Music the artform and artists
The electric guitar wasn't built for rock musicians
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019
The birth of the electric guitar created a new genre of music — rock ‘n’ roll. But the inventors who developed the solid-body electric guitar, Leo Fender and Les Paul, could hardly have imagined the chain of events that the instrument would spark.
2009 Created The Blueprint For Pop Music As We Know It
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019
2009 was one of the most, if not the most, influential year for pop music this millennium.
Notre-Dame de Paris : Avant Quasimodo, la naissance de la musique écrite
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019
A l’origine vaste Maison du Peuple animée par des jongleurs et des théâtreux, elle avait abrité, à la fin du XIIe siècle et au début du XIIIe, la naissance de ce qui allait devenir la musique savante européenne.
What Makes Music Special to Us?
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- Tuesday, 02 April 2019
We are all born with a predisposition for music, a predisposition that develops spontaneously and is refined by listening to music.
The Myth of the Composer-Genius
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- Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Take a moment to picture a composer-genius in your head. What do they look like? Chances are, they are a male of European descent, someone like Bach, Mozart, or Beethoven.
Meet the South African Queens of Gqom Music
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- Tuesday, 02 April 2019
South African gqom music used to be a boy's game. The Durban-born house genre (pronounced "gome" with a click at the beginning) first emerged from townships just before 2010.
How the 45 RPM Single Changed Music Forever
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- Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Charting the rise, fall, resurrection and legacy of the beloved vinyl format, which helped bring rock & roll to the masses.
Folk des années 1920, musique pop actuelle
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- Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Histoire d'un album qui a inspiré les plus grands.
Late Prof. Nketia was an outstanding cultural icon
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- Tuesday, 19 March 2019
“His works largely provided an avenue for the post-Colonial African to reinforce his new identity and express his ‘Africaness’ with confidence”.
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