What Everybody Ought to Know About Classical Music

Sep 112012

What Everybody Ought to Know About Classical Music

Music from the past guides us towards the music of the future…. A thank you to Scott from Bear Mountain School -http://bearmountainschool.org/ who proposed that I include this information on the The Gift of Music – 25 Men of Classical Music

Here are just a few of the great men of music that you can find additional information on from the The Gift of Music – 25 Men of Classical Music. Represented in this site are some of the great classical composers throughout the ages. Each masterpiece takes us a step closer and closer to a different sounds found in much of the more modern composers of today.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Johann Sebastian Bach

Richard Wagner

Joseph Haydn

Johannes Brahms

Below you will find some samples of the great masterpieces of classical music. Enjoy!

provided by Classical Composers: Part 1

To find more about modern composers of the 20th and 21st centuries read The Future of Modern Music by James L. McHard

“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother”

Dubstep Violin in a Crystal Cave

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Sep 022012

Dubstep Violin in a Crystal Cave

Would you like to learn to play violin like Lindsey Stirling? After you visit this amazing video go take a look at what Wind and String Music has to offer in great violins.

Here is a comment about this peiece from Lindsey herself – “‘Crystallize,’ on the other hand, is a much deeper song: the crystallization of water is affected by its surroundings to create either beautiful patterns or meaningless masses. Similarly, I believe that through our thoughts, beliefs and the environments we create, we each possess the power to make a positive change within ourselves and others.”

Her life story highlights her love of dance, music and the violin. – After moving from Santa Ana, CA to Gilbert, AZ at age eight, Lindsey continued to practice violin and dance – in unique ways. At age 16 she joined a pop-punk rock band called Stomp on Melvin to experiment with different styles of music. As a graduating senior, to earn money for college, she entered the “America’s Junior Miss Pageant” (now named “Distinguished Young Women”), the nation’s largest and oldest scholarship program for high school girls. In a competition filled with evening gowns and elegant poses, Lindsey performed violin rock songs with spiky hair, high socks, and a style all her own. When the cheering was over, Lindsey had won the Gilbert and Arizona pageants and the talent portion of the city, state and national competitions– instantly becoming an outside-the-box role model for young girls with her message of non-conformity in art and music. Here website gives you more info - click here for more details

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Music From Every Age..

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Aug 282012

Music From Every Age..

As you are getting ready for school to start and to have your child begin to learn an instrument, here is a great sampling of music through the ages played on a variety of instruments. Music has many different sounds and each instrument adds to the color of each and every, the instrumentation in music from different eras creates a soundscape that unmistakenable. The video above shares all kinds of music, everything from music being played in helicopters, to the ticking of clocks to a full orchestra. Each piece and each instrument has its own unique timbre and sound!

I hope that this video sampling of music will help your child discover what different instruments sound like so you can help your child determine what instrument most intrigues them. This little session just might develop a life-long love of music and its many different colors and opportunities.

Enjoy!

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