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- the treatise Ars musicae ("The art of music") (ca. 1300), an attempt ... is devoted to liturgical and composed music. The rest is devoted to secular ...3 KB (494 words) - 15:13, 1 August 2022
- 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
- 15, 1609) was an Italian composer of vocal music who lived during the late ... but that were and that remain popular for their ease of singing ...6 KB (867 words) - 20:36, 29 August 2021
- and organist of the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras ... Hassler most likely studied music as a boy with his father, who was ...4 KB (660 words) - 01:17, 19 January 2024
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- have been attributed to him, though the music is lost, and attribution ... of the Marian antiphons, other sacred music in a more conservative manner ...5 KB (733 words) - 05:27, 24 November 2022
- New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 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
- " the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... and The Precious Jewel. He later formed a music publishing venture with Chicago ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of ... teacher who contributed greatly to the music culture in Renaissance Europe ...6 KB (899 words) - 02:39, 5 November 2022
- instruments, is probably the most popular. emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... A key may be major or minor. Some music is considered to be in a mode—such ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ... Still was very much of the attitude that "inspired" music ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- 20, 1999), was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter. Canadian ... Snow was a popular star at the Opry, and had a long and successful ...7 KB (1,094 words) - 16:10, 22 January 2024
- #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... traditional and "new age" kantele music are also available. ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 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
- – December 8, 1982) was one of the most popular American country and western ... in the 1960s by the Academy of Country Music, was inducted into the Nashville ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- master composer of European classical music as well as a prolific nationalistic ... integrating existing folk melodies into his music, but was far more elemental ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- best known for his operas, which were very popular in the late nineteenth and ... In his lifetime, however, Massenet was one of the most popular and ...6 KB (931 words) - 21:06, 4 October 2022
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... dividing 'serious' and 'popular' genres, the first ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- ) was an English renaissance composer and music teacher, who flourished around ... and Queen Sophie's (1557-1631) private music teacher at Elsinore, Denmark ...6 KB (863 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2023
- of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. It flourished in the mid ... boundaries. Elvis Presley's rockabilly music was popular on northern radio ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely viewed as Brazil's national musical style. The name samba probably ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- #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
- and inspired related movements in music and literature. In cubist ... by art dealer Henry Kahnweiler, becoming popular so quickly that by 1910 ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 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
- In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ... Yodeling shows how intrinsic not only communication, but music and ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- Most of Taverner's music is vocal, and includes masses, Magnificats ... His best known mass is based on a popular song, "The Western ...5 KB (789 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- on to write 21 nocturnes himself. These popular nocturne forms were expanded ... * Anderson, Keith. Notes for recording Field: Piano Music, Vol. 1 ...5 KB (734 words) - 06:35, 8 April 2024
- He was the most famous writer of secular music in Elizabethan England, and ... to the great Elizabethan composer of sacred music, William Byrd, as his teacher ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... Virginia Library provides access to an online music collection. ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- a specifically Russian kind of art music. Gerald Abraham, Borodin: ... tribes. Adapted from Bordin's music, Kismet was produced on Broadway ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 08:55, 18 July 2023
- the early madrigals of the Renaissance. As music historian Richard Taruskin ... not only in madrigals but in other vocal music of the Renaissance. ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest hit song, "Walking ... one of the most recognizable in country music, and his band, the Texas ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Incorporating multiple styles and variations ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- 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 ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... Moreover, another variant of rumba music and dance was popularized ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 2022
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... In music history serenades have been composed for ensembles of many ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... it used rhythms derived from African folk music. The contradanza had arrived ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- 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. ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- ballads are in the repertory of American folk music. ===Murder ballads=== ... of simple folkloric authenticity, became popular with the rise of Romanticism ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... and culture and he expressed this in his music. His legacy as Norway's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era ... deciding that the study and composition of music was his true passion. He ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He also ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- 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
- smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, she had several memorable ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... Joseph Vogler), founder of three important music schools (in Mannheim, Stockholm ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- 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
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... vernacular traditions. African American music and all aspects of African ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- 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
- 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
- forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... English concertinas were most popular as parlor instruments for ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 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 ...5 KB (752 words) - 08:29, 7 December 2021
- |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
- 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
- "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
- Each year an elaborate performance of ancient court music (with accompanying ... The Jongmyo Jerye-ak, the traditional court music of Joseon, is performed ...6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
- 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 ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- twentieth-century American composer and music administrator. In addition ... achieved prominence in the international music scene. Although he was influenced ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- 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
- Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance ... features of early Renaissance European art music (in the Middle Ages, thirds ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts. Both as a solo artist ... but more streamlined than the honky-tonk music of the late 1940s and early ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music who was known as an educator ... where he led the festival performances of music for Queen Christina of Sweden ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- of flamboyant French feeling by composing music that is characterized by ... with the can-can, a physically demanding music hall dance, performed by ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- Bluegrass music is a form of American country music with roots in ... identified as a distinct genre of country music in the 1950s. Unlike country ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... composer, saw the golden age of Carnatic music in Kerala. The contribution ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- which incorporated elements of blues and gospel music. ... opposed to the character of swing music, partly as a result of growing ...8 KB (1,171 words) - 17:08, 18 August 2020
- 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
- A number of Respighi's most popular works draw from Biblical ... his personal artistic quest to create music that he hoped would speak ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century ... movement. Lomax's research into folk music roots, systematized in a ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- While also noted as a composer of sacred music, such as motets, he was one ... to his love of war, however, Charles loved music, and in his employ, Busnois ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period. The ... For composers of the Baroque period, music was not primarily an exercise ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has ... and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 05:28, 24 November 2022
- Minnie Pearl was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2002, she ... with singer Roy Acuff. She also became a popular comedy act outside the Opry ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ... The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- these horns were used in the liturgical music tradition at the Temple of ... Halliday in 1811. This bugle was highly popular and in wide use until c ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. He won the Pulitzer ... and at eleven wrote both the libretto and music for his first opera, The ...8 KB (1,169 words) - 01:44, 10 December 2022
- Modernism, free verse became an ever-more-popular medium for a number of poets ... although it remains the single most popular verse-form in most languages ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- with whom he shared a common interest in music. Forming bands with other ... Holly initially played fairly straightforward country music but incorporated ...11 KB (1,803 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- The term bard (бард) refers to popular poets who put their verses ... which touched upon common life and were popular throughout all layers of ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- Although he resisted recording his music until near the end of his ... Portuguese refugees. When he started his music education playing the violin ...15 KB (2,115 words) - 07:04, 3 August 2022
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... Before electronic music, there was a growing desire for composers ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... metronome to indicate specific tempi in his music. Prior to that time tempo ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- and inventiveness. He was able to produce music of original beauty with a ... Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club, a popular Los Angeles jazz club. ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 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
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... The qualities that create the distinctive character of liturgical ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- breaking innovations in African American music that would influence the ... of virtuoso musicians. Waters influence on popular music became unmistakable ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
