Sono anni che, accendendo la radio, vi pare di ascoltare sempre la stessa musica? Credete che la colpa sia dell’industria discografica? Stando a un recente studio inglese pubblicato sul Royal Society Open Science, potreste sbagliarvi. Certo, esistono dei trend negli aspetti armonici e timbrici, ma la musica pop si è evoluta e lo ha fatto […]
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Highbrow notes into the mainstream: The Beatles’ “Revolution 9” (Part 2)
Sit down, wear your earphones and listen to The Beatles’ Revolution 9. It is a collage; you could even have fun trying to isolate all the sounds. I will help you with a few hints: you can hear edited samples from performances of classical music – such as the final chord from Sibelius’ Symphony No.7, and the […]
Highbrow notes into the mainstream: The Beatles’ “Revolution 9” (Part 1)
A journey into the Beatles’ fascination for 1950s and 1960s electronic music You all know Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Grammy Award-winning album cover, a collage of pictures of famous people from different fields hanging on a wall behind the Beatles themselves. The initial idea for the artwork was proposed by Paul McCartney, who also chose German modern composer […]