Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 18:49, 1 January 2023
- The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties ... and concert band music. Local folk music is also a part of the music ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- were two short story collections, Bayou Folk (1884) and A Night in Acadie ... From the outset, her interests were music, reading, and writing as ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- in the entertainment arts, for example, in music, theater and dance. ... Improvisation is an important aspect of music in general. Musical ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- Like Mahler, Sibelius made frequent use of national or folk music ... but rather styled his melodies after folk music, characteristically using ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok to celebrate the coming ... The Ganggangsullae (Hangul: 강강술래) dance is a traditional folk ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts ... were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... blended melodic passages inspired by folk music with more complicated stylings ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association and the Academy ... playing guitar as a youth without learning to read music. ...17 KB (2,495 words) - 17:36, 23 May 2024
- Sidney Robertson Cowell), a prominent folk-music scholar who had been instrumental ... of his later works are based on American folk music, such as the series of ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- ) The I Ching is still used by adherents of folk religion. The I Ching became ... lines. The airs are in the style of folk songs, although the extent ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his ... Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 2023
- role in the development of big band jazz and Swing music. Henderson’s music marks the transition from New Orleans jazz, with ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... vernacular traditions. African American music and all aspects of African ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- was a major fan of American soul music, and created a distinctive ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the UK Music Hall of Fame. ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame. In 2005, Parton ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- the sublimity of nature. It elevated folk art, language, and custom ... elements, such as the growing use of folk music, which are more directly ...25 KB (3,676 words) - 17:16, 20 May 2024
- of modernism and his work in Brazilian folk music, and read his "Extremely ... theory of the social dimensions of folk music, which is at once nationalistic ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... with "the Blues." A type of folk music predominant among African ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... metronome to indicate specific tempi in his music. Prior to that time tempo ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
