In the first article on printing the focus was on printing in general, on the history and the techniques. In this second part we turn our attention to a more specific area, on printing music and music publishing. In the last part of this article there is a complete list and short history of each music publisher that were in …
Printing: a process of reproducing text or an image on paper or other materials through various techniques. Sounds simple, but its evolution has had far-reaching consequences. The history of printing is a remarkable human journey that has profoundly contributed to, and influenced human communication, knowledge distribution and consequently to the development of societies and humanity in general. In a …
Today, timekeeping is an integral part of our daily lives. The devices we use are very accurate and present everywhere. This was not the case for a very long time. Also in music, up till the invention of the metronome, timekeeping and tempo was rather based on individual feeling than science. Time to organize society Small tribes, later larger societies, …
Both Haydn and Beethoven were considered to have Moor ancestry. Who are the Moors and what is their story? I always liked Morgan Freeman, especially in Robin Hood playing Azeem the Moor. From centuries later they seem mysterious people, advanced in knowledge and technologies, but conservative and pious at the same time. I decided to go deeper and find …
For thousands of years human beings tried to define and explain the origins and the concept of evil and suffering. Through religions and philosophy many answers are available, now we look at some of them. Despite having a strong build Beethoven was troubled with his health from his early twenties until the end. Fate could have struck him with …
In order to understand what a leap day is, first we have to define what a leap year is! A leap year (also known as an intercalary year) is a year when one additional day is added to the calendar. This additional day is called leap day. Why do we need these leap days? Astronomical events do not happen according …