Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- #039; most successful rock and country music artists of the twentieth ... 5, 1993. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... American themes into European classical music, the first Pan-American artist ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 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
- place in the anthologies of English church music, and is considered among ... Little is known about his early life, but there seems to be agreement ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- 1453) was an English composer of polyphonic music of the late Medieval and ... The spelling "Dunstaple" is generally to be preferred, since ...9 KB (1,459 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- sangen (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument ... It is derived from a Chinese stringed instrument with a drum-like ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- and inspired related movements in music and literature. In cubist ... the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It is believed by many that the work ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves ... In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- a specifically Russian kind of art music. Gerald Abraham, Borodin: ... Borodin is best known for his symphonies, his opera Prince Igor, and ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 08:55, 18 July 2023
- a major pop success for Georgia Gibbs. James is best known, however, for her ... widely varied in styles and genres of music. Her 1992 soul album, The ...20 KB (2,949 words) - 04:39, 22 March 2024
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 04:25, 24 May 2024
- century Russian and Soviet composer who is best known as a polystylistic ... held mystic beliefs which influenced his music. In the 1960s he studied ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
- and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest hit song, "Walking ... 1950s version. Another well known Tubb hit is "Waltz Across Texas" ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- of his working life in France. Although his music is not well known today, ... operas and his compositions of sacred music. His influence extended into ...6 KB (953 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- was a Flemish composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous composer ... court; nonetheless, he certainly knew his music, since his earliest mass ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 08:04, 18 March 2024
- Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance ... The increasing reliance on the interval of the third as a consonance ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He adopted the "Grandpa ... television show Hee Haw in the 1960s. He is credited as being one of the ...6 KB (914 words) - 19:18, 24 May 2024
- composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University ... them into his own compositions. He is known for writing concertos ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- was an Italian composer, piano virtuoso, music teacher, author, and conductor ... He particularly promoted contemporary music. He also continued to teach ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- with special costumes, dance motions, and music. The dance has earned a reputation ... :2. A sense of speed (not tempo, which is related to beat) ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
