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Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...

Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

This experiment demonstrates how water affects sound waves and pitch. You'll discover how different water levels create different musical notes and learn about the relationship between mass, vibration ...

Have you ever wondered what a cloudy day sounds like? Or possibly what tune your heart beats to? Maybe you're curious about trees falling in the woods when you aren't there to hear them? Well, thanks ...

From today’s vantage point, some of Folkways’ early, non-musical titles may seem like novelties, and perhaps many of them were at the time. But they also radiate an unmistakable spirit of possibility.