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SONGWRITER
Baba O'Riley or Teenage Wasteland brought to life by Lowrey organ
The now-iconic album opener Baba O'Riley was first released on the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Who ...
MEDITATION
Om Namah Shivaya: chant meaning and lyrics diversity in songs set in Panchakshari Mantra
Om Namah Shivaya mantra has been an essential chant in Hinduism for over three thousand years. It is meant to express...
Classical Guitar
Moreno Torroba as the first-ever Spanish non-guitarist who composed for solo guitar
Federico Moreno Torroba was a Spanish composer adored by his contemporaries largely for his stage works, especially the...
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THEORBO
The first-ever music for solo theorbo by Kapsberger
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger was an Italian composer of German origin whose creative activity occupied the transition...
SONGWRITER
Smokestack Lightning: the eternal Howlin' Wolf blues of the passing trains
Smokestack Lightning is a song written by the Chicago blues singer Chester Arthur Burnett better known under his stage...
SONGWRITER
Rollin' and Tumblin' as the essence of slide guitar technique combined with lyrics diversity
Rollin' and Tumblin' is one of the great Delta blues songs that has been interpreted by many blues artists long before...
Music Theory
5 songs featuring Dorian mode
Out of all seven diatonic scales, the major and minor scales have been the two most prevalent in Western music...
Poetry
On the Massacre of Glencoe: Walter Scott lyrics set to Beethoven's arrangement of folk melody
The Massacre of Glencoe is one of the darkest chapters in Scottish history which saw the treacherous slaughter of...
Nature Sounds
8 orchestral pieces depicting thunderstorms
Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not...
SONGWRITER
Wishful Sinful: atypical harmony of Robby Krieger
Wishful Sinful is a song written by Robby Krieger for The Soft Parade released in 1969 by The Doors and considered to be...
Jugalbandi
Merging traditions of Indian classic in jugalbandi duets of Balamuralikrishna
Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was an iconic composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose contributions to the...
Review
The 2020 guide to research of Granville Bantock's life and music
Published by Clemson University Press in 2020, Granville Bantock (1868–1946) A Guide to Research by Dr. John C. Dressler...
Classical Guitar
5 flamenco guitar pieces of Joaquín Turina as performed by the best guitarists of the 20th century
Joaquín Turina is considered to be one of the most influential Spanish composers of the 20th century, especially for his...
FLUTE
Early flute tuning improvements by Quantz
Johann Joachim Quantz was a famous German flautist and music theorist who had a major influence on the evolution of his...
SONGWRITER
Easy Skanking: meaning and themes in the famous Bob Marley album opener
Easy Skanking is the opening song on Bob Marley’s tenth studio album Kaya released in 1978 and preceding the historic...
Violin
Zigeunerweisen: folk tunes meet the Csardas dance in Pablo de Sarasate's most popular work
Zigeunerweisen is one of the best-known violin works based on Hungarian folk melodies and Romani music motifs as...
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Music Theory
Popular songs using Lydian mode
In Western music, the vast majority of classical compositions and popular songs are written using only two diatonic...
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Sea Shanty
Randy Dandy O: sea chantey for raising anchors and sailing around Cape Horn
Randy Dandy O is one of the most famous sea shanties, a song genre presumed to have originated in the 19th century...
SYNTHESIZER
Plainsong: The Cure's psychedelic liturgy on the edge of the world
Plainsong is the opening track of the album Disintegration released in 1989 by the English rock band The Cure. The...
ORCHESTRA
The transcendental experience behind classical orchestras conducted by Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache was a Romanian composer, musical theorist, and one of the most innovative conductors of the 20th...
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