The written note is like a strait jacket, whereas music like life itself is constant movement, continuous spontaneity, free from restriction —Pablo Casals Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
Irrespective of its relationship to consonance, harmonicity-based sound segregation might provide an important constraint on musical systems, particularly if its perceptual effects on musical note combinations were present cross-culturally. A priori, it seemed plausible that this might be the case, but...
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That said, Hepburn is fearlessly fabulous here, hitting every staccato note and pointed toe with unwavering energy. Rewatching this slice of movie musical history, which boasts exquisite technical prowess but is also just really freaking fun, is made better knowing Harrison thanked his plural ‘fai...
Nearly every song that has emerged from the yellow notebook has landed in our repertoire. (Don Perkins photo) I started writing songs in the 1960s and was producing pretty good ones by the mid-1970s. But they’ve never come along quickly. And as I’ve written in this space before, ...
“Mark Riversscatting solo was absolutely stunning. Right now,Esperanza Spauldingis the only young artist who I have felt can hold her own on every note when she attempts this style of vocal improvisation.Ella Fitzgeraldmade the style famous in my house when I heard my father playing her mus...
Song note: This German carol made a very fine addition to the holiday repertoires of both the Turbines and the Boarders, which first developed the electric version (see below). Sel bych rad k Bethlemu (trad. Czech) Another accordion piece from the music-only Christmas tapes. The title of...
Here, I have a note ... Let me see it! Please! "Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature, detailing how my theatre is to be run. You have not followed my instructions. I shall give you one last chance . . ." ...
the account of the year 1583 has a passage about Francis Walsingham founding The Queen’s Players. It records that Richard Tarleton was recruited “for a wondrous plentifull pleasant extemporall wit,” with the comment, “hee was the wonder of his time”. The marginal note adds, “Tarleton...