A music venue is any location regularly used for a concert or musical performance. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand to an indoor sports stadium. A bandshell is a large outdoor performing venue typically used by bands and Orchestras The roof and the back half of the shell protect musicians from the elements A bandstand is a circular or semicircular structure set in a Park, Garden, or Pier, designed to accommodate Musical bands performing outdoor A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music. Opera houses, bandshells, and concerts host classical music performances, whereas public houses, nightclubs, and discothèques offer music in contemporary genres, such as rock, dance, country and pop. An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark A discothèque, diskoˈtɛk̚ compare the Spanish "discoteca" is an Entertainment venue or Club with recorded music played by "Discaires" Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure
Music venues may be either privately or publicly funded, and may charge for admission. An example of a publicly-funded music venue is a park bandstand; such outdoor venues charge nothing for admission. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human A nightclub is a privately-funded venue; venues like these often charge an entry fee to generate a profit. Music venues do not necessarily host live acts; disc jockeys at a discothèque or nightclub play recorded music through a PA system. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience A public address or " PA " system is an electronic amplification system with a mixer, Amplifier and Loudspeakers used to
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Characteristics
Music venues can be categorised in several different ways. Venues can either be permanent or temporary, be situated outdoors or indoors or play host to live or recorded music. Music venues may be the result of private or public enterprises. Many venues only allow acts of one particular genre; jazz clubs only allow jazz musicians, and opera houses generally host only operas. A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is live Jazz. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Music venues can be categorised by size and capacity; a small nightclub will often have a much smaller capacity than that of a stadium.
The majority of music venues are permanent; however, temporary music venues do exist. An example of a temporary venue would be one constructed for a music festival. A music festival is a Festival oriented towards Music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as Musical genre, Nationality or locality
Music venues are either outdoor or indoor. Examples of outdoor venues include bandstands and bandshells; such outdoor venues provide minimal shelter for performing musicians and are usually located in parks. A bandstand is a circular or semicircular structure set in a Park, Garden, or Pier, designed to accommodate Musical bands performing outdoor A bandshell is a large outdoor performing venue typically used by bands and Orchestras The roof and the back half of the shell protect musicians from the elements A temporary music festival is typically an outdoor venue. Examples of indoor venues include public houses, nightclubs, coffee bars and stadia. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark A coffeehouse ( French / Portuguese: café; Spanish: cafetería; Italian: caffè
Venues can play live music, recorded music, or a combination of the two, depending on the event or time of day. A characteristic of virtually every live music venue is that one or more stages are present.
History
Although music as an art form has existed since prehistoric times, permanent music venues began with the theatre of ancient Greece. In the History of music, prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is all Music produced in preliterate cultures ( Prehistory The theatre of ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a theatrical Culture that flourished in ancient Greece between c [1]
Types
Opera houses
An opera house is a theatre constructed specifically for opera. An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto The first opera house was the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice, Italy, which opened in 1637. The Teatro San Cassiano or Teatro di San Cassiano in Venice was the first public Opera house when it opened in 1637 Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest [2][3] An opera house generally has a spacious orchestra pit, where a large number of orchestra players may be seated at a level below the audience. An orchestra pit is area in a theater (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage in which musicians perform Brooklyn Book Festival crowd by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|An audience at the Brooklyn Book Festival in New York City.
Bandshell and bandstands
A bandshell is a large, outdoor performing venue typically used by concert bands and orchestras. A bandshell is a large outdoor performing venue typically used by bands and Orchestras The roof and the back half of the shell protect musicians from the elements A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The roof and the back half of the shell protect musicians from the elements and reflect sound through the open side and out towards the audience.
Jazz club
Jazz clubs are an example of a venue that is dedicated to a specific genre of music. A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is live Jazz.
Public houses and nightclubs
Concert hall
A concert hall is a performance venue constructed specifically for instrumental classical music. A concert hall is a cultural building which serves as performance venue chiefly for classical instrumental music Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music A concert hall may exist as part of a larger performing arts center. The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence
Stadium
Notes and references
- ^ Grant, W. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting P. (1825). Theatre of the Greeks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 29-30. Available at Project Gutenberg.
- ^ Kolodin, Irving (1976). The Opera Omnibus: Four Centuries of Critical Give and Take. New York: Dutton, p. 50. ISBN 0-841-50438-5.
- ^ Apthorp, William Foster (1910). The Opera Past and Present. New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, p. 26. Available at Project Gutenberg.
See also
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