Style And The Changing Sources Of Music

Music is the fine art of arranging various sounds in musical time to create a composition often through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and pitch. It is perhaps one of the oldest universal cultural factors of all human cultures. Given this, it has been an inspiration to a great number of artistic works including, but not limited to, all types of music, from the simplest note played through a musical instrument to the most elaborate orchestral composition. The influence of music can be seen even today in the way people dress up for social events, or even how certain songs are interpreted during dramatic scenes in movies and TV shows.

Among the most influential composers who have contributed to the evolution of music, some of which are still being heard today, are Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Elton John, Bach again, Elton John’s piano music, and Handel. The most important characteristic of a composer of this period, after musical ability, is his aptitude to change source of sound easily, as dictated by his environment. Some of these composers had very humble beginnings, only spending a few months as trainee musicians in conservatories and professional guilds before making their mark in the world of music. Others, however, had more classical training before they were given the opportunity to develop their musical style and talent. These artists included Haydn, Salviati, Haydn’s apprentice, Salieri, Paganini, and Berlioz.

In the late nineteenth century, with the inception of a greater focus of importance in Europe upon the performance of musical pieces in public, music became more widely performed in parlours and coffee houses. This marked a beginning of what would become the concert tradition in which the audience would play a selection of pieces pre-written for them to perform during a designated performance. This marked the first step towards what would later be known as instrumentalists in music. However, in the early twentieth century, with the arrival of electric lighting and other electrical means of presenting music, and with the evolution of the piano, some piano music was once again changed into an available choice for performers of many different styles and abilities.