Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- County, often referred to simply as the Music Center, is one of the three ... The Music Center's current mission is to go beyond its role as ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, in New York ... Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1890, it is one of the ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... a profound understanding for the action one is performing. This fusion of ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- also studied composition and began to write music. counterpoint, thus becoming the only formal music teacher Schoenberg would have. ...12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:31, 20 July 2023
- - October 4, 2022) was an American country music performer. One of the leading ... and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988. ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Free verse (occasionally referred to as vers libre) is a term describing ... "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric," predominantly ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists. Although ... out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time as a DJ ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- Ragtime is an American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity ... . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music ... To the general public, Ravel is probably best known for his orchestral ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 00:46, 9 November 2022
- the blues, southern gospel, and country music into a distinctively American ... Street. Although Memphis was famed for its music, surprisingly there was no ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:58, 23 December 2022
- few. His attachment to his Jewish background is displayed both in his life ... in Paris, where his father lived as a music teacher. Charles-Valentin ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- later taught harmony and orchestration. He is particularly noted for a predilection ... he began to concentrate more seriously on music. Balakirev encouraged him ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... More than any other well known urban bluesman, Hooker's music ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- by introducing gospel forms into secular music, helped lay the foundation ... totally blind by the age of seven. The cause is generally believed to be undiagnosed ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... considering the latter to denigrate the music as unsophisticated and also ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- 1930s and early 40s, but retired from the music business for more than two ... the church's firm stand against blues music and the sinful lifestyle ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- exemplar of Chicago blues style, which is typified by an electrified ... breaking innovations in African American music that would influence the ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- , also called Vyasaraja or Vyasaraayaru, is considered one of the three ... It was under his guidance that Carnatic music revolution started in southern ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- May 4, 1959 in Marshville, North Carolina) is an American multiple Grammy ... Travis is considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music ...14 KB (2,016 words) - 00:35, 8 December 2022
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
