Opus Magnanimous. History of the Cosmos in MUSIC

Harris Shilakowsky
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Opus Magnimous tells the history of our universe by introducing people who made important discoveries or inventions that enable us to understand the cosmos better. Events and discoveries are each represented with original music composed by Harris Shilakowsky, violinist and composer, and explained and explored.

Episodes

  1. Season 1 Trailer

    Cosmic Vacation

    After about 5 months of producing Opus Magnanimous, I realize that I am rushing the composition of my music, and don't have sufficient time to create the best possible podcast! So the new schedule will be every 2 months!

    Cosmic Vacation

  2. 11/10/2022

    BOSS ME 70 Electric Violin Patches as used in Opus Magnanimous. History of the Cosmos in Music

    Episode 11 of Opus Magnanimous. History of the Cosmos in Music is a tutorial or descriptive narrative explaining how I use electronic effects with my electric violin, and then how I organize or catalog the patches of effects and sound settings so they can be recalled for future projects or performances quickly and easily. The could be useful for other musicians or producers who use multi-effects pedals. You can view the YouTube video version of this podcast here! https://youtu.be/DUQd9OJXNlk

    BOSS ME 70 Electric Violin Patches as used in Opus Magnanimous. History of the Cosmos in Music

  3. 10/28/2022

    Indian Astronomy in the First Millennium - the Zij Era

    Please support this podcast! https://shilakowskyarts.com/support-the-opus-magnanimous-project Post Siddhantic Astronomy during the medieval period in the Islamic World, also known as the Zij Era and Hindu Cosmology. sources: https://explorable.com/indian-astronomy https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Khwarizmi/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zij_al-Sindhind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology https://www.hinduscriptures.com/vedic-sciences/hindu-cosmology/27472/#:~:text=Hindu%20Cosmology%20upholds%20the%20idea,the%20manifested%20or%20differentiated%20state. Just published the first draft of the Telescope Timeline. Only people who visit the podcast pages like this one will have this link! Next episode: We'll continue our exploration of Astronomy in medieval period in Islamic World & in our search for the music of the universe, we'll explore the search for Black Hole Vibrations The image used to represent this podcast episode is the Al-Khwarizmi sculpture in Khiva photographed by Davide Mauro "File:Al-Khwarizmi sculpture in Khiva.jpg" by Davide Mauro is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=openverse.

    Indian Astronomy in the First Millennium - the Zij Era

  4. 10/18/2022

    Episode 9 Aquarius and Gravitational Waves (LIGO)

    Gravitational Waves will move us and inspire some heavy music as we’ll be looking at the work of LIGO, the Laser-Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. Please support this podcast! https://shilakowskyarts.com/support-the-opus-magnanimous-project LINKS AND others SOURCES https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/aquarius-constellation/ https://www.star-facts.com/sadalsuud/ https://www.star-facts.com/star-names/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Tigris-Euphrates-river-system/Climate#:~:text=The%20Tigris%20and%20Euphrates%20make,well%20as%20great%20diurnal%20variations. https://www.heavens-above.com/myth.aspx?con=aqr https://www.britannica.com/place/Aquarius-astronomy https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO https://physicsworld.com/a/ligo-upgrade-to-allow-almost-daily-detection-of-gravitational-waves/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star image: Neutron Stars Rip Each Other Apart to Form Black Hole thanks to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011500/a011530/index.html

    Episode 9 Aquarius and Gravitational Waves (LIGO)

  5. 09/29/2022

    Aryabhata Space Telescope Battles & Nuclear Fusion in the Sun

    Discussions about Early Indian astronomy from 401 to 1201 CE. Battle of the Space Telescopes and Gaia reveals the past and future of our sun and musical compositions inspired by these. Please support this podcast! https://shilakowskyarts.com/support-the-opus-magnanimous-project LINKS AND other SOURCES https://shilakowskyarts.com/opus-magnanimous-history-of-the-cosmos-in-music https://www.allure.com/story/zodiac-sign-personality-traits-dates https://explorable.com/indian-astronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaveda https://www.urbanpro.com/indian-classical-music/history-of-music-in-india https://esahubble.org/news/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU0qHm7h224 https://esahubble.org/news/archive/year/2022/ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_reveals_the_past_and_future_of_the_Sun https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nuclear_fusion_in_the_Sun https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Neutron https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Weak_nuclear_force https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Cont_emspec2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Sunlight https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Beryllium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_astronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionizing_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionization photograph of Portal sculpture of Sagittarius on the facade of Chartres cathedral by Portal sculpture of Sagittarius by genibee is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

    Aryabhata Space Telescope Battles & Nuclear Fusion in the Sun

  6. 09/15/2022

    from Ptolemy's Almagest to ESA's Gaia - counting the stars

    Today's Zodiac Constellation is Capricorn. Early Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy cataloged the stars and used trigonometry. Today's scientists send a million pixel camera far out in space to L2 to catalog almost 2 thousand million stars and celestial objects Please support this podcast! https://shilakowskyarts.com/support-the-opus-magnanimous-project LINKS AND others SOURCES https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellations-by-month/september-constellations/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Almagest https://www.britannica.com/science/ecliptic https://astrosociety.org/file_download/inline/aa69c0b7-caaa-444c-bb3f-c377c07b8469 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Almagest https://www.britannica.com/science/law-of-cosine https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy https://www.google.com/search?q=twelve+tone+rows+history&oq=twelve+tone+rows+history&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i546l2j0i30i546.9000j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 http://microcosmos.uchicago.edu/ptolemy/features.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic http://microcosmos.uchicago.edu/ptolemy/astronomy.html http://microcosmos.uchicago.edu/ptolemy/features.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis https://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY4_00/week4/star_properties.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/47354-fact-sheet https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/28820-summary https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/58274-the-role-of-dpac https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_reveals_the_past_and_future_of_the_Sun

    from Ptolemy's Almagest to ESA's Gaia - counting the stars

  7. 09/01/2022

    Episode 6 Plato & Cosmology & Quantum Theory

    What is Plato's view on the cosmos? Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions How did Plato think the universe was created? (The Earth is a buncha cubes) The Creation of the World Plato's Universe Plato's Influence on Twentieth Century Thinkers Plato's Mathematical model of the Universe – Space and Time How is quantum theory used today? Aristotle's Influences on people from the Middle Ages to the Present The Gaia Project Fun with the Zodiac

    Episode 6 Plato & Cosmology & Quantum Theory

  8. 08/18/2022

    Episode 5 The First True Cosmologist and the Mother of Hubble

    Support the Opus Magnanimous Project To see our sources, visithttps://shilakowskyarts.com/opus-magnanimous-history-of-the-cosmos-in-music/blog/episode-5-the-first-true-cosmologist-the-mother-of-the-hubble

    Episode 5 The First True Cosmologist and the Mother of Hubble

  9. 08/03/2022

    Episode 4 Indian Explorations of the Cosmos

    my tribute to Indian Astronomers, Cosmologists, Musicians and Creators of Hindu traditions. Includes a discussion about the measurement of time. Astronomy in rigveda. Music in Vedic texts. A preview of the Telescope Timeline. Support the Opus Magnanimous project by becoming a subscriber! https://shilakowskyarts.com/support-the-opus-magnanimous-project-by-subscribing sources used: Astronomy in rigveda & The Jyotisa Vedang; https://explorable.com/indian-astronomy the Vedic Period: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_period https://archive.org/details/VedangaJyotisha/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/08/28/when-do-the-planets-in-our-solar-system-all-line-up/ and https://www.livescience.com/2022-peak-planetary-alignment Vedanga Jyotisha: https://www.hindu-blog.com/2019/02/lagadha-maharishi-hindu-astronomer.html about Yuga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuga#:~:text=A%20yuga%2C%20in%20Hinduism%2C%20is,(joining%20of%20two%20things). measuring time… https://nrich.maths.org/6070 What is Time? https://physics.mit.edu/news/the-challenge-of-measuring-time/ music of the vedic texts… https://www.chandraveena.com/blog/history-of-indian-music/ Basic concepts of Aadi Tal (Indian drumming rhythms): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbKOT4mVxpw Contemporary Indian Space Program: https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/chandrayaan-1 a preview of the Telescope Timeline, I’d like to share this Nice history of telescopes https://interestingengineering.com/science/a-brief-history-of-the-telescope-from-1608-to-gamma-rays for next Episode: Nancy Grace Roman Will be Launching on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Text of the podcast will be available later in the week. The image of the ISRO rocket launch can be found on NASA.gov here https://images.nasa.gov/details-KSC-08pd3405

    Episode 4 Indian Explorations of the Cosmos

  10. 07/21/2022

    Episode 3 July 21, 2022 Stargazing in prehistoric times and peering thru the mists of time with a new space telescope

    Going back to Ancient Mesopotamian pre-astronomy and the influence of ancient god worship, then jumping to the present successful images received from the NGST, the Next Generation Space Telescope. About the new space telescope, the materials used to create the mirrors, and looking at NASA research continuing that enables us to understand what to be prepared for in our future. Become a MEMBER of the supporters of the Opus Magnanimous project by subscribing RESOURCES: HEILBRUNN TIMELINE OF ART HISTORY https://www.metmuseum.org/toah Ninurta https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bau-Mesopotamian-deity Enki - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enki Prehistoric Europe:Archaeoastronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historyofastronomy#Prehistoric_Europe What is Mesolithic? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolithic https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/meetTheTeam/people/mather.html History: https://esahubble.org/news/heic9901/ Riccardo Giacconi https://www.stsci.edu/who-we-are/our-history suggested the followup to the Hubble space telescope… U of Ca. https://www.ucobservatories.org/ https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope https://daily.jstor.org/the-lavender-scare/ Letter from President of AAS, Paula Szkody to Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nT7JGZMbtM https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/about/index.html Follow Tereza Pultarova on Twitter @TerezaPultarova. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook. https://www.space.com/rocket-launches-damage-ozone-climate Webb's Southern Ring Nebula Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam

    Episode 3 July 21, 2022 Stargazing in prehistoric times and peering thru the mists of time with a new space telescope

  11. 07/07/2022

    podcast episode 2 Ancient Mesopotamia to Space Telescopes

    The gods of Ancient Mesopotamia and their associated planets are introduced. We discuss the difference between 'pure science' and 'vernacular science'. We meet Ed Dwight, the first black NASA astronaut and discover his struggles with Chuck Yaeger, then experience a bit of the controversy about Jim Webb, NASA administrator, for whom the Space Telescope was renamed, despite his alleged homophobia and the fact that JWST had the most bloated budget of any project of its type. Articles referenced include: https://www.dw.com/en/james-webb-how-a-space-telescope-tore-american-scientists-apart/a-60216754 NPR Radio Diaries https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109678316/edward-dwight-space-race-nasa-astronaut-moon as usual, thanks to all the contributors at Wikipedia. NASA https://mobile.arc.nasa.gov/public/iexplore/missions/pages/95.htm ESA https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/SpaceTransportation/Launchvehicles/Ariane5_ECA https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-babylonian-map-of-jupiter-just-changed-history-as-we-know-it https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/groups-organizations-african-american-history/kool-and-gang-1964/

    podcast episode 2 Ancient Mesopotamia to Space Telescopes

  12. 06/21/2022

    Episode 1 June 19, 2022 Lookin in. Lookin Out.

    Astronomers & Cosmologists & Physicists are all working to figure out how our universe was created and how it all works. Episode 1 introduces us to the earliest recorded thinking about the stars and the universe by ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. We talk a little about the Event Horizon Telescope and the imaging of black holes for the first time in human history. I've also explained how Opus Magnanimous episodes will be structured, and we hear some excerpts from the music inspired by the topics we've covered, including a little about the people who have made and continue to make discoveries & theories about the universe.

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Opus Magnimous tells the history of our universe by introducing people who made important discoveries or inventions that enable us to understand the cosmos better. Events and discoveries are each represented with original music composed by Harris Shilakowsky, violinist and composer, and explained and explored.

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