The Day the Music Died

“One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife,” quoted by Charles Ives. Music played a significant role Ives’ family from generations to generations which were carried down to Charles. The family oriented American composer, Charles Edward Ives (also known as Charlie) was born on October 20th, 1874 at Danbury, Connecticut to George Ives and Mary Parmelee. He spent most of his childhood with his father…

Music has been a part of our lives ever since recorded history has taken place. It evolves with society to help build our culture. Just imagine not having any music or art in the Renaissance era. How would our society have looked today without the important influences? My research question for this project was How does music helps expand our interaction in society by being taught in our school system? The first thing I looked at in doing my research was Johns Hopkins School of Education website…

Can you hear the pain in these singers voices. George jones writes about a loss in his song “he stopped loving her today.” George jones’ music genre is classic country. When someone dies these songs will make you miss your loved ones even more. In his music he’s had a lot of experiences in his life that he got his music from. George Jones is a country singer from Saratoga, Texas. George jones is 81 years old, his birthday is september 12th, 1931. He started his career by performing on the…

Minnesota on June 7, 1958 and died at the age of 57 on April 21, 2016. His parents were Mattie Shaw and John L. Nelson, and the couple separated when he was young. Both his mother and father have passed away: his father in 2001 and his mother a year later. During his life, Prince had been married and subsequently divorced twice. The first marriage was to Mayte Garcia and the second to Manuela Testolini. He had a son with Mayte on October 16, 1996, but the baby died soon after from a rare…

Disney since the very beginning (Stein 7). The entertainment that takes place in Disney is also another reason that makes Disney so magical. In Disney, there are lots of entertaining things to do such as watch shows, parades, go on rides, listen to music, and also go shopping for Disney merchandise. They manage to offer…

Paganini was born in Genoa Italy on october 27, 1782. He died in 1840. His parents names were Teresa and Antonio Paganini. Nicolo started learning music when he was only five years old. When he was seven his father taught him how to play the violin. He attended violin classes with famous violinists. He composed his first sonata in 1790. In 1795 he went to parma but was told that they could not teach him anything. He often played 15 hours a day. in 1797 he started his concert tours. From 1805 t0…

authority and implies how society reacted to the new revolution created by Rock and Roll, transforming the world into what it has become today. The music of rock and roll influenced the social and cultural beliefs of youth and threatened the traditional values of society. The music and culture from late 1930s through 1940s began the influence of rock music before it was even called rock and roll. The 1930s saw natural disasters as well as man made ones. For most of the decade, folks in the…

Thomas Tallis was one of England’s main composers of Medieval church music. He lived during the Tudor period of England, a time of which the national religious stance swung back and forth from Protestant to Catholic due to the various monarchs that held the throne. As a matter of fact, Tallis saw 5 different monarchs hold and pass on the throne during his life. But even if Tallis was a true Catholic, he possessed the skill to compose music to suit whomever his liege was. During his lifetime, he…

There are different styles of poetry so it can easily be said that music is a form of poetry. After reading the articles and watching the videos, I still consider most musical lyrics to be a form of poetry. As someone who is known to love all genres of music and listen to all artists, some might find it quite shocking that I am not a Prince fan. I like a few songs but that is about it. I don’t think there is anything wrong with his music, I just never cared to listen to it. My father is a big…

I grew up in a Seven Day Adventist family, and I was a believer and lived my life according to what my religion and my parents taught me. The worldview that I believe when I was in my teenage years when the death of my best friend changed my life. She died of cancer at 17, years old. My worldview evolved slowly, and I cannot recall when I made my mind, but I am sure that was the moment my believes starting to change and my worldview took a different route that I once practice with commitment.…