music history

Book Review: Why We Like Music

December 7, 2011
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I am super-excited to share with you a book recently introduced to me: Why We Like Music: Ear, Emotion, Evolution. The book was originally published in Italy about 5 years. It has been translated into English by Stephen Thomson Moore and released just two months ago by New World Media. Here’s the short version of […]

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Guest Post: A History of Music Formats

September 14, 2011
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This blog post is a departure from typical Maven posts. But it incorporates 3 things I love: music, technology, and history. So when the author, Michael Springman, approached me about writing this post, I thought “Why not?” I hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane…and maybe even learn something new in the process 🙂 […]

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Pythagorhythmic Theorem: Planets (squared)+Education (squared)=Music (squared)

May 5, 2009

I was going through some old graduate school materials this weekend and came across notes from a Psychology of Music class. Dr. Michael Thaut (Colorado State University) began the class by highlighting how “great minds” in society viewed music and the purpose of music. Using music solely for entertainment is a relatively new idea. Historically, […]

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