be compared to a lute. There are several ways in which it is played; however, it is unusually performed in a small ensemble or alone. The sitar is indigenous to the country of India and is best known from the performances of the Indian virtuoso Ravi Shankar. However, it wasn’t only used in Indian styles of music, but also in Rock music. The origin of the sitar is covered up in controversy. The story was told of Amir Khusrau, a poet for an Indian ruler of the early 1300s, being the original creator
For someone who considers his television a family member, such as myself, the summer season is a harsh, empty period of time. Fresh programming is at a minimum, leaving me to either rehash old broadcasts, scan the wasteland of hundreds of other channels offered by my cable company, or; god help me, just turn the ol' TV off. Lately, with the current trend of programming choices, I have been opting for the latter of the three, finding my entertainment in print form (crazy, I know). The primary factor
Varanasi, India, is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is considered a holy city by the Hindus in India. And it also holds some significance to Buddhists, Buddhism was actually founded in Varanasi. (Goldman). Due to these reasons Varanasi receives millions of traveling pilgrims from around the world and in this day and age, traveling is easier than it's ever been, both old and young are traveling more than ever. But for anyone interested in religion or philosophy, they may want to visit Varanasi
nearly three dozen well-known and unknown acts representing an eclectic mix of styles and sounds. The festival included some of the greatest performer’s, the lineup included performances from Simon & Garfunkel, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, The Grateful Dead, The Mamas and the Papas, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, The Who and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Some 200,000 people attended the Monterey Pop Festival over its three-day schedule and were later hailed as a triumph of organization
PIANO MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA This piano piece is from the romantic era, demonstrating breathtakingly lyrical and expressive melody, chromatic harmony, and use of dissonance to convey emotion (Wright 232-233). The dark beauty, haunting quality, melodic structure, and lyrical nature reminded me of Frederic Chopin, the master of the nocturne (Wright 232, 270). After comparing it to several pieces by the composer, I determined that it was Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (Op 27 No 1)1. As with other romantic
David Byrne and Paul Simon, as well as a broad array of international musical artists that represent diverse traditions and musical stylings. Throughout his career, Philip Glass has also collaborated with legendary names such as Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing and Martin Scorsese. The son of a music-shop owner, Philip Glass was born on January 31, 1937 in Baltimore Maryland. Showing his appreciation for music at an early age, Philip studied the flute as a boy. At the tender
possible arrogance, trouble is easily foreseen. To everyone’s surprise the Concert for Bangladesh was very peaceful. There had been on issue, a group of people who did not have tickets, charged the fences and broke them down. Ironically Harrison and Shankar did not allow any police to work their show. So, when the people tore down the fence and it was handled peacefully, this was shocking to the world. Farida Majid, a historian for Bangladesh had mentioned that the concert was so warm felt, that the
exploration with songwriting through their experimentation with music. This can be viewed through the use of Indian instruments like the sitar, and incorporating Indian musical traditions and qualities with their songs. With musical influences like Ravi Shankar brought onto George Harrison his inspiration for Indian music allowed him to maintain leadership within the group by writing songs like ‘Within You Without You.’ Finally, by The Beatles investigating with Indian music it gave them a different psychedelic
In the eyes of many, The Beatles are one of the most influential bands of the 20th century. They have influenced me in my everyday life and so many great musicians in the past 50 years. This fact alone, makes it hard to imagine that they were once influenced by someone else. While doing some research, I found various artists that influenced them through the beginning of their careers until the very end. In the following paragraphs, I will be sharing with you a few of the artists I thought to be the
the jungle and is in line with my perception of sloth behavior. However, after reading the second stanza and looking up information about the sloth, I learned new things about the creature that gave deeper meaning to the poem. In the third stanza, Shankar describes the sloth’s fur as “teeming with green algae” and the last line, “nutrients that seep back through” makes me visualize the fur as being its own little ecosystem for the ticks and beetles. “Peacock” p. 22
The chapter begins with Eric’s reflections about India, the ninth country he visits on his happiness quest. He compares this place to the concept of family, since it annoys him, but he could not live without knowing it. This thought proves Eric’ statement when he affirms that India is a country full of contradictions. The author experienced a background history with this country. Indeed, he wanted to be a foreign journalist, so when he was offered a job by the NPR in India, he could not resist.
3.2 ISM Methodology ISM is a qualitative tool developed by Warfield in 1974 with the objective of understanding the mutual relationships among various issues related to a problem. ISM is a process that enables individuals or groups to develop a structural model of the contextual relationships among elements in any situation and it calculates binary matrix which is also called as adjacency matrix. (Huang et al. 2005). Its basic idea is to use expert’s opinion to decompose a complex system into several
Woodstock “But when I played Woodstock, I’ll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I’ll never forget,” says Edgar winter, a performer of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 was much more than just a festival. Woodstock was 400,000 people of all ages, races, and religions, coming together to celebrate love and music
Aleatoric or Post- Tonal music is not well known today because of music trends, but during the 18th to the 19th century it was very popular. Aleatoric music is “music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s)” (princeton.edu, 2014). Post -tonal was very popular because it was mostly improvisation and sometimes sounded a little unsettling. Many instruments were introduced
artists was a long line, the first artist to sign was, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Creedence Clearwater Revival sparked many others to sign and play at Woodstock. The lineup went in order of Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill, Country Joe McDonald, John B. Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Incredible String Band, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Leslie West & Mountain, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family
were leaving there cars to run to the festival which caused a huge problem. Only a few of the musicians made it before the traffic jam others had to be brought in by helicopter. Who were some of these people you may ask. Well we have Richie Haven, Ravi Shankar, Tim Hardin, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Melanie Safka, Arlo Guthrie, and Joan Baez. (“Woodstock”) The first person to play was supposed to be Sweetwater but they were stuck in traffic so Richie Havens had to open up the festival. Richie did not want
both Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley at the beginning of their career, like Chuck's "Rock and Roll Music", Elvis's "That's All Right, Mama". Another important figure to influence The Beatles in their music playing and production would have to be Ravi Shankar. George Harrison studied with him for quite some time and that influenced his guitar playing and song composing. Also, he added sitar in a
I have been a fan of The Beatles since my early childhood, and have always wondered what inspired them to write their music. Throughout history, music has brought Indian society and civilization together, often doing so contradictory to the conflict between the major religious sects of South Asia. The symbolism behind music provides common musical practice, and they are shared across sacred boundaries of many kinds. The religious and philosophical unity presented through musical practice has deep
Indian Music The music of India is one of the oldest unspoken musical traditions in the world. The basis of for Indian music is “sangeet.” Sangeet is a combination of three art forms: vocal music, instrumental music (Indian music). Indian music is base upon seven modes (scales). It is probably no coincidence that Greek music is also base upon seven modes. Furthermore, the Indian scales follow the same process of modulation (murchana) that was found in ancient Greek music. Since Greece is also
When people think about the 60’s the majority of them all think about the Beatles. The Beatles is a band that made Rock and Roll a totally, different type of music. Even though The Beatles were such a hit, as time went on they started to fall apart. Over 50 years later, the Beatles are still classified as one of the best band of all time. Before the Beatles were the Beatles, they were just normal musicians. John Lennon the person in charge of the band in the 50’s called the Quarry Men met Paul McCartney