Traditional music

and Folk Music in Spain Introduction Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz is widely known as a piano guru whose music excellently portrays Spain’s spirit and culture. As a singer and a composer, he was able to meld performance and composition thus creating a fashionable music style similar to that of “Liszt” full of Spain folk idioms. His greatest inspiration was folklore, but he made a sole melodic style that stirred “Ravel” and “Debussy”. He had a great passion for national cultural music which…

Before listening to the music of Steve Reich, I assumed that all music had to have a definite form and path, with a distinguishable climax and resolution. I believed that the only thing that distinguished music from sound was the deliberate motion and phrasing of the melodies. Having never encountered minimalism, I had never considered a piece of music absent of these things and prematurely dismissed the movement as simply noise. Yet upon hearing Reich’s pieces, I was enthralled by the almost…

specific event in the Cuban community and of course I joined a group of friends and bought tickets to be part of this memorable event. There is an assumption that Cuban musicians are not successful out of Cuba, and I am not referring to traditional musicians and Cuban music like Benny More, Celia Cruz, or Chucho…

orchestrated in the Italian opera are harmonic and more simplistic than of what a German opera orchestrates. As stated, "For Italians, music and voice are almost one and the same." The Italian opera composer aims not at musical and dramatic subtlety but, rather, at banner headlines of emotion as stated. In this particular opera recitative and lyrical aria follow making this music generate a feeling of intense passion and nonstop action pushing singers to their greatest extent. Whereas,…

Johann Sebastian Bach and mass in B minor The Baroque period is well known for the period in western European art music from 1600-1750. In this time, middle class people started to grow up by doing art work and music. Kings and queens had power over their kingdoms. The time was for ornate elegance in agriculture, music, and in painting. The baroque period has different characteristics, and Johann Sebastian is a well-known for Baroque period composer. His toccata et fugue and mass in B minor…

Chapter 15- Rock Traditions and the Business of Change The music industry itself developed and introduced a new idea in selling albums. Starting from the 1970s, with the DIY revolution, to the 1990s, featuring digital recording, prices and accessibility to digital music became cheaper and easier to use. Thus, electronic distribution was the first to revolutionize. Internet sales thrived as compact disks became less of a desire for people to travel to buy; the sales of physical CDs declined…

Music is a part of everyone’s identity. Music makes people who they are. It creates a connection between individuals, whether it be by listening to the same music genres, if they played the same instruments, if they share a memory of listening to the same artist in concert, there are countless ways people can be connected through music. However, music does not only connect people to each other, but also to themselves. In Thomas Turino’s, “Habits of the Self, Identity and Culture,” we discover…

Swift are both singer songwriters in their own right and both have had/are having very successful careers. Although when listening to their music they appear to have two very different vocal styles some striking comparisons can be drawn and will be discussed in this paper. These two artists can be seen to have the similar influences of country and blues in their music and so although they are two very different artist it is because of their similarities that they make an ideal pair of musicians…

Is Auto-Tune Hitting The Right Pitch? Auto-Tune’s Impact on Revenue in The Music Industry In 1990 the technology that would change music forever was invented. Oddly enough that invention was first developed as a software to interpret seismic data for the oil company Halliburton (Ives). As soon as the software was implemented into the company, it took internal production in the U.S. from 30 to 60 percent, netting the company about $1 billion a year (Prisco). However, the creator of the software…

Bharata, where Bharata Natyam gets its name, is an outline of the different facets of Sanskrit Theatre. Although in the west typically associates theatre with drama, classical Sanskrit theatre encompasses many different art forms such as dance, acting, music and poetry. This book acts as a tool to help draw connections between the classical Indian performance arts and reaching religious enlightenment. Bharata Natyam can also be found referenced…