The Influence of Reggae on UK Bands In the late 1970s, a UK band called The Police formed in London, England. In 1978, their album Outlandos d’Amour, which included huge hits like Roxanne and Can’t ...

The Role of Music in Film and Television If you’re ever in doubt about the strength of influence music has on a film, try watching a favorite scene from a movie without the score. Better still, watch ...

Being in that crowd with everyone absorbed in experiencing the music, each sharing a collective event, can be a powerful and moving one. It is often having attended a live event that people then turn ...

The Impact of Stradivarius on Violin Making In a recent article, I gave a broad account of the evolution of the violin with a particular focus on the work of the Cremona luthiers. At the head of this ...

Design and Innovation in Violin Making Amati’s violins were from the outset astonishing pieces of design that demonstrated incredible woodworking skill. Such was the level of Amati’s innovation with ...

The Simplicity and Emotional Power of Mozart’s Music In addition, many of W.A. Mozart’s operatic arias are not always harmonically complex. Some are, and he was not a composer who in any way shied ...

Equally, the collection he titled Estampes from 1903 includes a beautiful piece, Jardins Sous La Pluie; there is more than a hint of a raga in the fast-moving right-hand melodic line. Olivier Messiaen ...

Alberto Ginastera One of Argentina ’s most important and prolific composers is Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983). The work of this innovative composer seldom receives the recognition it deserves. Like ...

Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Impact With the distance of one hundred and ten years between us now and the premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring, it can be difficult to understand ...

Italian Opera Influence on Classical Music To appreciate the extensive influence Italian opera has had on Classical music we need to take a good look into its past. One claim is that Italian opera ...

Keep in mind that the overarching focus of Romantic music was the exploration of feelings, an outpouring of emotions, giving free rein to fantasy. There was also a marked turn towards Nationalism, and ...

The music may tell a story and is sometimes modal. Certain instruments can characterize the sound of Irish or Scottish folk music like the Uilleann Pipes, the fiddle or the Bodhran. There are many ...