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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.06%3A_Leonard_BernsteinAt this time, Bernstein had studied composition and conducting at Harvard, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and the Berkshire Music Center in Massachusetts; he had become involved with a...At this time, Bernstein had studied composition and conducting at Harvard, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and the Berkshire Music Center in Massachusetts; he had become involved with a circle of popular entertainers who performed at the Village Vanguard in New York City; and he had been employed as an arranger and transcriber of popular songs and jazz.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.08%3A_John_ColtraneBorn the son of a minister in North Carolina, he was something of a late-bloomer as a musician; his earliest recordings, from the 1940s, show only a shadow of the genius he would become. But by the mi...Born the son of a minister in North Carolina, he was something of a late-bloomer as a musician; his earliest recordings, from the 1940s, show only a shadow of the genius he would become. But by the mid-1950s, he was one of the most important jazz musicians on the scene, and the recordings he made with Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis (especially Davis’s Kind of Blue from 1959) are now legendary.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.36%3A_Arnold_SchoenbergThese are seminal principles that form the underpinnings of the religious music of the Renaissance, the fugues and cantatas of Bach, the symphonies of Beethoven, the operas of Mozart and Verdi, and ot...These are seminal principles that form the underpinnings of the religious music of the Renaissance, the fugues and cantatas of Bach, the symphonies of Beethoven, the operas of Mozart and Verdi, and other masterpieces of Western art music.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.25%3A_Thelonious_MonkIn the early 1940s he became house pianist at Minton’s in Harlem, helping to formulate what would become “bebop”— the style that would define modern jazz — though Monk himself never considered himself...In the early 1940s he became house pianist at Minton’s in Harlem, helping to formulate what would become “bebop”— the style that would define modern jazz — though Monk himself never considered himself a “bebopper” and his music does not fit easily into that category.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.29%3A_Astor_PiazzollaPiazzolla was world-famous as a composer, bandleader, and virtuoso of the bandoneón, a type of 38-key accordion considered one of the crucial instruments of the traditional tango ensemble. At the time...Piazzolla was world-famous as a composer, bandleader, and virtuoso of the bandoneón, a type of 38-key accordion considered one of the crucial instruments of the traditional tango ensemble. At the time of his death he was at work on an opera about the life of Carlos Gardel, a hugely popular tango singer of the 1920s and 30s.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographieshttps://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beethoven.jpg
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.02%3A_Louis_ArmstrongAmong his hits as a singer toward the end of his career were “What a Wonderful World” (featured in the movie Good Morning Vietnam), “Mac the Knife,” and especially “Hello, Dolly,” the immense populari...Among his hits as a singer toward the end of his career were “What a Wonderful World” (featured in the movie Good Morning Vietnam), “Mac the Knife,” and especially “Hello, Dolly,” the immense popularity of which took him utterly by surprise (the song knocked the Beatles out of first place on the pop charts in 1964).
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.39%3A_Ravi_ShankarOur ragas are the vehicles by which the essence can be perceived.” He describes the experience of performing as one in which he infuses the “breath of life into a raga” and “each note pulses with life...Our ragas are the vehicles by which the essence can be perceived.” He describes the experience of performing as one in which he infuses the “breath of life into a raga” and “each note pulses with life and the raga becomes vibrant and incandescent.”
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/09%3A_Musician_Biographies/9.31%3A_Elvis_PresleyPhilips had recorded both white country singers and black blues singes, but in Presley he discovered a young white man who had exceptional feel for the black music, as demonstrated on his early blues ...Philips had recorded both white country singers and black blues singes, but in Presley he discovered a young white man who had exceptional feel for the black music, as demonstrated on his early blues covers “That’s All Right Mama” (original by Arthur Crudup), “Good Rockin’ Tonight” (original by Roy Brown), and “Mystery Train” (original by Jr.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/07%3A_Jazz
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Ethnomusicology/Music_-_Its_Language_History_and_Culture_(Cohen)/08%3A_World_Music/8.02%3A_AfricaBeyond the recognition that African musicians maintained a vibrant and very distinct art, it has also been noted that this music — especially that of West Africa, from where the majority of slaves wer...Beyond the recognition that African musicians maintained a vibrant and very distinct art, it has also been noted that this music — especially that of West Africa, from where the majority of slaves were taken — has played a significant role in the black cultural Diaspora, with important implications for the music of Latin America, the Caribbean (see page 59), and a variety of African American traditions (see American vernacular traditions; Jazz).
