Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- His French name was Jean de Grouchy, but he is more commonly known by his ... Almost one-third of Grocheio's treatise is devoted to liturgical ...3 KB (494 words) - 15:13, 1 August 2022
- and organist of the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras ... Hassler most likely studied music as a boy with his father, who was ...4 KB (660 words) - 01:17, 19 January 2024
- Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... make up most of the current Imperial Palace Music Department. By this time ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- and 1970s and blends elements of Yoruba music, jazz and funk rhythms with ... 1960s. Kuti's experience with Highlife music in the Koola Lobitos Band ...4 KB (552 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
- a German composer, organist, and writer on music. He was one of the most versatile ... where he was exposed to the latest Italian music, including the Venetian polychoral ...3 KB (369 words) - 17:08, 9 November 2022
- 15, 1609) was an Italian composer of vocal music who lived during the late ... some connection, probably as a director of music, with Santa Maria Formosa ...6 KB (867 words) - 14:07, 22 May 2024
- New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- Adrian Willaert at St. Mark's there. He is known to have been organist ... composition, for he wrote a great deal of music for ceremonial affairs, some ...6 KB (961 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- 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
- singer. Along with Johann Adolf Hasse, he is considered to be the most important ... and thematic catalog, The sacred Choral Music of the Graun Brothers. ...2 KB (357 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- The octave is the span or intervallic space between one tone and another ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- – June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was ... of his life are sketchy. Given that he is often referred to in documents ...5 KB (748 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- the flute which has benefitted the world of music richly. ... Quantz also wrote trio sonatas and vocal music resulting from his interests ...4 KB (526 words) - 14:49, 1 August 2022
- " the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... and The Precious Jewel. He later formed a music publishing venture with Chicago ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... asserted that calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- 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
- In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression ... the Blues, Old Man." Another example is the riff from Charlie Parker ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- smallpox), Landini became devoted to music early in life, and mastered ... prior to 1370. Evidence in some of his music also points to this: He dedicated ...6 KB (949 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- important composers of keyboad instrumental music in the late Renaissance and ... was in Ferrara at the time. Gesualdo's music, which contained quick modifications ...5 KB (689 words) - 14:26, 22 May 2024
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin ... boogaloo (also spelled "bugalu") is distinguished from the funk ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023