Native music in out-of-the-way parts of the world is fast disappearing. Thousands of songs and drum rhythms handed down through generations of woolly-headed blacks, Oriental priests and court ...

This will be preceded by an interview with the leading man of the original Broadway production – Bill Hayes, who will share his memories of the musical and its original performers, Rodgers and ...

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s department of ethnomusicology offers a range of different ensembles spanning multiple regions throughout the world, each with a rich musical dynamic and sound.

The complexity of the melodies of the most popular songs each year in the U.S.—according to the Billboard year-end singles charts—has decreased since 1950, a study published in Scientific Reports ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Music history is littered with all forms of musician, some of whom have a good understanding of ...

“Composing is like fishing,” said the late Jerome Kern. “You get a nibble, but you don’t know whether it’s a minnow or a marlin until you reel it in.” Writing quickly and easily. Kern landed enough ...