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 Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:54 pm
How music has changed over the milleniums.
People all over the world have had music (and dancing; I think the two logically probably went together) for as long as we know. Music is mentioned in the Bible and was a part of many ancient cultures.
It was, I think, mostly drumming, fluting, maybe some singing and strumming on primitive stringed instruments.
In Shakespeare's time they had street music.
In the eighteenth or nineteeth century a big change in music occurred with the legendary composers. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, etc. Their powerful symphonies made music into a much bigger thing; their orchestras gave hundreds of people (per orchestra) jobs. Music was made into sort of an elite thing, people had to pay for concerts.
Skipping jazz, blues, etc. because I don't know much about those, in the 1950s rock music, my passion, a genre drawing from everything else (from classical music to R&B to jazz to pop) began. The Beatles in the '60s made a huge impact on the genre. These four or five-person bands made music something accessible again. Added lyrics were a big change from the classical music of the past. Catchy pop tunes with guitar, bass, drums and lyrics had people singing all over the world. Notable, incredibly important inventions that accelerated music were the record player and the radio. Without these two things music would only be heard in concert.
Eventually music evolved to what it is today, a hodgepodge of different genres, made by talented -and- untalented people, edited by electrical equipment-- although thanks to recording devices we can listen to stuff made many years ago.
What do you know about music? Discuss your favorite bands, composers, genres, songs, etc. None of my post was made with any especial research done, so feel free to let me know if I've made mistakes. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:35 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:39 pm
Oh! And there's a metal group called Nile that bases much (if not all) of their music on Egyptian mythology. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:58 pm
...and Rammstein has a few new songs based on poems and stories written by Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, etc.
...why am I the only one posting? C'mon, people!
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:13 pm
Well, my friend made me listen to a song by Avenged Sevenfold, Beast and the Harlot, about Revelations (in the Bible).
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:05 pm
I especially enjoy Romantic music, especially that of Beethoven. The Pastoral Symphony really shows the emotional and escapist spirit of the age! Ahh . . I love that symphony!
Also, I can't get enough of Wagner! The Nieblung Cycle and the Ride of the Valkyries . . just perfect! . . even though he was an anti-Semite. stare Hitler actually idolized him, as a sort of proof for his policies, because not only did Wagner write nationalistic German music, but he was also an anti-Semite. Augh.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:02 pm
...can't forget U2's Pride (In the Name of Love) and Sunday Bloody Sunday, to name a couple...
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:31 pm
Hmm...your musical history seems a bit off. Classical music was the popular music of the time and it was accessible to the people living then. Also, the famous compers didn't all do huge orchestras or make orchestras bigger. For example, Bach hardly ever did music for groups bigger than ensambles if at all (I'm not sure if he did or not). It was the Romantic movement that prompted more instruments to capture more feeling within the pieces. Oh, and music way before the 60's had lyrics.
Also, you're only documenting Western history of music. But I'm glad you started this topic. I really like Baroque, Motown and the band Of Montreal.
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:50 pm
Weird One Hmm...your musical history seems a bit off. Classical music was the popular music of the time and it was accessible to the people living then. Also, the famous compers didn't all do huge orchestras or make orchestras bigger. For example, Bach hardly ever did music for groups bigger than ensambles if at all (I'm not sure if he did or not). It was the Romantic movement that prompted more instruments to capture more feeling within the pieces. Oh, and music way before the 60's had lyrics. Also, you're only documenting Western history of music. But I'm glad you started this topic. I really like Baroque, Motown and the band Of Montreal. Yeah, my knowledge is pretty limited. sweatdrop
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