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Brian Manahan

The Recycled Orchestra: Transcending Trash into Music

April 21, 2016 by Brian Manahan Leave a Comment

    Located on the outer edge of Asuncion in Paraguay, a community lives on a landfill of Catuera. A majority of people living there sell any recyclable materials they find as a source of income. This area is stricken with poverty and a general lack of education: inducing youth towards delinquency and drug consumption. More than 40% of … [Read more...] about The Recycled Orchestra: Transcending Trash into Music

North American Instruments Highlight

February 25, 2016 by Brian Manahan Leave a Comment

 The history of traditional North American musical instruments is cosmopolitan based on their construction and development. For example, musical instruments used by Native Americans have resulted from pan-Indianism. Pan-Indianism is a movement that unified Native American culture with a common basis. As a result, the Native American was synthesized. While the Native American … [Read more...] about North American Instruments Highlight

19th Century Classical Virtuosos: The Rock Stars of Their Day

February 18, 2016 by Brian Manahan Leave a Comment

In contemporary society we have electrifying and animated rock stars such as Ozzy Osbourne. Celebrated rock stars appeal to audiences with highly exciting and vigorous styles that showcase them as powerful individuals. In the19th century, a variety of virtuosi captured audiences throughout the Western world in the same manner. The significance of the large presence of virtuosos … [Read more...] about 19th Century Classical Virtuosos: The Rock Stars of Their Day

Historical Endurance of the “Dies Irae” Plainchant

February 11, 2016 by Brian Manahan Leave a Comment

“Dies Irae” is a Latin hymn and a particularly renowned melody of plainchant. Based in Christianity, the “Dies Irae,” or “Day of Wrath” is a rumination of the day of judgement. The first stanza of this Medieval Latin poem has be translated as: “That day of wrath, that dreadful day, shall heaven and earth in ashes lay, as David and the Sybil say.” While ominous in … [Read more...] about Historical Endurance of the “Dies Irae” Plainchant

The Star Wars Soundtrack: Neoromanticism and Contribution to the History of the Leitmotif

February 4, 2016 by Brian Manahan Leave a Comment

  With the recent release of the seventh installment of the Star Wars saga, its legacy continues from its initial release back in 1977. There are many memorable and iconic features of the Star Wars legacy yet some of the most memorable features are the musical themes developed and reiterated throughout the seven films. When George Lucas was working on the first Star … [Read more...] about The Star Wars Soundtrack: Neoromanticism and Contribution to the History of the Leitmotif

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