Conclusion

Music is an evolving force that has transcended down through the ages from worship of deities to worshiping of self. With the expression through imaging and technology producing sounds that completes all that we see. Hopefully music while it has taking detour in what is wholesome amidst the main stream culture, will continue on the road that has produced and shed light on many cultures down thru the ages to inspire people to do great things for worthy causes and not solely for our own pleasure and debauchery, but machination for things of worth.

Help! Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXh4EuJa2TU

Liberation: Nation, People, Sex

Oh the songs that moves a nation, the inspirational sounds that cause many a men to overcome unbeatable odds or lose their lives for the sake a national anthem! Ah, but when you think of the genius that went into the composition of the words to move a nation it makes the heart tingle with excitement! During the twentieth century we experience something more with music that helped change how people thought. Though it took time the music transcended cultures in a way that allowed for people to cross racial lines in areas of socializing and interaction in a sexual manner that would have never been imagined. Perhaps this all came about because someone took the chance to write and play their passion?



Angelo Smimmo "Opera Buffa" Roberto De Simone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUjsLFGLts

Joseph Haydn - Deutschland Uber Alles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IaFaJrmno

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq62iQo0eU

Martin Luther King Jr - I Have a Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLvSnr6s50

Britney Spears, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, MTV 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfsRiKL480

Technology: From Stradivarius to Stratocaster

The transformation of music thru the centuries has a rich history of innovative ideas to create a more meaningful sound with the invention of keyboard instruments the elevations of melodies continue to climb to higher heights with no ceiling in view. Add the element of electricity and you no longer look for a ceiling but realize that the sky is the limit! From strings to synthesizers technology from it primitive to its present status has enhanced our listening pleasure.

Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkIULqYxiPU

Harpsichord Performance: Comparone Plays Scarlatti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71iUAFFQ8ik

Amadeus (Movie): Don Giovanni – Mozart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxcjxN0rPzs


Seige of Ennis - Stroh Violin & Spoons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnnSO8wTQB4

Purpose: Music is The Most Romantic of All the Arts’

Throughout history the thought has been music was a means to draw men closer to God! However, as we look closer at this period of music we see composition created to exalt men and their social status moving from worship of the Almighty in song to the secularization of societies along with its music. The movers and the shakers who were shear geniuses in the created masterpiece in music gradually praised the accolades of men and wrote of the romantics between men and women. With this change the creation of music that is called classical, jazz and rock in which today resonates thru all aspects of everyday life helped shape society as we know it.

biscic002 Soli Deo Gloria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGMkgDI9vM

Norrington - Beethoven's 3rd Symphony (Eroica) 3rd Movement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXVDDHB3ybU

Wagner at Bayreuth, ca. 1882
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG9c-l0T36g

Status: You Are a God-Man the True Artist by God’s Grace:

Joseph Haydn - Die Jahreszeiten (1801)
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Music throughout history gives rise and fall to musicians making them something of a phenomenon and hailed with high esteem even giving them honors due to their representation of the various deities that societies worshipped. While this in certain instances still applies, during the time of Plato, music became something to be studied and venerated as an academic that equaled all other major studies making a true academic whole.

Socrates and Plato Talk Music
http://amazingdiscoveries.org/socrates-and-plato-talk-music.html

Introduction:

The triumph of music will take you on a journey that correlates the various moments in time were composition in certain instances had a great effect on what took place within the particular culture during that era and shaped issue to come. Other scenarios provide music that was fashioned by what took place in the mind of the composers or what moved societies during the moment verses were written; in any case the journey is a most interesting one, which gives reason to reflect how important music truly is!

Don't Stop Movin' (Party At The Palace 2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBDR-0xDzOc
God Save The Queen Opening the Palace Party 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml12_zZgn-4

Night at Steamers

The evening spent at steamer s with a jazz quartet was really a treat! Located at 138 W. Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832, you get all that you could bargain for great jazz music and various dishes that give you the flavor of Louisiana, at a reasonable price. It also provides entertainment that will truly make you feel as if you are on Bourbon Street. Which is known for jazz and blues amongst other things? The piece of resistance was Carol Welsman and her accomplished musicians that accompanied her on the piano. She and internationally acclaimed singer as well as pianist truly engaged the audience and gave history and smooth performances of various songs attributed to various artists who inspired her to take the music a little further with twist and turns. Always giving compliments to her ban for the various solo portion of the pieces that were played, which made the audience appreciate all the more.

Carol is a native of Canada and the granddaughter of the first conductor as well as founder of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her grandfather Frank S. Welsman in high school mastered double bass, violin and classical piano. Which leaves Carol some pretty big shoes to fill and that is exactly what she has done, just in another form of music. For starters she is fluent in English, Italian and French sings in other languages such as Portuguese. Performed for President Clinton, Gray Davis former Governor of California, and Stevie Wonder, these are only a few prominent figures that she was afforded such an opportunity to display her prowess as a musician. With sales of over 60,000 albums in her native country of Canada and was awarded at the 2006 Canadian Smooth Jazz Award “Best Female Vocalist” a feat that is hard to match by any stretch of the imagination.

With her training and fortunate opportunity to combine rhythms and language together into the genre of jazz makes the sounds all the more refreshing. Giving life to songs that may have been long forgotten by some, but Carol and her band revived them as it was evident from the audience claps on piece that escape one memories until the moment they were played. Carols heritage in music if you will is steeped in jazz classics. It is said that she is reminiscent of the greats such as Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald with her sultry sounds. Many of her song were attributed to the greats Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Peggy Lee as mentioned earlier and some songs where just plain old fun. Such as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on this one heard the audience humming along one they all could remember. She really understood how to keep the audience engaged and participative while entertaining them as well as being entertains by our participation as well. Another impressive talent or ability and a prominent one was her ability to scat she did a wonderful job fusing this all together. Playing the piano and spouting of various words that rhymed and but not coherent to us, the whole time no getting tong tide and expressing words that were audible to keep us in line with the theme of the song, very impressive!

This experience was an enjoyable one and if you are ever in Fullerton California and you have a free evening anytime during the week check out Steamers. It a place you can truly enjoy jazz. The people are friendly and the food is great! The ambience will get you in the mood for the music you will hear. On certain days there is no cover charge, so that’s would always be a plus, you can just drop in and take in the sounds of New Orleans and various other Blues and Jazz States while never living California! This whole section of town seems to offer various types of clubs and pubs the spend an afternoon or evening in, all in walking distance of each other so checking out various venues would be an added bonus of who knows you may stumble across the next great musical artist! Then you could make the claim of you where there when the first got their start, anything is possible? Honestly, it really was a nice evening spending time listening to music that I had gotten away from and realized that I still enjoy its various sounds and the art that goes into producing it all Especially, after doing research into the history of it all, amazing how much of a role it plays in the fabric of our society.

D.Ford

Improvisation

Listening to the various forms of improvisation has been interesting. From Louis Armstrong thru John Hong impromptu was pleasant and helped understand a little of what jazz means to America, while Victor Borge and Hong are exhilarating performances and truly appreciated. Learning how down through the age’s American music evolved and defines the character or existence if you will of what being an American is all about. In my opinion that is the individuality, but an innate ability to pull together thus creating something wonderful for all to experience! With a determined mind set to separate ourselves from the clutches of European governance, especially after the War of 1812 which in essence was the catalyst which propelled the American culture to distance itself from European culture regarding artistic endeavors and to furnish our own brand of Americana. It seems that many of the pioneers were unlikely candidates at the present time, but perseverance in a style of music which morphed from minstrel shows to folk music then blues continuing to evolve into jazz and good time music, which embodies improvisation and allows for the truest form of democracy as people come as individuals and play as a group but competing to outdo one another, giving the society a treat because we get the best of what they have to offer thru challenges. If America looses this we exist for what purpose then?

D.Ford