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Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. While scholars agree that music is defined by a small number of specific elements, there is no consensus as to what these necessary elements are. Music is often characterized as a highly versatile medium for expressing human creativity. Diverse activities are involved in the creation of music, and are often divided into categories of composition, improvisation, and performance. Music may be performed using a wide variety of musical instruments, including the human voice.
Music often plays a key role in social events and religious ceremony. The techniques of making music are often transmitted from as part of a cultural tradition. Music is played in public and private contexts, highlighted at events such as festivals and concerts for various different types of ensembles. Music is used in the production of other media, such as in soundtracks to films, TV shows, operas, and video games.
Listening to music is a common means of entertainment. The culture surrounding music extends into areas of academic study, journalism, philosophy, psychology, and therapy. The music industry includes songwriters, performers, sound engineers, producers, tour organizers, distributors of instruments, accessories, and publishers of sheet music and recordings. Technology facilitating the recording and reproduction of music has historically included sheet music, microphones, phonographs, and tape machines, with playback of digital musics being a common use for MP3 players, CD players, and smartphones. (Full article...)
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- ... that the Soviet soprano Tamara Milashkina performed alongside her husband Vladimir Atlantov at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1975?
- ... that Oksana Lyniv founded the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in 2016 and conducted them in thirty concerts across ten music festivals in 2022?
- ... that Felipe Lara's Pulitzer finalist Double Concerto turns its soloists into a "many-tentacled creature"?
- ... that a will bequeathing the Chestnut Street Opera House to the University of Pennsylvania was contested at the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania?
- ... that Wilner Burke was the director of the Lumberjack Band, the marching band of the Green Bay Packers, for 42 years?
Today's Birthdays
- Birthdays in Music: June 24
- Arthur Brown, of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Kingdom Come (British band), turns 82.
- John "Charlie" Whitney, guitarist of Family (band), Streetwalkersa and Axis Point, turns 80.
- Colin Blunstone, singer of The Zombies, turns 79.
- Mick Fleetwood, drummer and leader of Fleetwood Mac, turns 77.
- Mike de Albuquerque, bassist with Electric Light Orchestra, turns 77.
- Patrick Moraz, keyboardist with Yes and The Moody Blues, turns 76.
- John Illsley, bassist of Dire Straits, turns 75.
- Andy McCluskey, singer/songwriter of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), turns 65.
- Curt Smith, bassist, keyboardist and co-vocalist of Tears for Fears, turns 63.
- Hope Sandoval, singer of Mazzy Star, turns 58.
- Richard Kruspe, guitarist of Rammstein and singer of Emigrate (band), turns 57.
- Glenn Medeiros, Portuguese singer-songwriter, turns 54.
- Mario Calire, of The Wallflowers, turns 51.
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