Search results for "Native American music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized ... When performing a chant, the singer usually uses music and sacred ...5 KB (821 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... make up most of the current Imperial Palace Music Department. By this time ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- 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
- 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote ... towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- 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
- May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best ... Starr wrote, "He was the first American composer to be hailed ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- 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
- lavender, and mugwort, none of which are native to the Americas. Smudge sticks ... While smudging is not exclusive to Native Americans, and it has been ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991), an American dancer and ... style, but one that was quintessentially American. Her philosophy, which helped ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... generation to generation. Mexican and American Yaqui maintain strong cultural ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... interest in the folk songs of his native Norway, and Grainger developed ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- scout, and defender of the rights of Native Americans. She was notable ... Sarah Winnemucca lived in two worlds; the world of Native Americans ...10 KB (1,568 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... music such as spirituals and Native American music in this work, but ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... Native American music plays a vital part in ceremonies and stories ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots ... traditional music other than Native American music, and thus the term ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- his social influence. He envisioned an American ballet where young native ... on the dream of creating an official American ballet. Balanchine was classically ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 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
- 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. ... Wyeth brought to life American stories and themes, from carpetbaggers ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 22:57, 10 November 2022
- Historically, flutes have often been used in the playing of sacred ... other instruments or vocals both in Native American music and in other styles ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- The Omaha tribe is a Native American tribe that currently reside in ... future generations. Many Omaha speak their native language, which is taught ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary ... an article in Life magazine on the American Civil Rights Movement and ...8 KB (1,091 words) - 02:13, 16 December 2022
- #039; favorite singer Della Reese, a Detroit native herself. ... group performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, and Shindig! ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist ... bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... consciously or not, I stand fast upon my native ground." ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- The Serrano are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They ... their habitat. Through their basketmaking, music, and language, they hope ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- as one of the most important African-American writers of the mid twentieth ... titled a collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son, in homage to Wright ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- 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
- Alternative rock (also called alternative music The term "alternative ... or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ...22 KB (3,494 words) - 00:45, 9 January 2023
- Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Anthropology ... 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native American ...29 KB (4,492 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2024
- in the Passamaquoddy language) are a Native American/First Nations people ... the number of children who speak the native language. To modern Western ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- simply as Selena, was an iconic Mexican American singer who has been called ... Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas to a Mexican-American father ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- 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 ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- by leaders of the Onondaga tribe about the Native American religious traditions ... The recording was released as an LP titled Music of Tibet, ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ... nature of his scores. Today much of his music sounds relatively tame in ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- symbolize, respectively, four significant American ideals: independence, democratic ... (see Controversy below). Among white American settlers, the peak was known ...16 KB (2,297 words) - 18:42, 13 July 2023
- attempt to resolve the issues of the American Revolution in concert with ... social science. He wrote on the local laws, music, literature, botany, and ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Piute) refers to two related groups of Native Americans — the Northern ... movement. He prophesied an end to white American expansion while preaching ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- Edward Sapir (January 26, 1884 – February 4, 1939) was an American ... initial impetus for Sapir's study of American languages. Boas invoked ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- responsible for the strong influence of American Indian culture in the BSA. seminal figure in the emergence of the American conservation philosophy ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was an American photographer who is best ... War. His photos became foundational to American photography. They combined ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B band, who helped ... the group and was replaced by Cleveland native Johnny Moore (of The Hornets ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- in an 1880 report by the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnography. In 1883, Powell ... cultures have exchanged and blended foods, music, dances, clothing, tools ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- horsemen and cowhands of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian ... by South America’s ruling class, native-born aristocrats called criollos ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- Like many American colleges, Amherst was founded with the goal of ... having published the first dictionary of American English with printer William ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- it is bordered by Cuba. It supports major American, Mexican, and Cuban fishing ... its multicultural heritage as well as its music and cuisine and is considered ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- advocate for women but for the rights of Native Americans and religious minorities ... was able to practice law, like other American women until the passage ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- – December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, best known ... sing rock and roll, "the devil's music." His parents were well ...13 KB (2,075 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was an American soul, R&B, and gospel ... Franklin maintained her position in the music recording industry throughout ...28 KB (4,152 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- 12, 1853 - September 7, 1918) was an American educator, psychologist, ... be formally admitted as students at many American universities. Her work greatly ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- era. He became a cultural icon in his native Germany and was greatly admired ... Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he became music director of the Vienna Philharmonic ...21 KB (3,095 words) - 11:58, 5 May 2023
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame. In 2005, Parton ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- |Genre = Pop Music, Country Music |Occupation = ... Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country-pop singer ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- one of the first dance departments in an American university. It has since ... Ruth St. Denis was the first American dancer to incorporate the traditions ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- speech, or any form of content that is not music. In the U.S., the Library ... sometimes calling upon a complete cast, music, and sound effects, though ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American ... I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- as early as 1861. In 1898, the Spanish-American War increased the prison ... A 19-month long occupation of the island by allied Native Americans ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- he decided then that he would make Qawwali music his career. His first public ... group was in March 1971, at an annual music festival organized by Radio ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was a prominent American actor who transformed Hollywood ... activists to march for civil rights and Native American rights. He refused ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 08:33, 10 March 2023
- mainland South America sits on the South American Plate. Geopolitically, all ... years ago, which resulted in the Great American Interchange. The Andes, ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- under various European, African, and Native American influences, and ... of the French, Spanish, African, and Native Americans, and the quintessential ...19 KB (2,856 words) - 22:44, 16 December 2021
- Pop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common ... Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. Its founding ... Whittaker and Samson Occom (an early Native American clergyman) raised ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- city, Santa Fe is a unique blend of Native American, Spanish, Mexican ... 9,000 B.C.E.). Later inhabitants include Native Americans of the Anasazi ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- The Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles ... with the direction the band's music was taking and his own diminished ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships ... Lacoste was nicknamed le Crocodile by the American press. The French ...8 KB (1,243 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his ... he called "Acid Tests" involving music (such as Kesey's favorite ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 17:21, 5 October 2022
- Clyde Jackson Browne (October 9, 1948 - ) is an American rock singer ... in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- Wolfgang in particular developed a love of classical music. ... his training in science with his love of music.Robert Sherrill, "Natural ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 23:20, 17 May 2023
- before finding his first success as a music critic in the Star newspaper ... came from Richard Mansfield's American production of The Devil ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 07:04, 18 April 2024
- the practice of teaching children in their native language. Instruction occurs ... assimilate students that do not speak the native language into the classroom. ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 03:50, 1 October 2023
- European dance, and also a genre of dance music, familiar throughout Europe ... in many communities in the U.S., South American and Europe. ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- B.C.E. (though there is some evidence of American Indian presence on the islands ... During the process of colonization the native American Indian population ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- commonly of the hips, used to punctuate the music or accent a beat. Lifts or ... melodic lines and lyrical sections in the music, or modulated to express ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- Before the American Civil War, Mississippi was the fifth-wealthiest ... It is rich in folklore, dance, soulful music, and pride in their forebears ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- The Hudson River School was a mid-nineteenth century American art ... believed that nature in the form of the American landscape was an "ineffable ...14 KB (2,021 words) - 23:21, 29 September 2021
- Anacreon seems to have returned to his native town of Teos, where—according ... be sung or recited to the accompaniment of music, usually the lyre. Anacreon ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author ... and soon become an iconic part of American culture. Part fairy tale ...23 KB (3,507 words) - 15:58, 26 September 2023
- The original native inhabitants of the Islands at the time of Columbus ... Islands). Since Havana, Cuba, closed for American tourists in 1961, the Bahamas ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- a Finnish composer of European classical music, and one of the most popular ... On his views about composing he once stated, "Music is for me ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- conflicts with neighboring African groups. Native ideas of authority conflicted ... Traditional Tuareg music has two major components: the single-string ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- covered the Great Plains of the North American continent. They were accomplished ... of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana. ...26 KB (3,951 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- and Southeast Asia. K-pop often emulates American popular music, and usually ... marked a turning point for Korean popular music, as the group incorporated ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was an American cowboy actor and singer ... that he was going to pursue a living in music. With his father's blessing ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 20:50, 21 December 2022
- not already." A reviewer from the American Art News stated that "The ... Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia met American artist Man Ray after arriving ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- special place among the displaced African-American blues tradition. The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- sometimes referred to in English under its native name "Belau." Until ... 1899, after its defeat during the Spanish-American War, Spain sold the islands ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- 7, 1830 - February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his ... Bierstadt continued to produce American landscapes in his own fashion ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- 1842 – September 7, 1881) was a unique American poet. Lanier was considered ... Anderson; he was mostly of English and American ancestry, with his distant ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 14:34, 27 January 2023
- 1904 – April 26, 1984) was a prominent American jazz pianist and band leader ... rhythms and solo performances, Basie's music possessed an emotional resonance ...17 KB (2,747 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- deforestation and the introduction of non-native species has caused the extinction ... The islands have no native mammals, except for bats. Many of the Mascarene ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Native American music [[Image:Mystic River Singers 1024.jpg|thumb|left ... Native American music is almost entirely monophonic, but there are ...60 KB (8,901 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force ... Benton's style and his "rural American scene" aesthetic. Benton ...37 KB (5,789 words) - 09:21, 13 March 2024
- for most of its 40 years of recording music, but it had two distinct ... lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music, while Maurice sang both ...20 KB (3,173 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- | genre = African American literature | movement = | notableworks ... 5, 2019), was a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... climate and miles of clear sandy beaches. American Samoan people are typically ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 2023
- December 5, 1784) was the first African American female writer to be published ... first ever published by a black American woman. ==Later life and death == ...13 KB (1,993 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
