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  • development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... Joseph Vogler), founder of three important music schools (in Mannheim, Stockholm ...
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  • African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... vernacular traditions. African American music and all aspects of African ...
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  • century American composer of classical music who was best known for his ... physical nurturing components that makes my music sound as it does, is that ...
    10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
  • won them many fans. They soon became a popular touring, recording, and ... and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. ...
    13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
  • The shamisen is used in several genres of music, including nagauta, or long ... Although in the early days of Kabuki the music ensemble was virtually identical ...
    9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
  • Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...
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  • In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...
    13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
  • 1453) was an English composer of polyphonic music of the late Medieval and ... These verses were not only involving music but also astronomy, medicine ...
    9 KB (1,459 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
  • forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... English concertinas were most popular as parlor instruments for ...
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  • his later career was largely devoted to gospel music. boogie-woogie tunes. He also became a popular television personality in ...
    12 KB (1,774 words) - 06:08, 27 February 2023
  • of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written to be performed ... The quartet became popular in the beginning of the Classical period ...
    13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 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
  • as well as oratorios, songs, and incidental music. He was especially renowned ... create opera comiques which were extremely popular theatrical entertainments ...
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  • |Genre = Country MusicPop Music | |Occupation = Singer ... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country ...
    12 KB (1,788 words) - 18:07, 12 February 2024
  • bassist best known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony ... By establishing the Tanglewood Insitute of Music in 1940 he sought to encourage ...
    13 KB (1,788 words) - 09:57, 26 January 2023
  • "Thabla" in Malayalam) is a popular Indian percussion instrument ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...
    11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
  • which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... of an open major or minor chord in Western music theory. The specific tuning ...
    10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
  • Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. His music linked ... Glazunov was born in St Petersburg. He studied music privately under ...
    11 KB (1,503 words) - 10:09, 4 January 2023
  • Bandstand, and Shindig!, among other popular television shows. ... member Rosalind Ashford retired from the music business. However, several ...
    12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
  • gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation, and sometimes ... and around the world. She appeared on the popular Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 ...
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