1520 – 1591 ), father of Galileo and the inventor of monody, made use of the method in successfully solving musical problems, firstly, of tuning such as the relationship of pitch to string tension and mass in stringed instruments, and to volume of air in wind instruments ; and secondly to composition, by his various suggestions to composers in his Dialogo della musica antica e moderna ( Florence, 1581 ).

Berendt defines jazz as a " form of art music which originated in the United States through the confrontation of blacks with European music "; he argues that jazz differs from European music in that jazz has a " special relationship to time, defined as ' swing '", " a spontaneity and vitality of musical production in which improvisation plays a role "; and " sonority and manner of phrasing which mirror the individuality of the performing jazz musician ".

Beyond The Sea was a lifelong dream project for Spacey, who took on co-writing, directing, co-producing and starring duties in the biography / musical about Darin's life, career, and relationship with actress Sandra Dee.

" Waits would later describe his relationship with Brennan as a paradigm shift in his musical development.

Stravinsky moved with his family to France in 1920, He formed a business and musical relationship with the French piano manufacturing company Pleyel.

In his musical professionalism and open-minded attitude to existing styles he held the mindset of an 18th century composing performer such as Handel or Mozart, who were anxious to assimilate all national " flavors " of their day into their own compositions, and who always wrote with both first-hand performing experience and a sense of direct social relationship with their audiences.

Nevertheless, his partnership with Gilbert and Sullivan, and his careful management of their operas and relationship, created a series of works whose success was unprecedented in the history of musical theatre.

The relationship of the librettist ( that is, the writer of a libretto ) to the composer in the creation of a musical work has varied over the centuries, as have the sources and the writing techniques employed.

The breakdown in the relationship has been primarily attributed to Morrissey becoming annoyed by Marr's work with other artists and Marr growing frustrated by Morrissey's musical inflexibility.

( For a more detailed discussion of the methods see the section on " Research in Music History " below ) Some of the intellectual products of music historians include editions of musical works, biography of composers and other musicians, studies of the relationship between words and music, and the reflections upon the place of music in society.

As a result " musicological methods tend to foreground those musical parameters which can be easily notated " such as pitch relationships or the relationship between words and music.

The relationship revives his career, leading him to star in Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off !, a stage musical version of the film Planet of the Apes.

Through these classes Bizet met Zimmermann's son-in-law, the composer Charles Gounod, who became a lasting influence on the young pupil's musical style — although their relationship was often strained in later years.

" A reciprocal relationship grew up between his programmatic and symphonic works ," Fanning writes ; " sometimes he would find stageworthy ideas in his supposedly pure orchestral music ; sometimes a text or scenario forced him to invent vivid musical imagery which he could later turn to more abstract use.

Northern León, that shares a language relationship with a region in northern Portugal and the Spanish regions of Asturias and Galicia, also shares their musical influences.

In 1994, Pryce portrayed Fagin in a revival of the musical Oliver !, and would star the following year alongside Emma Thompson in the film Carrington, which centres on a platonic relationship between gay writer Lytton Strachey and painter Dora Carrington.

In Tippett's own words, his relationship with Franks was " the deepest, most shattering experience of falling in love ", and " a major factor underlying the discovery of my own individual musical ' voice '.

Früvous was also known for their close relationship with their fans and their live shows, which were full of political commentary, humorous banter, and musical improvisation.

The ability to reach out to others-even to the unknown masses in a concert audience-through his musical performance was later often referred to as being the core of his special talent to touch his listeners, or even to " build a relationship " with each of them for the period of a concert.

From 1996 to 1997, following their musical collaborations, Harvey had a relationship with Nick Cave.

Newman kept a close musical relationship with Harpers Bizarre, offering them some of his own compositions, including " Simon Smith " and " Happyland ".

The relationship between music and race is perhaps the most potent determiner of musical meaning in the United States.

In parallel the relationship of Fado with the theatre stages was consolidated and the performances by fado singers at Revistas musical scenes and operettas multiplied.

While color derives from the electromagnetic scale that corresponds to the magnitudes of energy expressed by musical pitch, in fact, the neurological occidentals by which we experience color make it seem multidimensional, while musical pitch ( not timbre, volume, or duration ) is experienced as a linear relationship ... Stanczak's ' gift is for layering.

Berman, whose fame has rested in recent years on his skills as a night club monologist, proved himself very much at home in musical comedy.

The musical atmosphere later proved an advantage for her artistic ambitions.

" The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.

In 1959, Cagney played a labor leader in what proved to be his final musical, Never Steal Anything Small, which featured a comical song and dance duet with Cara Williams, who played his girlfriend.

The Beatles developed along similar lines, creating various modernist musical effects on several albums, while musicians such as Frank Zappa, Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart proved even more experimental.

Lerner and Loewe adapted the film for a 1973 stage musical that proved to be unsuccessful.

Around 1893, Ravel created his earliest compositions, and he was introduced by his father to the café pianist Erik Satie, whose distinctive personality and unorthodox musical experiments proved influential.

Ultimately, after a brief period of inactivity and a bout with fibromyalgia, her retirement proved to be short-lived-O ' Connor stated in an interview with Harp that she only intended to retire from making mainstream pop / rock music, and after dealing with her fibromyalgia, chose to move into other musical styles.

Although he initially believed that mastering the larger forms was the hallmark of a great composer ( a belief his early mentors reinforced ), the smaller scale of the art song proved to provide an ideal creative outlet for his musical expression and came to be regarded as the genre best suited to his peculiar genius.

Kravitz's other musical influences at the time included Fela Kuti, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis ; John Lennon and Bob Marley proved later to be influential as well.

The musical Here's Love, adapted from his screenplay for Miracle on 34th Street by Meredith Willson, proved to be more successful.

Berlin in the 20s also proved to be a haven for English writers such as W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood, who wrote a series of ' Berlin novels ', inspiring the play I Am a Camera, which was later adapted into a musical, Cabaret, and an Academy Award winning film of the same name.

To help publicize these singles, which proved to be successful in many discos across the world, Divine went on television shows like Good Morning America as well as a series of tours in which he combined his musical performances with comedic stunts and routines that often played up to his characters ' stereotype of being " trashy " and outrageous.

The energy and hardcore delivery and musical style of rapping featured on Radio, as well as other new school recordings by artists such as Run-D. M. C., Schooly D, T La Rock and Steady B, proved to be influential to hip hop acts of the " golden age " such as Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy.

By now the show had proved a hit, and several notable stars appeared in later productions, including Leslie Phillips, Miranda Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Nicholas Parsons, Peter Capaldi, Kate Bush, Richard Vernon, Ruby Wax, Graham Crowden, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Elvis Costello, and Benjamin Zephaniah ( as a Rastafarian police van driver ) and several musical acts, particularly from the Bad News series which was also aided by Queen guitarist Brian May, such as Def Leppard and Marillion.

He invented a method of securing buildings from fire ( which, however, proved impracticable ), the printing press and the lens which bear his name and a monochord for tuning musical instruments, suggested improvements in canal locks, made experiments in steam navigation in 1795 – 1797 and contrived two calculating machines.

What proved revelatory was exposure to the world of German music making — a world that stresses musical values over virtuoso glitter.

For Tveitt, the question proved devastating to his reputation, and contributed significantly to his becoming a persona-non-grata in the post-war musical establishment in Norway.

Their concerts proved to be a powerful force within the musical world of London, introducing composers such as Benjamin Britten, Elizabeth Maconchy, Grace Williams, Malcolm Williamson and Alan Rawsthorne.

Through working on this production, Willson met writer Franklin Lacey who proved instrumental in developing the story line for a musical Willson had been working on, soon to be known as The Music Man.

This band proved to be very influential, but sales never reflected their musical achievements.

He originally intended to adopt a business career, and to that end went to Denver, Colorado, but the musical impulse proved too strong, and in 1884 he was an organist, conductor of the Denver Chorus Club, and supervisor of music in the public schools.

His next projects, the Alan Jay Lerner – Charles Strouse musical Dance a Little Closer ( 1983 ), Arthur Miller's sole musical, Up from Paradise ( 1983 ), Teddy & Alice ( 1987 ), Ziegfeld ( 1988 ), and Lady in White ( 1988 ) proved to be far less successful.