The Victory Vertical Project - A Historical Case Study in Recreational Music Making 

Two nights past we received welcome entertainment when a jeep pulling a small wagon came to camp. The wagon contained a light system and a Steinway (sic). Mom, you would laugh if you were to have seen it, because the Steinway is not at all like Uncle Jake’s.

Music Playing Makes our Families and Communities Stronger

David Leeuw with his Family, Abraham van den Tempel, by 1671, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. The wealthy merchant David Leeuw and his family making music as an expression of harmonious family life.

ORIGINS OF CLARINET 

While the similarity in sound between the earliest clarinets and the trumpet may hold a clue to its name, other factors may have been involved. During the Late Baroque era, composers such as Bach and Handel were making new demands on the skills of their trumpeters, who were often required to play difficult melodic passages in the high, or as it came to be called, clarion register.

In essence home is where your heart is.  

Its not a word, its a feeling.  sometimes the soothing affection of any person can make you feel like home... home is a soothing, calming, relaxing feeling... 

Here's a Song List of Home themed tunes:  https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/blogs/arts/7-songs-make-you-feel-home

As the "keeper of the rhythm," the perucssion provides the foundation for the overall sound of music.

The many instruments included in the percussion family include any instrument that is struck, shaken or scraped in order to produce the sound. 

We have dozens of Performance Grade instruments in our Vault! You can come in any time and check them out. An appointment is good though so we can collect what you are looking for.

Not much has changed in the field of violin production and dealing since Antonio Stradivari set up shop in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th century. Dukes and queens coveted the craftsman’s creations back then; today, the instruments sell for wild sums to a comparable group of wealthy amateurs.

When it comes to the origin of the word “jazz,” it seems that each person simply believes what she or he wants to.