When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior ...
When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior recognized ...
This article originally appeared in Issue 7 of Crawdaddy in December, 1966. A major source of innovation in any art is external influences, influences derived from widespread, eclectic origins outside ...
From “the beauty of balance” to “the trembling of the soul”: How much can music express? Classical music has provided different answers to the question of what beauty is in every era. In this ...
The feeling that there is such a thing as a "decisive moment" in Mahler's music is an impression I have held ever since I began listening to Mahler. It is not necessarily the climax of a piece, nor is ...
Ah, the magnificent soloist… Whether virtuoso violinists with flying fingers, dazzling pianists dashing off crashing chord clusters or stupendous sopranos defying the limits of the human vocal cords ...
Where does the word ‘sonata’ come from, and what does it mean? We take a deep dive to explore its meaning and evolution. However, some Baroque sonatas in were written for solo instruments without it, ...
Different people have distinct and subjective perceptions of their personal worth, broadly referred to as "self-esteem." For decades, neuroscientists and psychologists have tried to pinpoint the ...
When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...
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