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Hmong Whistle Language 

By Jesse Sample 

The communicators of the Hmong whistle language reside in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains. The sound has been known to carry for 8 kilometers. If that is true, then we can observe its…

History would remember Josquin Des Prez as THE great composer of the renaissance. To put it today's musical terms, imagine Led Zeppelin and Tupac wrapped into one man. He was renowned in his time and continued to release music after…

As I listened to and explore the various styles of chant, I find the Byzantine chant the most interesting. In my opinion, an argument can be made that Rome never truly fell. You might say that it just moved a…

Power-hitters of the Renaissance Music Scene

By Jesse Sample 

The composers of the Renaissance were shaping music and its trends rapidly. I started with a French and then a Flemish composer and then I crossed the channel where the party…