From the 1940s through the 1960s, even into part of the 1970s, instrumental music reigned supreme in the popular consciousness.…
Far too often, people perceive music as a solely auditory experience, something heard but which does not affect the rest…
Joann Wolfgang von Goethe once remarked, "Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.” But the philosopher is hardly the…
Artists have long written compositions that express emotional depths possible only through music. These songs can bring the listener to…
The love song is one of the oldest and most primal forms of musical expression, dating back to ancient Greece,…
John Coltrane once noted he would “like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words……
Miles Davis once remarked, “It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change.” This emphasis on…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once noted that “melody is the essence of music.” This may be true, but such a perspective overlooks how…
Since the first electric violins hit the market in 1930, the concept of electronically manipulating the violin has maintained an…
Thirty-seven and a half million people visit New York City’s Central Park every year. That, by itself, is a fascinating statistic when…