Behind some of the world's most reputed concert halls is a Japanese engineer whose finesse in shaping sound is so perfectly unobtrusive that all listeners hear is the music—in all its subtlety, texture and fullness.
Engineering
Feb 7, 2017
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Musical taste has traditionally been viewed as class-related: the elite attends classical music concerts, the middle classes prefer highbrow easy listening, while the lower classes enjoy pop and folk music. However, the accuracy ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2015
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Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be Coldplay or Slayer? The answer could give an insight into the way you think, say researchers from ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 22, 2015
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Sometimes, data doesn't look like data. But when circumstances conspire and the right researchers come along, interesting facets of human nature reveal themselves. Last.fm and World of Warcraft are two entities made possible ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2015
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Google teamed up with five leading orchestras in a bid to draw more classical music lovers to digital music as the streaming sector booms.
Internet
Jun 16, 2015
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A team of scientists has shed light on the dynamics of the creation, collaboration and dissemination processes involved in classical music works and styles. Their study focuses on analysing networks of composers contemporary ...
General Physics
Apr 30, 2015
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According to research published today in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery by veterinary clinicians at the University of Lisbon and a clinic in the nearby town of Barreiro in Portugal, music is likewise beneficial ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2015
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As more animal shelters, primate centers and zoos start to play music for their charges, it's still not clear whether and how human music affects animals.
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2015
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A German music festival Wednesday invited social media users to compose all-new orchestral pieces for a "Tweetfonie" to be given a world premiere later this year.
Internet
Jan 22, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Humans create and perform music for a variety of purposes such as aesthetic pleasure, healing, religion, and ceremony. Accordingly, a scientific question arises: Can molecules or molecular assemblies interact ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 8, 2014
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