Less than one hundred years ago, there was a turning point not only in technology, but in music. Traditionally, music was always created by series a of natural musical sounds created by instruments. An electroacoustic genre was introduced by two men, raised by parents of musical background, that changed the way we produce music through technology. Pierre Schaeffer, the father of musique concrète, introduced abstract sound outside of the musical theory boundaries. Robert Moog developed synthesizers which became a milestone in the technology of electronic music. In their life spans, they both played huge, influential roles in developing and shaping the analog era. On August 14, 1910, Pierre Schaeffer was born in Nancy, France. His father, a …show more content…
The piece was Etude aux Chemins de Fer, and the public did not have a positive reaction to it. Musicians, however, found it fascinating, and it sparked their curiosity and interest. His first recorded work was titled Dix and d’essais radiophoniques du Studio au Club d’Essai It was a collaboration of works with other artists in the Clud d’Essai over a span of ten years and released for listening in 1953. These works became an important point in experimental music. Schaeffer and co-worker Pierre Henry created Groupe de Musique Concrète, later renamed Groupe de Recherches Musique Concrète (GRMC) , all in the French National Radio structure. This studio was the home of the creation of important electronic music of the analog era. The goals of GRMC were: to define “solfege” of sound based on perception, and question erroneous beliefs about music, listening, and attributes to sound. By the 1960’s GRMC’s team became dissatisfied with the meticulous efforts of producing electronic music. Schaeffer retired from music in 1960. Years after his retirement he wrote an article titled “Musique Concrète: What Do I Know?” In this article he dismisses his previous work concluding that music needs “searchers” not “auteures.” Pierre Schaeffer died on August 19,
Rachel M. Harper’s The Myth of Music intentionally weaves together 1960s era jazz music and a poor African American family via metaphor and allusion to show a deep familiar bond between father and daughter.
...influenced by many genres of music and wanted to cultivate a sound that was their own and like nothing else out there. Artist flocked to them to receive something that was completely different and to bring out put out the best recordings that were possible. The studio was influenced an array of artists who possessed individuality, a sound that differentiated them from other artists, and a will to try to experiment. The studio created a sound like no other studio and much different from the prominent studios from the north, west, and south. It was a studio that will leave a legacy of risk takers, who had a desire to produce a sound that would stand the test of time and influence many generations to come. Their production style mixed genres and may music boundary less. It influenced the sound of today’s music to not be boxed in or classified as just one type of genre.
Johannes Brahms was born on Tuesday 7th may 1833, in the city of Hamburg the birthplace also of Mendelssohn. Johann Brahms was himself a musician, and played the double bass for a time at the Karl Schultze Theatre, and later in the Stadttheater orchestra. In 1847 Johannes attended a good Burgerschule (citizens? school), and in 1848 a better, that of one Hoffmann. When he was eight years old his father requested the teachers to be very easy with him because of the time that he must take for his musical studies.
Loesser’s music reflects American society including relationship practices as well as the heightened sense of nationalism throughout the Depression and the war. Loesser had just entered into Tin Pan Alley music when the depression hit. While the depression played a role economically it did not hinder the cultural advances because people looked to music as a source of entertainment. Due to the popular dances of the time courtship and romantic relationships were a vital part to maintain moral across the nation. Due to the lack of money flow people looked for cheap entertainment like listening to music, radio shows, playing sports, or dancing. These activities often involved partners and when mean were successful it made them more desirable. Throughout
Michael Brecker was a famous American musician and primarily known for his great achievement in Jazz music. He was born on March 29, 1949, and died on January 13, 2007, because of leukemia. In his whole life, he has created many great musical works and hundreds of recordings, such as Madame Toulouse, Bye George and Delta City Blues, which are still popular in today. He has also won many music prizes and was regarded as the leading person of Jazz.
Next we come to a point in time where a great leap had to be made. Musicians had made positive steps forward in the way of pitch and time but of only one or two notes at a time. What was needed was an in instrument that gave players control of many pitches simultaneously. The mechanism ...
Later, he was to use it to begin the practise which he has now perfected as an art, and would create music through his mothers computer. He started working on a radio show which showcased mostly dance music, called “The Party Revolution” (The DJ List, 2014). Using the latest technology available to him, and not just a turntable and microphone, he dappled with sampling and continued along the track leading him to become a successful artist. He worked a little while in web development and animation (Biography.com, 2014). Later, he was to work for an software company in Belgium, a software program designed to aid music production and brags to be “the fastest way from your brain to your speakers”- (Image-Line, 2014), something which Zimmerman believed was the way of the future for music. Through this time, he was always writing his own music. Before the electronic music evolution, he made efforts to try to convince recording s...
The Use of Electronic Technology in 20th and 21st Century Music In this essay, I have examined the use of electronic technology within 20th and 21st Century music. This has involved analysis of the development and continuing refinement of the computer in today’s music industry, as well as the theory of the synthesiser and the various pioneers of electronic technology, including Dr. Robert Moog and Les Paul. Also within the essay, I have discussed the increasing use of computers in the recording studio. The computer has become an indispensable tool in ensuring that both recording and playback sound quality is kept at the maximum possible level. Many positive ideas have come from the continued onslaught of computerisation.
While the thought of close family bonds are comforting, it is important to recognize that no family is flawless and will contain imperfections. In Rachel M. Harper’s “The Myth of Music”, the intertwined relationship between jazz music and familial memories are revealed through auditory imagery, eloquent connotation and unstructured form, conveying a reminiscent, yet bittersweet tone. Initially, it can be inferred that music is very prominent in the speaker’s life and assists in the construction of the bond which exists between them and their family. The connotation of the word “myth” included in the title gives the sense of lineage and passing of generations which can be directly connected to Harper’s first sentence which states “If music can be passed on like brown
Ever since humans first learned how to make music with their voices and with instruments thousands of years ago, music has been changing. Some changes took place over hundreds or even thousands of years, stunted by human isolation or by guidelines set in place by religious institutions. The 20th century, in contrast, experienced several rapid, radical changes in the popular genres of music. This made the 20th century a very rich time period for musical culture. These remarkable genres--including, but not limited to jazz, rock and roll, and the music of the “British invasion”--all influenced one another, and all influenced the culture we still live in today.
A number of other genres, throughout the decade, maintained a significant following. One genre that was slow to start was Hip-Hop, while it emerged in the 1970’s it didn’t become significant until the late 1980’s. Although Classical music began to lose impetus, it gave way to a new generation of composers through invention and theoretical development. The decade was also distinguished for its assistance to electronic music, which rose in reco...
When considering the versatility of a synthesiser as a keys player it can widen one’s oeuvre immensely. With its ability to imitate existing sounds and instruments to create beautiful polyphonies and to contrastingly emit haunting, dissonant soundscape’s from previously non-exiting timbres makes it not only a useful tool but and essential piece in a composer’s instrumental repertoire.
Music and the relationships of music have changed drastically in our society. The course of studies and the evaluations of the applications of the technology of music, the making and the listening of music have changed in the way we listen to music, the styles of music in our society and in the media. The importance of the technology in music today, has, over the past century been charted through the study of musical examples and through viewing how human values are reflected in this century's timely music. There are very many different types of music that are listened to. There are readings, writings, lectures and discussions on all the different types of music.
Claude Debussy is one of my favorite composers of all time. Claude Debussy’s music has had the ability to alter how I perceive music and, has made me gain a greater appreciation for all types of music. Growing up playing piano my entire life it was always hard for me as a child to follow all of the “rules” of what traditional classic music was interpreted as. Sheet music seemed so dull and boring to me, because I would be playing the piece but certain parts just did not sound appealing to my ear. My instructor always frowned upon me for this because it was different from what every other person was doing at the time. I recognized that Debussy’s style of music was also criticized much in the same way as mine was one day while I was listening to my favorite piece Clair De Lune. The song in my mind is simply perfection, the harmonies all flow beautifully but, according to others it is not what they want to hear because it is considered to be vague and lacks image. My struggle at being restricted to these so called rules of piano made me like Debussy more and more.
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