Take a quick trip back in time, to 1890. Here you can lisÂten to Pyotr Tchaikovsky (The NutÂcrackÂer, the 1812 OverÂture, etc.) and othÂer emiÂnent musiÂcians havÂing some fun, recordÂing their voicÂes on a then new-fanÂgled techÂnolÂoÂgy, the phonoÂgraph cylinÂder, inventÂed by Thomas EdiÂson in 1877. To get a tranÂscript of what the friends had to say, you can read the tranÂscript after the jump. Thanks MagÂgie for this tip. (via BoingÂBoÂing)
For the past couÂple of months, A GloÂriÂous Dawn, a mashup meldÂing Stephen HawkÂing’s voice with scenes from Carl Sagan’s CosÂmos, has been makÂing its way around the bloÂgosÂphere. Now, on the eve of what would have been Sagan’s 75th birthÂday (he died in 1996), A GloÂriÂous Dawn has been offiÂcialÂly released as a sinÂgle by Third Man Records, the label creÂatÂed by White Stripes singer Jack White. We have postÂed the video above. You can also downÂload the song in mp3 and othÂer forÂmats here, or buy it as a speÂcial 7 inch sinÂgle (pre-order here).
via HuffÂinÂgÂton Post and Telegraph.co.uk
A quick note: Paul McCartÂney’s album, MemÂoÂry Almost Full, is going today for $2.99 on AmaÂzon. SupÂposÂedÂly, it’s just a one day deal, so it seemed worth a menÂtion…
This comes to us courÂtesy of TED Talks. Here, Itay TalÂgam, an Israeli conÂducÂtor, talks about the art of leadÂing an orchesÂtra and shows the styles of six great 20th-cenÂtuÂry conÂducÂtors. UltiÂmateÂly, there are some genÂerÂal lessons here. Lessons about leadÂerÂship. Give it a few minÂutes, and it gets going. MeanÂwhile, on a relatÂed note, you might want to check out Yale’s new open course, LisÂtenÂing to Music, which uses clasÂsiÂcal musiÂcal to make sense of music more genÂerÂalÂly. Thanks VickÂie for the great find.
A quick note: AmaÂzon will let you downÂload a Philip Glass samÂpler that conÂtains 21 tracks. You can get them as mp3s, and they’re all free. But the deal ends (it seems) by the end of the day. So act quickÂly.
via LifeÂhackÂer
StanÂford stuÂdents head to the GalaÂpaÂgos Islands, then rap about what they’ve learned. EvoÂluÂtionÂary rap. What a conÂcept…
MeanÂwhile, the proÂfesÂsor whose voice you hear at the outÂset, Bill Durham, taught a course in StanÂford ConÂtinÂuÂing StudÂies (my day job) last year, and we have made it availÂable as a free podÂcast. It’s called DarÂwin’s LegaÂcy, and it brought togethÂer some of the world’s leadÂing DarÂwin scholÂars for the 200th anniverÂsary of Darwin’s birth. You access and learn more about the course here.
via StanÂford’s FaceÂbook page
AccordÂing to the LA Times, U2 will live stream its conÂcert this comÂing SunÂday night on YouTube. Some 95,000 peoÂple have tickÂets for the Rose Bowl show in LA. If you’re not one of them, then you can watch the YouTube stream startÂing at 8:30 pm PacifÂic time. The footage will also be archived for anyÂone who missÂes it. More details here and here.
This clip of Coltrane’s 1960 clasÂsic comes to us via @hughmcguire.
RelatÂed ConÂtent:
Beethoven’s Fifth: The AniÂmatÂed Score
How a Bach Canon Works. More BrilÂliant AniÂmaÂtion
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