Search results for "European classical music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression ... Music professor, David Brackett defines them as "short melodic ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- In music, syncopation is a stress on a normally unstressed beat, or ... which is used in Son montuno Cuban dance music. Timing can vary, but it ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- an Argentinian master composer of European classical music as well as a prolific ... Argentine folk elements with Western classical conventions. In so doing ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- in present-day Bratislava, Slovakia. His music reflects the transition from ... As the bridge between the classical and romantic eras, Hummel showed ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- December 3, 1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote more ... towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- his music could be very close to European classical music—a genre he practiced ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- to introduce American themes into European classical music, the first Pan-American ... to Europe, realizing that a European classical music training would be ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- twentieth century American composer of classical music who was best known ... physical nurturing components that makes my music sound as it does, is that ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... Gershwin's music exudes the power of spring-like hope. Unlike ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- 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
- conductor. He was the second of only six music directors of the renowned ... also a leading promoter of contemporary classical music such as that of Béla ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- these horns were used in the liturgical music tradition at the Temple of ... akin to today's automobile horn). European predecessors and relatives ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Algarotti's writings include several studies on classical themes ... lively intelligence made an impression in European intellectual circles. Voltaire ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- 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
- Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ... Times They Are a-Changin, which places the music of Bob Dylan in the context ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- an oboist play a concert A (A440). Some European orchestras tune to a slightly ... With the resurgence of interest in early music in the mid-twentieth century ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. Having trained ... its culture, an as-yet untouched field in European scholarship. In 1784, with ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- 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
