Music is something that many people all around the world love listening to and creating. Other than enjoyment, music has many additional benefits. It is proven that by listening to music, both memory and coordination can be tremendously improved. In addition to that, music allows children to be more focused in school and even get better SAT scores. Music is a very important and necessary component in daily life, but it was not always how it is today. From the beginning of time, human beings have been creating sounds, and therefore, making music. Over many centuries, music has changed in multiple ways to create what is listened to today. By looking at the history of music, one can see that it has evolved a lot over the years, which is
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“Native American music has remained vital and diverse in the modern era, even though certain types of music, mainly from the plains, now represent what Native American music ‘should’ sound like to outsiders not terribly interested in complicating their ideas about that music” (Jennings). This type of music is considered very spiritual and religious, which is why is has gradually been decreasing in popularity over the years. The population of these Old World religions has extremely decreased which, in turn, decreased the popularity of the music style. But, it was indeed very accepted and well-known during the era in which it was …show more content…
During this period, not only was Beethoven creating magical pieces, but so were many other composers such as Liszt and Arnold Schoenberg. Music was flourishing at this time - being created for plays, ballets, and shows. It was a huge cultural piece of the history and music was a part of most people’s daily lives.
But, in the 1860s music really changed. Music from Africa began to come into the States and people were shocked, but amazed, at the same time. It was a completely new genre with rhythms, work songs, and chants. People were loving this so much and it eventually began created into a new style that people still know and love: blues and jazz. In 1896, the blues and jazz converted into ragtime. This was a style of the West Indian rhythm and European classical music form.
The creation of ragtime was very important for multiple reasons. First, it enhanced music in the ballet world because it became often used for class and even some performances. And most importantly, changed classical music forever. This was in 1908 and shortly after, in 1919, Jazz music became a formally established style in Chicago. From this point on, music began changing extremely quickly and
“Native American music has remained vital and diverse in the modern era, even though certain types of music, mainly from the plains, now represent what Native American music ‘should’ sound like to outsiders not terribly interested in complicating their ideas about that music” (Jennings). This type of music is considered very spiritual and religious, which is why is has gradually been decreasing in popularity over the years. The population of these Old World religions has extremely decreased which, in turn, decreased the popularity of the music style. But, it was indeed very accepted and well-known during the era in which it was …show more content…
During this period, not only was Beethoven creating magical pieces, but so were many other composers such as Liszt and Arnold Schoenberg. Music was flourishing at this time - being created for plays, ballets, and shows. It was a huge cultural piece of the history and music was a part of most people’s daily lives.
But, in the 1860s music really changed. Music from Africa began to come into the States and people were shocked, but amazed, at the same time. It was a completely new genre with rhythms, work songs, and chants. People were loving this so much and it eventually began created into a new style that people still know and love: blues and jazz. In 1896, the blues and jazz converted into ragtime. This was a style of the West Indian rhythm and European classical music form.
The creation of ragtime was very important for multiple reasons. First, it enhanced music in the ballet world because it became often used for class and even some performances. And most importantly, changed classical music forever. This was in 1908 and shortly after, in 1919, Jazz music became a formally established style in Chicago. From this point on, music began changing extremely quickly and