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  • in collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures ... he went on tour to collect Hungarian folk music. He received his Ph.D. ...
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  • #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music. University Of Chicago ...
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  • Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... make up most of the current Imperial Palace Music Department. By this time ...
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  • and harmonic properties of actual Latin folk music. He was one of several ... abstract musicality without the use of folk music or symbolic nationalism. ...
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  • " the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... Appalachian folk music, which comprised a major part of Acuff's ...
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  • Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. Originally the term referred to a genre that arose in the United ...
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  • foundation in both western and non-western music. This foundation is due to ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...
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  • In the same year, he traveled to Denmark, his first folk-music collecting ... George Gershwin. He eagerly collected folk music tunes, forms, and instruments ...
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  • Folk music of indigenous cultures contains syncopation to varying ... if source materials were rooted in folk music. The scores of Bela Bartok ...
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  • one of the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century. Lomax recorded thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain ...
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  • of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. He was one of ...
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  • Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... asserted that calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours ...
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  • New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...
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  • served to introduce millions of young folk music fans to gospel music. ... The folk music revival of the 1960s boosted Davis' career significantly ...
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  • Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...
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  • is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...
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  • emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ... projects to collect aboriginal folk music. For part of the time that ...
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  • Hopkins toured widely and was a perennial favorite at folk festivals ... In the early 1960s, Hopkins began to play the folk circuit, where ...
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  • classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He ...
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  • won additional fans in the growing folk music market and the band brought ... produced a major impact on the emerging folk music scene as the New York Times ...
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  • works were often influenced by Armenian folk music. By synthesizing folk music ... In his youth, he was fascinated by the music he heard around him, but ...
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  • albeit notorious figures in American folk music. After spending time in ... single greatest repository of American folk music he ever encountered in ...
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  • 1930s and early 40s, but retired from the music business for more than two ... Delta by various blues collectors and folk music promoters in the early ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions ... harmony, quite unlike the purer forms of folk music Glinka would have known ...
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  • sword dance practiced in Korea. Korean folk dancers perform Geom-mu with ... Surviving as a folk dance and cultural asset, Geom-mu changed considerably ...
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  • In the 1960s bluegrass reached northern audiences through the folk ... is not—and never was—purely folk music under a strict definition ...
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  • been revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some rock bands ... an instrument that was associated with folk music and buskers. ...
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  • performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his own. As Frederick ...
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  • In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent ... The term is usually used in reference to music of the late Middle ...
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  • particularly noted for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects, one ... " he nonetheless utilized Russian folk music as source material and ...
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  • bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ... or fans and reportedly disliked the folk scene of the 1960s. James ...
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  • 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was ...
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  • forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... popular as parlor instruments for classical music, while German concertinas ...
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  • Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ... ===Folk music influences=== Traditional accounts of Enescu’s musical ...
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  • Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland and Ireland ...
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  • Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. His most famous compositions ...
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  • Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a ...
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  • The usage of the term is not unique to music but has application in medicine ... and logs were the next steps in the evolution of music. ...
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  • musical ballads are in the repertory of American folk music. ... *[http://www.contemplator.com/ Folk Music, Child Ballads, Popular ...
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  • towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ... Still was very much of the attitude that "inspired" music ...
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  • to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass takes its ... as a result of the rise in popularity of folk music. Audiences attracted to ...
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  • The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... but it used rhythms derived from African folk music. The contradanza had arrived ...
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  • He was also a collector of British folk music and served as president ... as a composer. By collecting English folk music from the countryside, in ...
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  • Banshees are common in Irish and Scottish folk stories, and enjoy the same ... great or holy. W.B. Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry ...
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  • periods. As a renowned creator of sacred music, Michael Haydn concentrated ... of Rohrau. Neither parent could read music. However, Matthias was an ...
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  • the entire postwar development of American folk music. He was a first-hand observer and survivor of the economic and environmental hardships of the ...
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  • century. The integration of southern "folk" blues with the urban ... musicians. Waters influence on popular music became unmistakable following ...
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  • rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his compositions. ... Rather than merely quoting folk music, the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ...
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  • his works display the influence of Czech folk music, both in terms of rhythms ... the work has more in common with the folk music of Dvořák's native ...
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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 ...
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  • became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... for many years, popular with blues and folk music fans of the early 1960s ...
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  • ===Traditional and folk music=== Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. The ... and owners to describe traditional African folk practices. Hoodoo is not the ...
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  • both labels, performing what he called “folk piano.” While his recordings ... [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/george-winston-dead.html ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • and various forms of popular and folk music. Even these latter forms ... heritage, as well as its origins in western folk music. ...
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  • over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... up in a farming area, Ilaiyaraaja enjoyed Tamil folk music, ...
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  • occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... music with koto, biwa and shamisen, folk music, jazz, and other modern pieces. ...
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  • challenged and successfully mastered many music genres, including folk, country ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...
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  • 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: ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, she had several memorable ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...
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  • In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ... Yodeling shows how intrinsic not only communication, but music and ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and, most recently, rock music. The origins of ...
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  • - July 16, 2012) was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording ... Wells single-handedly changed the face of country music and controversially ...
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  • Danny Kortchmar. The two began playing folk music together. ... July 20, 1969, he performed at the Newport Folk Festival. Shortly thereafter ...
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  • and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... elements of native Cuban dance and folk music; score specifies usage ...
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  • Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ... day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts ...
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  • for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ... A quite different influence on Brahms was folk music. In his youth ...
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  • who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... He combined the traditions of Afro-American music folk music with ...
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  • development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... of popular themes from central European folk music, and the gloomy (gothic ...
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  • killer, romanticized by the press and by folk singer Woody Guthrie, in his ... many of the great figures in country and folk music, like Joan Baez, and was ...
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  • ==Folk music== Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of ...
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  • The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... composer, saw the golden age of Carnatic music in Kerala. The contribution ...
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  • mazurka, that were derived from Polish folk music. Many Russian composers ... Scotland Robert Burns began setting down folk music. This literary movement ...
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  • and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized ... the Communist controlled areas to adapt folk music to create revolutionary ...
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  • songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. ... and stepfather, encouraged his interest in music and supported his desire ...
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  • Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... Moreover, another variant of rumba music and dance was popularized ...
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  • Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... The qualities that create the distinctive character of liturgical ...
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  • Rebel Destiny (1934) and Suriname Folk Lore (1936). In the late 1930s ... However, African survivals can be seen in music, dance, speech, worship, ...
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  • in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...
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  • instruments that are used in both Japanese folk and classical musical traditions ... (組太鼓) whose repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...
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  • and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... and piano, reflects the Eastern European folk music styles of Bartók and Martinů ...
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  • the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ... nature of his scores. Today much of his music sounds relatively tame in ...
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  • In more recent years, revivals of native folk music and dance have ... created, a showcase ensemble for Breton folk music. The pipe band idiom has ...
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  • style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae ... for their dedication to the band's music. Some followed the band from ...
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  • The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... marking Dylan's final change from folk music to rock. These tours remain ...
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  • Alternative rock (also called alternative music The term "alternative ... or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ...
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  • traditional forms of folk arts, craft, folk music, and other genres of traditional ... A folk song may be defined as "a song belonging to the folk music ...
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  • it out for other public uses, including music recording. For a number of ... ==Classical Music and Dance== [[image:NYCS_rehersal_at_Manhattan_Center ...
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  • Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ... Times They Are a-Changin, which places the music of Bob Dylan in the context ...
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  • nineteenth century and today remain popular folk heroes. The term also has ... The influence of folk music and a countrified language has always ...
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  • Its evolution most likely came from simple folk dancing enjoyed by the peasant ... follow the rhythmic pattern present in the music. Some knowledge of step patterns ...
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