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"But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."
The show is one of the major events in the early history of the extravaganza. Music was credited to Thomas Baker, author of "Transformation Polka". [138] The venue was the managed by the first female theatrical manager in the country. [139] George B. Loomis begins teaching music.
Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical music .
The earliest popular Latin music in the United States came with rumba in the early 1930s, and was followed by calypso in the mid-40s, mambo in the late 1940s and early 1950s, chachachá and charanga in the mid-50s, bolero in the late 1950s and finally boogaloo in the mid-60s, while Latin music mixed with jazz during the same period, resulting ...
The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music. Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-498-6. Darden, Robert (1996). People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1752-3. Elson, Louis Charles (1915). The History of American Music. Macmillan & Co. ISBN 0-559-44270-X.
In Chinese literature, the guqin dates back almost 3,000 years, while examples of the instrument have been found in tombs that date back to about 2,000 years ago. Although the ancient literature states its beginnings, the origin of the guqin has still been a subject of debate over the past few decades.
Ancient music – Early history – 1500s – 1510s – 1520s ... that becomes the most viewed YouTube video for 5 years. ... Arctic Monkeys release Whatever People ...
[7] [174] [175] Its output will become "one of the most important documents of this period of American music history". [176] The first African American to publish a collection of original songs is Charles Albert Tindley, a "pivotal figure in the history of black church music". [177] [178] Bert Williams and George Walker record songs from black ...