1974 in music

Music is defined as a cultural activity that expresses ideas and emotions through elements of rhythm, harmony and melody. This means music plays an importance role in shaping culture in a particular area. Let’s look at how music influences culture and social change worldwide. Take an example of reggae music, Reggae music is a musical genre that emerged in the 1960s. As time went on, it became a cultural norm not only to Jamaica but the whole world. Its rhythms, spiritual lyrics together with…

Bruce Montgomery, or Edmund Crispin, pursued successful careers in both music and writing. Edmund Crispin’s date of birth is October second, 1921. The hometown of Mr. Crispin is Buckinghamshire, England. In his early years, he focused on education; as a result, he thought of himself as a literary and intellectual elitist. Because he did not enjoy sports, Mr. Crispin wrote and performed music. Composing, conducting, and operating the piano and organ became his musical hobbies. During his leisure,…

percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute) Jazz is a music style with its origin stemming from the black communities living in the US in the twentieth century. Jazz has musical styles from European music, as well as the brass and stringed instruments. It is a mixture of US and Europe music culture. Like its origin, Jazz-Rock fusion is the epitome of the characteristic of Jazz that always combines with other kinds of music and finds its own way to refresh the original style.…

I Am What I Am from La Cages Aux Folles Jerry Herman’s (b. 1931) dazzling score, and message of acceptance, has made the musical La Cages Aux Folles popular with audiences since the show’s opening night at New York’s Palace Theatre on August 21, 1983. Sung by the character of Albin, I Am What I Am, is an anthem about embracing your true self. This was the final piece I sang as a finalist on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Although I had the love and support of the audience, some on the judging…

through the amount of non local people who share the same Cajun Créole culture that come in from outside areas to attend the festival, the surrounding events and festivals that lead up to the big festival itself, and the show casing of local food, music, and arts and crafts that all come together to celebrate the Cajun Créole culture. Two busloads of what we would consider “tourists” were dropped off at the festival grounds each day to participate in the festival however this particular time…

Carols originated in Europe as pagan songs sung by at Winter solstice celebrations. The word carol itself means song of praise or dance, or singing of joy. Carols at one time were written for all season and times, but the tradition of singing them at Christmas has remained. Christians took over these pagan celebrations and made up their own Christian songs to sing as a substitute. Yet these first carols were all written, and sung in Latin. Latin at that time was a language not known by most…

reported that they shopped longer when presented to known music; they really shopped longer when they were presented to new music (cited in Vida, Obadia and Kunz, 2007). Music’s impact on shopping conduct found that altogether less time was spent in the stores when the music was loud contrasted with when it was soft (Smith and Curnow, 1966 cited in Alpert and Alpert, 1990). Gardner (1985) proposed in their study that, positive (happy) music ought to prompt to positive temperaments, which ought…

Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington on April 29, 1899. The name “Duke” was a nickname given to him because of his choice of clothing. Duke’s parent both worked to live a decent life his mother a domestic and his father a butler who had a part-time catering business. Duke studied piano since the age of seven and was influences by pianist, James Johnson and Willie the Lion Smith. He wrote his first song “The Soda Fountain Rag”, at the age of seventeen. This title was influenced by a…

On Monday, October 19th at 7:30pm, I attended the USA Piano Ensembles “Fall Concert” at the Laidlaw Recital Hall. The concert contained five different pieces of music. The first piece of music performed was called “Die Fledermaus Overture.” This piece was composed by Johann Strauss (1825-1899) and it was arranged by Makoto Goto. The piece was played by Tracy Monk and Tobin Nelson on one piano. One person was seated next to them and they would turn the page while they played the piece. The piece…

Giorgio Moroder is a famous musician who produces electronic dance music. He was born in Ortisei, Italy, on April 26th 1940. He has been one of my most influential producers ever since I heard him on Daft Punk’s album, Random Access Memories. He tells us a story of what life was like for him when he first started making music and how he worked hard to make it where he is now. The story he told was just a summary of all that he has done. In order to understand how influential Giorgio was, one…