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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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  • of Illinois, the Cleveland Institute of Music and Western Reserve University ... :Music for Chamber Orchestra (1938) :Symphonietta (1941) ...
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  • explain the essentials of the current music theory, and to allow them to ... the famous mathematician, philosopher and music theorist Nicole Oresme. De ...
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  • A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... at least a basic understanding of both music theory and music history to aid ...
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  • treatises, to express his concern about music theory being re-invented. Rameau ... of acoustic science and musical theory was thought to have cosmic ...
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  • in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions, and ... were deeply enamored with Couperin's music and paid tribute to him by ...
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  • and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... brother Nikolai studied composition and theory with Siegfried Dehn. Here ...
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  • level, but its direct influence on music theory, composition and performance ... features of early Renaissance European art music (in the Middle Ages, thirds ...
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  • and melodic language affected how music theory and composition were later ... Saint-Saëns, who introduced him to the music of several contemporary composers ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • and Italian styles as well as the music theory, poetry, literature, and ... all while teaching singing and music theory and directing another ...
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  • for his research on the psychology of music and sound. He founded the ... young age. His main interest however, was music, and by the age of ten Stumpf ...
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  • to Philodemus. These works deal with music, rhetoric, ethics, signs ... of topics, such as ethics, psychology, music, rhetoric, and theology. ...
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  • in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... was a deep distaste for German academic music theory; he almost always shunned ...
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  • on geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music which were used throughout ... === Mathematics and Music === Boethius wrote four textbooks on mathematics ...
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  • In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...
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  • a rigorous, systematic, philosophical theory that accounted for artistic ... of many persons concerned with art and music in the English-speaking world. ...
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  • theologian, philosopher, mathematician, and music theorist. In philosophy, ... chief interests lay in mathematics and music theory. Today, he is known in ...
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  • to psychology, epistemology, value theory, ethics, probability theory ... to psychology, epistemology, value theory, ethics, probability theory ...
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  • Atonality describes music that does not use a tonal center or key ... Taylor (Radano 1993, 108-109), have written music that is described as atonal ...
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  • which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... an open major or minor chord in Western music theory. The specific tuning for ...
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  • bassist best known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony ... Moscow for the study of double bass and music theory. He excelled at the bass ...
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  • In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string) is three or more different notes that are played simultaneously, or near ...
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  • this point forward, the word sonata in music theory as often labels the abstract ... formed the basis for much of the music theory of the nineteenth and ...
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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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  • in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... * Kippen, James. "Gurudev's Drumming Legacy: Music, Theory ...
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  • invented the basic tenets of film criticism and theory. ... element of what became known as the auteur theory comes from Alexandre Astruc ...
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  • leading to a radical revision of learning theory. Although Gestalt theory ... Wolfgang in particular developed a love of classical music. ...
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  • The Frankfurt school is a school of neo-Marxist social theory, social ... spheres, resulting in critical theory. The Frankfurt School can be ...
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  • Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... 1904 to 1911, studying counterpoint, music theory, and harmony; by 1906 ...
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  • the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century ... movement. Lomax's research into folk music roots, systematized in a ...
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  • of the fundamental units of existence. His theory was an alternative to the ... basic agency of change, Leibniz posited a theory of pre-established harmony ...
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  • remains a mystery. The most plausible theory says that he came from the ... Another popular theory is that Sharaku was a phantom, a pen name for ...
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  • a marked influence over set design, costumes, and music. ... dance instructor at the Eastman School of Music and Theater in Rochester ...
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  • behaviorism, but do not attempt to use the theory to explain all aspects of ... Eclecticism is also known as a new popular music stream in the house ...
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  • and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... Odense. He later studied violin and music theory at the Copenhagen Conservatory ...
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  • of a tonal center or atonality. This music which turned away from the ... in Friedrich Nietzsche's übermensch theory, also became interested in ...
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  • notion that facts exists separate from the theory in which they have a meaning ... of the Physical principles of the quantum theory, where he alternatively defends ...
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  • aristocrats. Zeami’s Noh dramas and his theory of art were influenced by ... Zeami’s theory of art is unusual. In Europe a treatise like Fūshi ...
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  • from the 1850s to the 1950s. The social theory developed consequently from ... suit a more adapted species. Degeneration theory presented a pessimistic outlook ...
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  • Although he resisted recording his music until near the end of his ... skills with the violin. He also studied music theory during this time. He then ...
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  • of sound. Modern distribution of music across the Internet through ... From the wax cylinder to the compact cassette, analog audio music ...
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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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  • astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, art, military strategy, ... such as martial arts, medicine, painting or music, each element should only ...
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  • Aristotle rejected Plato's metaphysics and its built-in value ... quot; (the term includes drama, flute music, and lyre music for Aristotle ...
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  • 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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  • developing his Ecological Systems Theory which had a widespread influence ... completed a double major in psychology and music in 1938. He went on to graduate ...
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  • The technique is not confined to Russian literature, nor is the theory ... In The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, Ed. Michael ...
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  • world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... In 1868 Bruckner accepted a post as a teacher of music theory at the ...
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  • Women. He wrote three books about painting theory: On Painting (画论), Introduction ... detailed, and lifelike. His Graphic Theory later became a basic theory ...
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  • by Jean-François Lyotard to mean a theory that tries to give a totalizing ... *Freudian theory holds that human history is a narrative of the repression ...
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  • of Holism is also present in system theory and organicism, and it is ... The holistic perspective is also found in Organicism, system theory ...
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  • in the "elegance" of scientific theory. Perhaps the first is a positive ... that aesthetic experiences in arts such as music are closely tied to mathematical ...
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  • painting, sculpture, architecture, music...this century appears to ... Ficino regarded the theory of Aristotle as beginning from the same ...
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  • composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... He later attended the Darmstadt New Music Summer School or Internationale ...
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  • in Babylonia. A rich tradition of cantorial music flourished in later centuries ... * Music theory and musical sight-reading * Learning an instrument, ...
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  • family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ... art; the connection between visual art and music; the spiritual and symbolic ...
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  • The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...
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  • . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ... The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation ...
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  • ear. A strong foundation in composing, music theory, and orchestration is ... to creating a unified realization of the music being performed. ...
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  • a quantum leap in terms of technique and theory. Tatum's extensive use ... Somehow, Tatum’s music could also be compared to a black diamond ...
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  • by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an audience ... analyses of catharsis in Aristotle's theory of drama have had a lasting ...
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  • instruments. He wrote a notable book on music, Kitab al-Musiqa (The Book ... he charmed the court with his discourse and music, and then refused the Sultan’s ...
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  • to literary criticism and advanced the theory that criticism requires the ... Poulet.” The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. (New York: ...
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  • an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...
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  • and operas. He was also a highly regarded music conductor. ... he also received private instruction in music theory and orchestration from ...
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  • Fioravanti at 18 months, began studying music theory at two, the piano at three ... of the old school of Italy. Having learned music from his grandfather whom ...
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  • norms. It was also influenced by the theory of evolution and uniformitarianism ... quot; was similar to the philosophical theory of Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...
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  • the universe was erroneous, he based his theory on observations that he and ... Ptolemy also wrote an influential work, Harmonics, on music theory ...
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  • Baudelaire and Verlaine, while the subtle music, ominous allusions, arcane ... to forge a unity of prose, poetry, and music in much of his literature ...
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  • The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... In music theory, the period saw several advances over previous practice ...
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  • some of the humanities (including literary theory) and to cultural anthropology. ... semiotics and logic as facets of a wider theory. For a summary of Peirce ...
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  • for one of the great revolutions of psychological theory. ... other subjects as well, including history, music, art, physiology, and ethnology ...
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  • was at once a pleasure to the eye as music is to the ear, but "mingled ... these ideas were amplified in critical theory through the work of Jean ...
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  • a broad knowledge encompassing medicine, music, cosmology, astronomy, mathematics ... and leisure to join the inner circle. Music featured as an essential ...
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  • who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... In an era when African-American music was known largely through demeaning ...
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  • red and white trousers. However, a popular theory is that Uncle Sam was named ... Another theory suggests that Uncle Sam was a creation by Irish immigrants ...
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  • and vertically (as harmonies). Music theory, within this realm, is ... study of how to read notation involves music theory. Written notation varies ...
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  • I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...
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  • about what I was writing."Yorke, Into the Music, p.61 ... =====Exclusion of music/lyrics===== Of course, there are others who ...
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  • and offered the first proof of Merton’s theory. He also developed a language ... * music theory (in De configurationibus), * musical performing (in ...
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  • "there is an overlap of the implicit theory of wisdom with intelligence ... to the last stage of his eight-stage theory of psychosocial development ...
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  • rabbit's feet have developed. One theory states that ancient Europeans ... following a pattern established by jazz music and rhythm and blues, where ...
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  • disciplines, from philosophy and literary theory, to sociology and anthropology ... Bourdieu's contributions to social theory were both empirical ...
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  • spring used as a power source in watches, clocks, music boxes, windup toys, and mechanically powered flashlights *Rubber band - a tension spring ...
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  • visual arts in Brazil. After working as a music professor and newspaper columnist ... concerts and began studying singing and music theory with an eye toward becoming ...
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  • were used in Shinto and Buddhist religious music, and during battle in feudal ... repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...
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  • Deazley, Rethinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language (Edward Elgar Pub ... People have been creating music for millennia. Guido of Arezzo introduced ...
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  • von Goethe demonstrates in his treatise Theory of Colors (published 1810 ... * Parola, Rene. Optical Art: Theory and Practice. Dover Oublications ...
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  • should not be confused with information theory, the mathematical study of ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:library ...
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  • famous for his application of probability theory to the study of molecules ... literature, butterfly collecting, and music. For a short time, he studied ...
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  • but literature, film, architecture and music. The term may apply to any ... In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche presented his theory of the ancient ...
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  • During the period, music theory, diatonic tonality, and imitative ... The middle baroque, in music theory, is identified by the increasingly ...
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  • that educators need to study Froebel’s theory deeper, and not only blindly ... Seminary, and Julliard School of Music, to revive the Manhattanville ...
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  • regarded as a founding figure in post-colonial theory. Robert Young ... Academically speaking, Said was a follower of Post-structuralist theory ...
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  • By the end of the eighteenth century, Gall developed his theory of ... and started to further investigate this theory. Gall collected human ...
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  • The appellation "Classical music" is a broad, somewhat imprecise ... development of Western culture, musical theory, aesthetics, and axiology. ...
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  • development of socialist and democratic theory, and the growth of nationalism ... Rousseau's contributions to political theory have been invaluable ...
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  • affect one's attitude to certain styles of music. There are numerous ... values. The most famous example of such a theory is Dissonance-reduction theory ...
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  • Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...
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