Music History

Aaron Copland: Distinctively American Part 2

Janae Jean

Jul 38 min read

Aaron Copland: Distinctively American Part 2

In part two, we learn how Copland created his distinctly American style and how McCarthyism impacted his career.

Music Theory and Practice – Classical Counterpoint

Janae Jean

Jun 295 min read

Music Theory and Practice – Classical Counterpoint

The Continued Evolution of Counterpoint Refresher: What is Counterpoint? In the post, Music Theory and Practice – Introduction to...

Women in the Arts – Fanny Mendelssohn: A Prodigious Talent

Janae Jean

Jul 2, 20234 min read

Women in the Arts – Fanny Mendelssohn: A Prodigious Talent

Meet the F. Mendelssohn While not as well-known as her younger brother, Felix Mendelssohn (Feb. 3, 1809 - Nov. 4, 1847), 19th century...

Music Theory and Practice – So What's Bach Ever Done for us?

Janae Jean

Dec 27, 20225 min read

Music Theory and Practice – So What's Bach Ever Done for us?

Or, how studying music history makes you a better musician–no matter what genre you work in. Studying the history of music is beneficial...

Frohe Weihnachten! – Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, and Still, Still, Still

Janae Jean

Dec 24, 20225 min read

Frohe Weihnachten! – Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, and Still, Still, Still

The Stories of Three German Christmas Songs Nothing evokes the feeling of Christmas to us like sipping hot chocolate on a crisp afternoon...

One Picture Is Worth One Thousand Notes – An Interview with Composer John Dante Prevedini

Janae Jean

Dec 20, 202214 min read

One Picture Is Worth One Thousand Notes – An Interview with Composer John Dante Prevedini

Our First Featured Interview! For our first interview on the Perennial blog, I spoke with composer and educator John Dante Prevedini. ...

The Musical Bridge – 4 Traditional Irish Musical Instruments

Janae Jean

Mar 16, 20226 min read

The Musical Bridge – 4 Traditional Irish Musical Instruments

Music of the Emerald Isle On the Perennial Blog, I have several different ongoing article series, many of which that have been recurring...

Beauty Is In the Eye (and Ear) of the Beholder – 5 Examples of Augenmusik or Eye Music

Janae Jean

Feb 14, 20226 min read

Beauty Is In the Eye (and Ear) of the Beholder – 5 Examples of Augenmusik or Eye Music

Celebrating the Beauty of Love this Valentine's Day In today's multimedia landscape, it's common—and often necessary—for one person to be...

Women in Music – Barbara Strozzi, Baroque Songstress

Janae Jean

Aug 6, 20216 min read

Women in Music – Barbara Strozzi, Baroque Songstress

Barbara Strozzi was the most prolific composer of secular songs of her time.

Music & Arts at the Movies – 5 Composer Biopics for Movie Night

Janae Jean

Jul 12, 202112 min read

Music & Arts at the Movies – 5 Composer Biopics for Movie Night

5 Baroque and Classical Composer Biopics Music and movies have gone together since the earliest days of cinema. Silent films were...

Janae Jean

May 6, 202112 min read

Women in Music – Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Modernist Composer, Music Educator, Ethnomusicologist, and Mother Before we get into our Mother's Day themed post,...

Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - "Ellas" Edition

Janae Jean

Apr 17, 202117 min read

Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - "Ellas" Edition

The Stories Behind the Songs April is Jazz Appreciation Month, also cleverly called as "JAM."The Smithsonian's Museum of American History...

Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - Fellas Edition

Janae Jean

Apr 15, 202111 min read

Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - Fellas Edition

The Stories Behind the Songs April is Jazz Appreciation Month, also cleverly called as "JAM."It was founded at the Smithsonian's Museum...

Janae Jean

Nov 2, 202012 min read

Music for the Dead – The Requiem

Music for Remembrance We've reached Fall 2020, a year that will no doubt be remembered as a year of transition and mourning. This past...

Orchestration Basics – Choir – Voices Types

Janae Jean

Oct 19, 202010 min read

Orchestration Basics – Choir – Voices Types

Classifying the Voice There are four main voice types in choral music: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.

Janae Jean

Aug 11, 20206 min read

Four Types of Texture in Music

What images pop into your heard when you hear the word "texture"? Soft or hard? Dry or wet? Alive or inanimate? Slimy? Sticky? Fur, skin,...

Janae Jean

Feb 8, 20206 min read

Sample This! Part 3

A Brief Introduction to Sampling in Music: Part Three Breakbeats, Turntables, Early Hip Hop In the previous installments, we continued...

Janae Jean

Dec 5, 20195 min read

Songs of the Season 2019

Happy Holidays from Perennial Music and Arts! Ave Maria Schubert's "Ave Maria" contains music that was originally meant to be part of a...

The Musical Bridge: Salute to America's Bandsmen – John Philip Sousa and Glenn Miller

Janae Jean

Jul 3, 20198 min read

The Musical Bridge: Salute to America's Bandsmen – John Philip Sousa and Glenn Miller

What says, "summer" more than a parade? And, what says, "parade" more than a marching band? Music has been the flint to strike up the fire o

Janae Jean

Dec 1, 20185 min read

Holiday Song Stories 2018

The Stories Behind Some of Our Favorite Holiday Songs In the Bleak Midwinter "In the Bleak Midwinter” is a Christmas carol based on a...

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