Choosing Music for Jogging

Many joggers consider jogging music to be a vital part of their running routine. There are 3 main paths to select the best music for running, jogging, or walking. Joggers can simply hear their favourite songs, unimportant of the beat or the intonation. In the choice, they can hear songs that match the BPM with their running steps per minute. A 3rd possibility is to hear songs that were composed especially for joggers and were built to match their steps per minute. Often, when folks hear jogging music on their runs, they hear their favourite songs. [Read more...]

The Magical Flute

The Magical Flute is a singspiel in 2 acts by the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who is also renowned for his other operas like Don Giovanni, Cos fan tutte, and The Wedding of Figaro alongside symphonies and other works. The Sorcery Flute was composed in 1791, with a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, a composer, actor, and theater director who had commissioned this setting of his very own text. The premiere of The Wizardry Flute occurred on thirty Sep 1791 at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. The opera was heavily favored, with over a hundred performances given in the 1st year. Schikaneder, the librettist, played the task of Papageno in the 1st performance, which Mozart conducted from the pianoforte. The Queen of the Night was played by Mozart’s sister-in-law. [Read more...]

Elvis

Elvis Presley is among the world’s most renowned vocalists, an icon of music and popular culture. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935, Elvis moved to Memphis with his folks when he was thirteen. He was know domestically for his singing talent and called himself “The Hillbilly Cat”. In 1955, he signed to the recording label RCA. This was the age of rock ‘n roll, and Elvis Presley was a massive figure in this sort of music. He was nick-named “Elvis the Pelvis” thanks to his famous gyrations. When he appeared on TV shows of the time, the cameras weren’t permitted to film Presley below the waist. [Read more...]