Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- the seventeenth century without writing music in the new Baroque fashion ... 039;s reign (1553–1558), "bred up to music under Thomas Tallis." ...10 KB (1,651 words) - 15:42, 6 May 2023
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct ... boundaries. Elvis Presley's rockabilly music was popular on northern radio ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel ... composed using the blues tradition. Soul music is differentiated from rhythm ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- particularly for his waltzes, a form of music he was instrumental in popularizing ... orchestra, specializing in light, danceable music including waltzes, quadrilles ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 2022
- Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is an integer musical notation used ... For composers of the Baroque period, music was not primarily an exercise ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- wrote for all economic levels so that his music could touch as many as possible ... was an innovative producer of vaudeville (he is generally credited with inventing ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Jongmyo is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the memorial services in ... National Treasure. The heart of Confucianism is to honor those in the subject ...6 KB (863 words) - 19:53, 4 May 2024
- in present-day Bratislava, Slovakia. His music reflects the transition from ... Hummel, the expressiveness of his piano music showed the attributes of ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was a project ... Edward W. Guo, known as Feldmahler, an 18-year-old Canadian music ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Much of the greatness of Copland's art is due to the ways he ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
