Christmas delivers more traditions, festivities, and entertainments than all other American holidays combined. Worshippers sing traditional carols and hymns, and light Advent candles. In their churches and homes, they set up nativity scenes, a practice created in 1223 by St. Francis of Assisi. On the other side of the fence are secular holiday traditions. Originally…
‘Because’
The Beatles’ iconic 1969 song “Because” was the last of the Lennon-McCartney era. I attempt to recreate the song and also tie its relevance to today in terms of how great this music was and whether we are still making great music today—as well as the door perhaps the Beatles left open. Hosted by the…
Music Is More Than Sound: A Look at ‘He’s Gone Away’
Music, we are told by academics, consists of sounds that we have decided to call “music.” Tufts University professor Aniruddh Patel has declared that “there are no sonic universals in music, other than the trivial one that it must involve sound in some way.” This view is easily defended, as long as the concept of “meaning”…
Funny Percussionists Took Over the Orchestra in Monti Czardas Performance
Finally, the rise of percussionists!
Music Therapy Can Help With Depression, Heart Defects and Brain Development, Says Science
Music plays an integral role in human cultural expression around the world. It has a unique power to move and motivate us, but according to researchers, “music therapy” might just be capable of even more than that. Music, when used as a therapeutic tool, can help with a variety of health and holistic complaints. Here…
Amazing Old Lady Playing the Piano in Russia
Lovely, talented lady! And the look on her face is pure enjoyment.
Adorable Babies React to Music
Music touches us all, in different ways. These cuties are so pure!
Geese Gather Around Man Playing the Harmonica in Taiwan
We have a very lovely and talented gentleman right here! And look at these friendly geese; they are even joining in, lending their voices to the song. This is just so wholesome!
The Musical Leaves of Autumn: A Short Playlist
The changing seasons of the year have always inspired artists, just as they tend to refresh us all. In music, the seasons have inspired great popular songs and classical compositions alike. As far as the classical composers, Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Joseph Haydn, Alexander Glazunov, Vaughan Williams, and several modern composers titled one of their…
Video: Squirrel Enjoys Listening to a Professor of Music Practice His Saxophone at a Park
A heartwarming video of a squirrel watching attentively as a professor of music at Oklahoma Christian University practices his saxophone at a park has tugged at netizens’ heartstrings. “He acted like a little person and really seemed like he liked the music I was playing,” Heath Jones, 51, told The Epoch Times via email. Jones,…
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