I love this process of correcting my racial biases, at the end of the day I really do feel happy. It’s exciting to know that I am in control of my emotions, feelings, thoughts…this is true power. Very liberating.
Updated Post: I was unaware of the influence Classical Music has had in civilization. I was introduced to the idea of listening to Beethoven after watching a documentary called Hidden Colors. The irony in Classical Music and its reference to “Soul Music” is it was used to heal ailments. The piano was formed from the guitar, xylophone and harp. The three came together to (my philosophy) produce healing for the masses. There is so much about the development of our history we are unaware of. I challenge you to seek a deeper truth in something you may already. I’m not asking you to immediately disregard everything you know but just challenge your mind, this is the true meaning of critical thinking. It may be something small for example, we all can agree there is water in between countries, “separating them”. Think of what the word separate really means. Some synonyms are unconnected, unrelated. If these countries were really separate how are we able to reach them. Assume for a second, airplanes did not exist. Would we not be able to get to them? Does the water not connect them together? You may follow me and you may not but think about it. My intention is to challenge you to challenge your mind, you’ll be amazed at the discoveries, I am!
Previous Post: I was unaware of the Black influence on Classical Music and was introduced to this idea after watching the Hidden Colors documentary. I am beginning with Beethoven for the obvious reasons. His mother was a moor (meaning a black women, moor is a color not a person) and his direct African/Black affiliation is not emphasized.
As with anything concerning blacks, the depictions have been manipulated over time. Beethoven’s hair obtained so much attention because of it’s texture, indigenous to the characteristics of black people’s hair. Any African ancestry is barely mentioned in history texts and it was known that his mother was a Moor. I was not surprised at the difficulty of obtaining clues to the validity of his nationality and barely mentions his mother. I wonder why that is.
Classical music was derived from combining the concepts of the Harp, Xylophone and guitar to produce the piano. The Moors used “classical music” as we know it today but was considered soul music because it was used to heal the sick. The Moors would introduce music in the British colonies along with the Spanish. This style of music like many other was stripped from the Africans and passed off as British.
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