music history

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(1 vote) The Serpent (and I thought the trombone gets no respect)

The serpent is the bass instrument of the cornett family. Read more...

(1 vote) History of the Trombone in Brief

The histories of the trumpet and trombone diverged in the late fourteenth century. Read more...

(1 vote) Musicology for Everyone

Musicology is the academic study of music, as opposed to composition and performance. Sound boring? I hope not. Read more...

(2 votes) Famous Women in Science and Mathematics

Someone said to me recently that there just weren't very many women who'd made a difference in science and mathematics, and asked why I thought that was. There were many sites I brought up to refute t Read more...

(1 vote) Musicology for Everyone

Musicology is the academic study of music, as opposed to composition and performance. Sound boring? I hope not. Read more...

(1 vote) The Serpent (and I thought the trombone gets no respect)

The serpent is the bass instrument of the cornett family. Read more...

(1 vote) History of the Trombone in Brief

The histories of the trumpet and trombone diverged in the late fourteenth century. Read more...

(1 vote) Motets and Mandgrials

A motet is a major form of Renaissance music in which there are polyphonic settings of Latin text. They are vastly varied choral compositions. Read more...

(1 vote) First known digital music recording surfaces

A crackly analogue recording made in 1951 is the earliest known example of a digital computer making music, say UK historians. The recording captures one of the earliest computers to use short term ra Read more...

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