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Welcome to Wikipedia's portal for Music. Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is normally expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includes timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music may also involve complex generative forms in time through the construction of patterns and combinations of natural stimuli, principally sound. Music may be used for artistic or aesthetic, communicative, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The definition of what constitutes music varies according to culture and social context. |
The Music of Iran has thousands of years of history dating back to the Neolithic age, as seen in the archeological evidence of Elam, one of the earliest world civilizations, which was located in southwestern Iran. A distinction needs to be made between the science of Music or Musicology which as a branch of mathematics has always been held in high regards in Iran; as opposed to Music performance, (Tarab, Navakhteh, Tasneef, Taraneh or more recently Muzik) which has had an uneasy and often acrimonious relationship with the religious authorities and, in times of religious revival, with society as a whole. (More...)
...that Frank Zappa won a Grammy award for the album Jazz from Hell, which was composed using, and entirely performed by, the Synclavier synthesizer (pictured)?
...that the Industrial Workers of the World's Little Red Songbook has helped spread that group’s message?
...that Kassav' is the most popular band to ever emerge from the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe?
...that Japanese taiko drums are played with wooden sticks called bachi?
...that the Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s distinctly similar to the British Invasion, with rock bands from Uruguay rapidly gaining popularity in Argentina?
...that the bass player Jaco Pastorius was killed by a night club bouncer, after being refused entry to a Santana concert?
...that French singer Alizée's performance of her song J'en ai marre was the inspiration of the female Night Elf dance in World of Warcraft?
- Birthdays in Music: April 9
- Carl Perkins, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, turns 75.
- Steve Gadd, American drummer, turns 62.
- Jesse McCartney, American actor and boy band singer, turns 20.
- Art Van Damme, American accordionist, turns 87.
- Reuben Wilson, (born Reuben Lincoln Wilson) American organist, turns 72.
March:
- 29 March: A Latin music retailer is boycotting the music of Jennifer Lopez after she chose not to promote her first all-Spanish album in Latin music stores. The Latin music retailer, 'Ritmo Latino', is no longer selling any of Lopez' music, and has released a flyer nationwide criticizing Lopez for supposedly not supporting the Latin community.[1]
- 19 March: Miles Davis is to be portrayed by actor Don Cheadle in a biopic. The film has not yet gone into production.[2]
- 1 March: P Diddy could be taken to court after being found in breach of a previous agreement not to use the name "Diddy" in the United Kingdom. The agreement had been formed with DJ Richard "Diddy" Dearlove. [3]
Recent deaths: Herman Stein
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Waltz No. 1 of Sixteen Waltzes for piano, four hands by Johannes Brahms. |
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