#1: 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed over 600 pieces during his lifetime

including his first opera written at the age of eleven. He wrote his first symphony
music at the age of 8 while an Opera at the age of 11.
#2: Jingle Bells was first song to be performed in the outer space by Astronauts,
Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford using harmonica and bell (first musical instruments
to be carried in space) on Gemini 6 in December 1965.
#3: The Nokia tune is probably the most popular ringtone inspired from a music
composition called Gran Vals composed by a Spanish composer – Francisco Tarrega.
#4: Seikilos epitaph (The Song of Seikilos) is believed to be the oldest known music
composition that survived in its entirety.

#5 How to learn music?

Knowledge of music is like that mighty ocean formed with small raindrops accumulated
over a period of time through water flowing from mountains and rivers – finally ending
journey into the sea.
#6: Telharmonium is an earliest known music synthesizer or “musical telegraph” that
laid the foundation of modern day synthesizers.
#7: All the musicians in an orchestra have to tune their musical instruments to
Stuttgart pitch at 440 Hz, the frequency of the musical note A4 on a standard 88 key
piano.
#8: The oldest known musical instrument is a set of bone flutes excavated from
Geißenklösterle Cave in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany.
#9: Marine Scientist, Roger Payne once recorded an album titled “Songs of
the Humpback Whale”. This album was popularized by National Geographic
magazine by distributing it along with the magazine.
#10: Intel powered smart music wristbands converted their hand gestures into music
signals. These signals were processed in the software to produce desired sounds.
#11: World’s longest piece of music is LIVE and will end in the year 2640
#12: The longest marathon karaoke ever was attempted by Leonardo Polverelli in
Italy on 23 Sep 2011. The performance lasted for 5 days and around 101 hours, 59
minutes and 15 seconds.
#13: Thermin, the uncommon musical instrument, invented by Leon Theremin in
1928, can be controlled without any physical contact.
#14: The earliest musical notations are believed to be based on an ancient cuneiform
script developed by Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. This script was
used to devise many other languages too.
#15: Around seven orchestra groups from London arranged an orchestra at the Royal
Albert Hall on 24 May 1912 for courageous musicians on the Titanic, 40 days after
the sheep sank.
#16: The melody of “Happy birthday to you” is known to be copied from the song
“Good morning to All”, composed by Patty Smith Hill and Mildred Jane Hill in 1893.
#17: Masquerading as a simple musical instrument, the piano actually has more than
12,000 parts. Out of these more than 10,000 parts could move to generate sound.
#18: The world’s largest operational pipe organ can be heard at Boardwalk Hall, in
Atlantic City, USA.
#19: Piano Vs Organ – Who Is The King Of Musical Instruments?
Infographic – King of Musical Instruments – Piano Vs Organ
#20: MIDI keyboards are capable of sending only the MIDI signals and they cannot
produce sounds or music on its own.
#21: It’s been 34 years since the MIDI was invented by Dave Smith and Ikutaro
Kakehashi (the founder of Roland) in 1983.
#22: MIDI controllers cannot produce or generate sounds on its own.
#23: ACPAD is considered as the world’s first wireless MIDI controller for acoustic
guitar.
#24: The hip hop music was invented by Clive Campbell (Stage name DJ Kool Herc)
during a DJ performance event organized on 11th August 1973.
#25: Thomas Edison – a scientist in the field of the audio arena,
invented phonograph on 12th August 1877.
#26: Assuming that around 10% of the world’s population is left handed, there is very
little market for left handed instruments.
#27: Phonoliszt Violina is a self-playing machine, built in 1910 by Hupfeld Company,
plays musical scores using three violins and a piano.
#28: The Cat Fugue is based on the motif discovered accidentally when a cat
“Pulcinella”, waked across Domenico Scarlatti’s harpsichord keyboard.
#29: The Musical Joke also known as “Ein musikalischer Spaß” or Divertimento was
composed by Mozart. The reason behind writing ridiculously unbalanced piece is still
not known.
#30: Benjamin Franklin invented the first mechanical model of the musical instrument
in 1761. It is also believed that the Glass Armonica was first musical instrument ever
invented by the American national.
#31: Overtone singing is a technique used by singers to produce sounds with multiple
frequencies from the throat. However, the sounds heard are in perfect harmony due to
the presence of overtones.
#32: The Carillon, a 500-year old mechanical music machine can play music on its
own.
#33: A Stradivarius is stringed musical instrument built by members of Antonio
Stradivari’s family during the 17th century in Italy. Stradivarius violins are among the
most expensive musical instruments in the world.
#34: A Sonnet is a poem consisting fourteen lines usually in iambic pentameter
(writing ten syllables per line including five iambs in a line)
Example: MY CHEST OF BOOKS DIVIDE AMONG MY FRIENDS
#35: The harpsichord has a history of at least 600 years (around the 14th century)
while the Piano is relatively newer instrument invented during 19th century.
#36: Earworm is a catchy melody or a song that runs continually through someone’s
mind.
#37: 24 August is celebrated as International Strange Music Day, dedicated to sharing
and listening to the music that you may not have heard or experienced earlier.
#38: The Sea Organ is an art installation near the sea in Croatia. It can play music
using the sea waves that hit the large tubes arranged on a set of numerous marble
steps.
#39: Marble Machine could play music using the programmable wheel and around
2000 marbles.
#40: Big Ben, the clock that may not chime until year 2020, chimed for the first time
on 11th July 1859.
#41: ‘Gothic’ Symphony No. 1 composed by Havergal Brian requires over 800
musicians including 82 string players for the concert performance.
#42: Joseph Haydn is considered the father of Symphonies, who wrote around 100
symphonies that shaped the structure of compositions.
#43: The Vexations piano piece is considered the longest “repetitive” piece of music
written for piano by Erik Satie.
#44: Based on a study done jointly by Apple Music and Sonos, it was found that
expression of love increased by around 14% for the respondents who listened to music
together at home.
#45: Elise – the mystery woman in Beethoven’s life, is still an unsolved mystery.
#46: Harp metal is an experimental form of music aimed at playing metal songs on the
ancient musical instrument – the Harp
#47: Scientific experiments say that, when exposed to music, the plant’s growth
rate improved by 20% in height and 72% in biomass.
#48: Metallica became the first band ever to play on all seven continents in one year.
#49: Sega, A Japanese manufacturer is widely known for creating world’s smallest
grand piano. It is the fully playable instrument and not just a showpiece.
Thanks for reading interesting facts about music and my 50th blog in the series 100-
day music blogging challenge. Hope you would enjoy the journey with me.
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