History of music

''This music does weird things to people's brains,'' Mr. Seim, the founder of The Advantage, said of Nintendo video game music. (Weingarten) The original Nintendo Entertainment System brought to the United States in 1985, is still one of the best-selling home video consoles ever. With its creation, arcade games could now be played in one’s home and with the technological advances it also carried video game music beyond the primitive bleeps and blips of arcade systems. In 1985, the debut of the NES

The History of Chamber Music What is chamber music? It is ensemble instrumental music for up to about ten performers with typically one performer to a part. Since circa 1450, there has been instrumental music designed for private playing. These pieces used many instruments and (in Germany) it was common that the folk songs would contain 2-3 countermelodies to expand and elaborate the whole, and to arrange the outcome for groups of instruments. Although the

Throughout history people listened to music and used it for various different things. In the earliest of times music was used to help emphasize story telling(Young 11). As centuries went on music became more prominent in everyday things and eventually was used for social occasions like festivals and weddings(Young 82). Today we use music for everything from recreational to rehabilitating people. We use music to express ourselves and say things we don’t know how to say. Music is an outlet for people

The history and transitions of music has had many talented persons that have influenced music but none are so well known as Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. All three of these great composers performed during the Classic period and it would act as the base of classic music for the next one hundred and fifty, to two hundred years. The names of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are so well known that people who have little to no knowledge of music will recognize their

The Effects on Music throughout History Music and technology aid one another. In a way a person can capture music they love through technology and then the electronic companies flourish due to the sale and popularity of these electronic devices. If a person wants to listen to music they can turn on a stereo or TV, choose a CD or DVD to play, or listen to a songs downloaded in ITunes. All of these devices are proof to show how technology is used to record, play, and change the way music is heard. A look

Rising into the mainstream in the early 1960’s, Motown music gained popularity as it produced a wave of African-American musicians who successfully integrated their music, creating a newly unified musical culture between White and Black Americans. Simultaneously Motown provided musical backing for an extensive battle of cultural change in the USA; the American Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records produced music with the aim to sell to anyone despite their age or colour

ppy snares and low end 808 bass samples that are used when composing tracks. Although, Trap music recently gained popularity 5 years ago, it was existent long before the term “trap music” was used.Trap music is defined by its ominous, bleak and gritty lyrical content which varies widely according to the artist. Typical lyrical themes portrayed include observations of hardship in the "trap", street life, poverty, violence and harsh experiences in urban inner city surroundings.The Word “Trap” is used

The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it. (Edgar Bronfman, jr). The music industry is an ever changing and ever growing business, it adapts and changes with culture, economy and technology. For some it is a way of expression

Introduction: A study of the history of music styles brings to the fore two distinct periods, Baroque and Classical. The purpose of this essay is to provide a comparison between the two musical eras through the exploration of two different composers and their works, namely Antonio Vivaldi and his Four Seasons ‘Spring’ in the maximized Baroque era and the minimalist approaches of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony. Moreover this essay will review the unique social, cultural, technological an musical

into a progressive direction, won three grammy awards, and even got into the Hall of Fame, making them one of the best bands of the 20th century. All musicians become interested in music at one point. Sting was the singer and bassist in the Police and was also the motivator of the group (Lowe, 1990). He played music to escape the horror he thought of working in a factory (Ray, 2013). If someone becomes a famous musician, they usually don’t just say they wanna play or sing, something drove them