music were sparked during the renaissance era when polyphony sounds changed to harmonious sounds. Consequently, secular music became popular. Around 1600, the first Italian opera, Euridice, was performed (infoplease.com).
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 became one of the most popular classical pieces ever written.
By the nineteenth century, the New York Philharmonic was established. The slave trade introduced West African rhythms, work songs, chants and spirituals to America, which strongly influences blues and jazz (infoplease.com). Then in 1877, Thomas Edison invented sound recording. This invention will forever change music’s influence on society. By 1891, Carnegie Hall was built and greatly increased society’s appetite for music to infiltrate social events in large numbers. And at the end of the century, ragtime, a combination of West Indian rhythm and European musical form, is born (infoplease.com).
Beginning in the twentieth century, Billboard magazine publishes a list of the most popular vaudeville songs, thereby introducing the first playlists to society. Jazz moves to Chicago and becomes home to Luis Armstrong and others. And in New York the Juilliard School of Music
In history, in 325 C.E. Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and spurred the development of European music, and 850 C.E. music moved from monophony to polyphony (infoplease.com). Significant strides in modern music were sparked during the renaissance era when polyphony sounds changed to harmonious sounds. Consequently, secular music became popular. Around 1600, the first Italian opera, Euridice, was performed (infoplease.com).
Baroque music …show more content…
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 became one of the most popular classical pieces ever written.
By the nineteenth century, the New York Philharmonic was established. The slave trade introduced West African rhythms, work songs, chants and spirituals to America, which strongly influences blues and jazz (infoplease.com). Then in 1877, Thomas Edison invented sound recording. This invention will forever change music’s influence on society. By 1891, Carnegie Hall was built and greatly increased society’s appetite for music to infiltrate social events in large numbers. And at the end of the century, ragtime, a combination of West Indian rhythm and European musical form, is born (infoplease.com).
Beginning in the twentieth century, Billboard magazine publishes a list of the most popular vaudeville songs, thereby introducing the first playlists to society. Jazz moves to Chicago and becomes home to Luis Armstrong and others. And in New York the Juilliard School of Music