In order to fully appreciate the classical style, i.e., the style that was in vogue in Europe from about 1770 until circa 1800, it is necessary to understand sonata form. Sonata form is sometimes called first-movement-sonata -form because it was almost always the form used for first movements of every type ...
By Jeffrey B. Langlois
On May 1st, 1786, something quite unique and extraordinary was premiered at a private court theater in Vienna. When Mozart had announced to the world that he and his Italian librettist friend, Lorenzo Da Ponte had created something totally new and unique, it was not idle sales hype. “Le ...
By Jeffrey B. Langlois
The symphony came about as sort of a confluence between the German serenade and the French orchestral suite, with a certain influence from the Italian concerto as well. In the 1760s there arose a stormy passionate style of ...
By Jeffrey B. Langlois
The Copernican revolution was one of the most important steps forward in the advancement of our knowledge of the universe. The notion that the Earth is not the center of the universe, but actually is a planet, like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and ...
by Jeffrey B. Langlois
What are the grounds for believing in Big Bang Cosmology? I have listed below, seven powerful pieces of evidence for the big bang theory. By the way, I am very open to the idea that the big bang is only one of an infinite number of big bangs, ...
by Geejay Arriola
Waway Linsahay Saway (Christian name: Rodelio), is a byword among contemporary artists and indigenous communities in Mindanao. A teacher at the Talaandig School of Living Traditions in the highlands of Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Waway lives on his tribe’s music and art.
Waway belting out a song in his mountain home
Son of ...
by Geejay Arriola
Sining Kabayoka’s Pilandok
When I first saw the play “Halik sa Kampilan” by Sining Kambayoka in 1983, I was enthralled and inspired. I knew for sure that “Halik” was a landmark in Philippine Theatre History. And it was.
More than a decade later, I saw two other productions of Sining Kambayoka—”Pilandok” in ...
