Welcome to Music Facts
Welcome to Music-Facts.com! Have you ever heard a piece of music and wanted to know more about it? Like who wrote it or more about who performs it or maybe even the story behind the piece? Then this is the right place to be!
Arthur Fiedler
Conductor of the Boston Pops
Have you ever heard of the incomparable Arthur Fiedler, Conductor of the Boston Pops?
What about Elvis Presley, The Berlin Philharmonic, Natalie MacMaster, Johnny Cash, Andrea Bocelli, and many more? What kind of music do they play? What are some of the famous pieces they have performed?
What about who is Johannes Brahms, Tomaso Albinoni, Leonard Bernstein, Eric Satie or Guiseppi Verdi? These names are just some of the many performers and composers of music!
Music
Music is the art of combining sounds in a manner agreeable to the ear; it is divided into two parts.
- Melody
- Harmony
Music is listened to and enjoyed the world over. There are so many different genres, but one thing that is the same with all music is that it is a little more interesting when we can learn more about the performers and the pieces!
Each country has different genres or styles that are more popular than others. For instance as well known as Classical Music is, Country Music is more popular in the United States of America.
Yet others prefer listening to World Music. And some enjoy listening to all three of these styles of music and many more!
And who doesn't listen to Christmas Music during the wintertime?
Music Video
For those who enjoy many different kinds of music, these many versions of Pachelbel's Canon should be a delight! The video below is performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - LAGQ an amazing quartet of musicians.
Did You Know...
- That Ludwig van Beethoven was only 5 foot 4 inches tall!
- That the piano is in the percussion family because it is played by hammers hitting the strings.
- Two of the top selling solo artists in the United States were Country Music Singers: Elvis Presley and Garth Brooks!
Welcome to the Music Blog where it is easy to find the latest great content added to Music-Facts.com.
So you just received an MP3 Player for Christmas or a Birthday but you don't know how to download music onto MP3 player. These are the simplest directions to show you how!
Are you trying to do a song lyrics phrase search? It's so easy here at Music-Facts.com
Welcome to Classical Music Facts! It's the place to find out all about the composers and the orchestra instruments they composed for.
Welcome to Classical Composers Music Facts. Want to know more about about a composer? Here is a list of classical composers.
Welcome to Musical Instruments Facts. There are so many interesting facts to learn about the orchestral instruments.
Discover world music and the national anthems. Also learn about many folk song lyrics played by folk musicians.
The National Anthem is a song that represents a country. It is generally about either the history of the country or about something for which it stands.
The American National Anthem is the Star Spangled Banner which was written by Francis Scott Key.
The Australian National Anthem is Advance Australia Fair which was written by Peter Dodds McCormick.
The royal Denmark anthem and the national anthem are two songs with equal status.
The Chile National Anthem was written by Manuel Robles and Bernardo de Vera y Pintado.
The Canadian National anthem is O Canada which was composed by Calixa Lavalle.
The Irish national anthem is A Soldiers Song which was written by Peadar Kearney and Patrick Heeney in 1907.
The British National Anthem is God Save the Queen which was written sometime before 1745 when it was first publicly performed for King George II.
Love listening to Country Music? Then this is the place to be to learn all about the great country artists like Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Daniels and Boxcar Willie.
Enjoy listening to Bluegrass Music and want to learn more about it? Then Music Facts has the best information for you!
Like watching Country Music Videos? Here are my favorites.
Don't you just love driving down the road singing out your favorite Country Songs Lyrics? Or while at home watching the latest country music videos?
Like to listen to Christmas Music? It doesn't have to be Christmas time to listen to a good Christmas CD and sing along those Christmas Carol Lyrics :)
Watching Christmas Music Videos, what a fun way to enjoy the Christmas spirit! Here are just some of my favorites that I hope you will enjoy! Merry Christmas!
Parts of a violin descriptions. The Violin is the soprano instrument of the bowed string family. If you ever listen to an orchestra play the violin makes up a large part of the sound. The violin works well in an orchestra, as a solo instrument and with any intrument.
Pictures of musical instruments. Here's the story of how I got pictures of musical instruments for my website. The musical instrument names are below each image.
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