Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- German language. Hex signs are a type of folk art that became common in ... " By contrast, supporters of the folk-art theory point out that ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... for many years, popular with blues and folk music fans of the early 1960s ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- ===Traditional and folk music=== Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- is known as scordatura) and in some folk music styles. Mozart, in his ... == The Viola in Folk Music == Although not as commonly used as the ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. The ... and owners to describe traditional African folk practices. Hoodoo is not the ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- both labels, performing what he called “folk piano.” While his recordings ... [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/george-winston-dead.html ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 15:07, 21 May 2024
- wrote for all economic levels so that his music could touch as many as possible ... producing such musicals as Sweet Adeline, Music In the Air, Three Sisters ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- and various forms of popular and folk music. Even these latter forms ... heritage, as well as its origins in western folk music. ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... up in a farming area, Ilaiyaraaja enjoyed Tamil folk music, ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- became deeply interested in American folk music; he traveled the country ... Frost, his impact on the development of a folk-centered, down-to-earth, uniquely ...10 KB (1,491 words) - 12:48, 27 November 2023
- made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... music with koto, biwa and shamisen, folk music, jazz, and other modern pieces. ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- challenged and successfully mastered many music genres, including folk, country ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... a number of themes within a framework of folk music from a variety of regions: ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- a common genre in Czech and Slovakian folk music. Polka is still a very ... countries, and among the Jewish Klezmer folk music ensembles, who play a wide ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- also the case in most forms of western folk music, where songs and dances ... #039;s volumes of Magyar and Romanian folk music), but also with sound recordings ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, she had several memorable ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ... Yodeling shows how intrinsic not only communication, but music and ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University ... music theory, poetry, literature, and folk music of the times, he never ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
