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Manuscript
Rich music collection of the Trecento times recovered from Florentine palimpsest
It is difficult to imagine, in the current digital world, the serious difficulties associated with recording any...
SONGWRITER
The resonance of African tribal heritage in Ali Farka Touré's guitar
Ali Farka Touré was one of the first Malian songwriters to arrange African folk music for acoustic and electric guitar,...
ORCHESTRA
The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic
The love story of Shakuntala is first mentioned in the oldest Sanskrit epic of the Mahābhārata which could be traced...
Violin
A spice of Italy, delivered to London by Nicola Matteis, edged out the French dance fashion from violin music
One of the first pieces of evidence of Italian invasion during the Baroque period in England is Ayrs for the Violin—the...
SYNTHESIZER
The analog synthesizers of Isao Tomita programming fresh sound for all-time classics
Japanese composer Isao Tomita was one of the first to explore analog synthesizers in search for new sounds that would...
Band
The low-end sound of Morphine trio cut short by Mark Sandman's tragic death while on a stage
Twenty years have passed since Mark Sandman’s tragic passing of a heart attack during a 1999 live performance with the...
Choir
Gershwin's Summertime: the most recorded song draws inspiration from Ukrainian lullaby and African American spiritual
Written by the American composer George Gershwin in 1934, Summertime aria is now the most recorded song in the history...
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Classical Guitar
Giulio Regondi, the guitar prodigy behind early Romantic repertoire, was conned by false parent
Giulio Regondi was one of the most virtuosic guitarists of the early Romantic period who began earning flattering...
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Veena
Sundaram Balachander: the veena musician and filmmaker who introduced Carnatic culture to the world
The veena is the oldest string instrument of the Indian subcontinent, first mentioned in the Rigveda dating back to 1500...
Nature Sounds
Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer
It is no coincidence that the sounds emitted by birds are known in many languages as "songs", rather than simple animal...
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Band
Tinariwen: 40 years of nomadic desert music driven by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's guitar
Formed by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib in the late 1970s, the African band Tinariwen always had a clear mission to preserve the...
SITAR
1960s clarinet & sitar duo pioneered an ambient genre with the album for spiritual practices
Even though the term ambient as a music genre was coined by Brian Eno only in the 1970s, musical experiments of this...
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GUITAR
Charley Patton's guitar tricks bridged the genre gap between Delta blues and rock'n'roll
Charley Patton played a crucial role in developing the early blues movement in the Delta region of northwestern...
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Koto
Michio Miyagi & Renée Chemet: near century-old collaboration of koto and violin linking Japanese traditions with Western classic
In the first half of the 20th century, many Asian composers sought a way to represent their cultures on the global scene...
Band
Emotion over meaning: the enigmatic lyrics of Cocteau Twins in the languages of glossolalia
Having first appeared in religious practices, the term glossolalia referred to the ability of a believer to...
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Gymnopédies: the ambient genre predicted by piano gems of late Romanticism
The term ambient music was introduced in the 1970s by the famous English experimenter Brian Eno who used newly invented...
Vihuela
The first known collection for the vihuela inspired early guitar repertoire
It is fair to call the guitar one of the leading world instruments in terms of popular demand which is only slightly...
SITAR
The sitar virtuoso who introduced Indian classic to the British parliament
Budhaditya Mukherjee is one of the brightest virtuosos who to this day refines the rich legacy of Hindustani classics....
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5 African states adopted the liberation song by Enoch Sontonga as the national anthem
Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika has been the most frequently sung tune throughout the African continent for over a hundred years...
ORCHESTRA
Traditions of 3 countries woven into the music of neglected Asian composer Chiang Wen-Yeh
The life path of the prominent Asian composer Chiang Wen-Yeh is closely connected to the three countries—Taiwan, Japan,...
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