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- Philosophy | Religion | History | Biography | Politics | Social Sciences ... Physical Sciences | Life Sciences | Art, Music, Literature, Sports ...1 KB (162 words) - 15:02, 27 June 2021
- an English composer, almost certainly a king of England, probably Henry V, ... two mass movements which appear, at the head of their respective sections, ...5 KB (771 words) - 00:01, 15 May 2025
- The chromatic scale is the scale that contains all twelve pitches ... All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ...5 KB (783 words) - 21:50, 10 December 2023
- – May 15, 1609) was an Italian composer of vocal music who lived during ... were and that remain popular for their ease of singing and performing. Croce ...6 KB (867 words) - 14:07, 22 May 2024
- Johannes Tinctoris (c.1435 – 1511) was a Flemish composer and music ... He is known to have studied in Orleans, and to have been master of ...4 KB (573 words) - 07:20, 5 April 2024
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... While most authorities stress the African roots of calypso, in his ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression ... Music professor, David Brackett defines them as "short melodic ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- 1586) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle ... his goals and slowly expanded his world of relationships and issues. ...6 KB (961 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- – June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was ... He was born in Paris; however, biographical details of his life are ...5 KB (748 words) - 03:42, 4 November 2025
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin ... piano or by the horn section. The presence of vocals, especially a catchy ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- In music history, the Roman School was a group of composers of predominantly church music, in Rome, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 17:14, 21 February 2026
- In music, a cantus firmus ("fixed song") is a pre-existing ... The plural of this Latin term is cantus firmi, though one occasionally ...7 KB (1,066 words) - 19:51, 9 April 2025
- is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related ... The kantele has a long history in Finnish balladry and is experiencing ...6 KB (959 words) - 16:14, 28 February 2025
- , was a Franco-Flemish School composer, one of the earliest members of the ... Binchois' emotional French chansons spoke of a nostalgic and ...7 KB (989 words) - 18:56, 3 April 2025
- era composer and cellist from Italy, whose music retained a courtly and galante ... employed by Don Luis, the younger brother of King Charles III. There he ...6 KB (868 words) - 03:39, 27 March 2025
- Bach and is often considered to be one of the most important composers ... going to Venice from 1609-1613 to study music with Giovanni Gabrieli. He ...6 KB (981 words) - 08:32, 21 January 2024
- an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians ... He used his extensive knowledge of counterpoint in composing toccatas ...8 KB (1,195 words) - 14:08, 22 May 2024
- as the most significant English composer of his time. Blow's dramatic ... in Nottinghamshire. He became a chorister of the Chapel Royal, and distinguished ...6 KB (993 words) - 21:15, 30 January 2025
- used only for gakaku, or imperial court music. During the seventeenth century ... It is played with picks on three fingers of the right hand, while the left ...8 KB (1,284 words) - 23:06, 3 March 2025
- in Moscow, Russia, which gives performances of ballet and opera. The theater ... ==Significance of the Name== The name comes from the Russian word, ...6 KB (876 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
