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- Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 18:49, 1 January 2023
- The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties ... and concert band music. Local folk music is also a part of the music ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- were two short story collections, Bayou Folk (1884) and A Night in Acadie ... From the outset, her interests were music, reading, and writing as ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- in the entertainment arts, for example, in music, theater and dance. ... Improvisation is an important aspect of music in general. Musical ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- Like Mahler, Sibelius made frequent use of national or folk music ... but rather styled his melodies after folk music, characteristically using ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok to celebrate the coming ... The Ganggangsullae (Hangul: 강강술래) dance is a traditional folk ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts ... were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association and the Academy ... playing guitar as a youth without learning to read music. ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 07:53, 24 January 2023
- and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... blended melodic passages inspired by folk music with more complicated stylings ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Sidney Robertson Cowell), a prominent folk-music scholar who had been instrumental ... of his later works are based on American folk music, such as the series of ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- ) The I Ching is still used by adherents of folk religion. The I Ching became ... lines. The airs are in the style of folk songs, although the extent ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his ... Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 2023
- role in the development of big band jazz and Swing music. Henderson’s music marks the transition from New Orleans jazz, with ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- 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
- was a major fan of American soul music, and created a distinctive ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the UK Music Hall of Fame. ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- 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
- the sublimity of nature. It elevated folk art, language, and custom ... elements, such as the growing use of folk music, which are more directly ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- of modernism and his work in Brazilian folk music, and read his "Extremely ... theory of the social dimensions of folk music, which is at once nationalistic ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... with "the Blues." A type of folk music predominant among African ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- 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
- particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer ... the West for his "other" life in music. As a boy in Vilnius he received ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- to find such virtues in ancient German folk songs and Norse poetry and ... a juridico-political state with that of the folk-nation as organic in its historical ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- 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 ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... often witty and humorous adaptations of folk music themes. The song "Bo ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- Kathakali has its origins almost 1500 years ago in the early ritual ... several outside elements from the folk and martial arts of Kerala ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- "traditional music" and "folk music" are often used interchangeably ... The majority of sub-Saharan African folk music and traditional music is ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- musical language is imbued with national folk music and rhythms as well as ... My Fatherland also incorporates Czech folk music. The first four poems are ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists. Although ... out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time as a DJ ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- from classical or art music and from folk music. The term does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ... of three, and in his teens began singing folk music at local venues. After ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ... who collected and augmented their native folk music and used these themes in ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music ... Jazz, Asian music, and traditional folk music from across Europe. Ravel ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 00:46, 9 November 2022
- hero with the magical power of songs and music. He is born of the primeval ... Because of the folk music history of the Kalevala there have been ...26 KB (4,103 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Holst often looked to English folk music for inspiration but was also ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ... and solos. In many traditional and folk music styles, performers are ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... The forms of Hindustani classical music were designed primarily for ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- piano concerto in the history of Western music has its antecedent in the ... Several passages have leanings towards folk music, as manifested in Austrian ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- widely and was influential in the gospel music scene, and his training of ... did not share the attitude of some church folk that the blues was "devil ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- of musical styles, such as jazz, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and even ... rhythm. She was able to go beyond ordinary music-making to relate to a greater ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville ... an inter-cultural bridge that brought his music to a wide audience and increased ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- In common with most folk dances, there is no universal naming scheme ... commonly of the hips, used to punctuate the music or accent a beat. Lifts or ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- Music. Traditional music in Korea has been based on the voice, a distinct ... Minsogak. Korea's folk music, Minsogak expresses a wide variety ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- believed to have evolved from pre-classical music forms and theatrical arts ... among the common people, existing folk music, dance and drama, as well ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- ===Classical music and folk music=== Composers of classical music have often made use of folk music (music ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- from the instrument's use in folk music. A person who plays the ... strings or more are often used in jazz or folk music. == Bows == ...45 KB (7,281 words) - 20:27, 3 May 2023
- performance, or for rehearsing a cappella music. While Eastern Orthodox churches ... participates such as hymns and service music, choirs still sing the full ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- States. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel ... gospel; oldtime (generally pre-1930 folk music); honky tonk; Appalachian; ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- ] Retrieved January 15, 2009. The popular folk wrestling style of India performed ... match. In Henry VIII's kingdom, folk wrestling in many places was ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, even jazz and swing. Dylan ... roll gave way to an interest in American folk music. He soon became actively ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- Khmer people as well as diverse forms of folk music related to the oldest types ... === Folk music and dance=== Many of Laos' ethnic minority groups ...42 KB (6,594 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- quot; (the term includes drama, flute music, and lyre music for Aristotle ... emotions as they are being configured in music, and of their being recognized ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- most prominent composers of the Classical music era, called the "Father ... popular style was the frequent use of folk music or folk-like material, ...31 KB (4,893 words) - 21:50, 6 May 2024
- of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history ... derivatives. India has a rich tradition of folk painting and the decorative ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- rights activism, literature, poetry, and music. In 1904 Johnson went on ... After successes with their songwriting and music the brothers worked at Broadway ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- Early Chinese poetry grew from a rich tradition of folk songs and ... he loved the mountains, and instrumental music, and found himself torn between ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 08:33, 10 January 2024
- characterized by a largely lyrical form of folk poetry based on syllabic quantity ... The first fragmentary records of Estonian folk poetry dating from the thirteenth ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 23:59, 18 March 2022
- human spirit and to enrich the culture of music in America. major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony Orchestra ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- May 26, 1933) was the first great country music recording artist. Known as ... intersected African American blues and folk music in racially divided America ...23 KB (3,146 words) - 13:11, 1 August 2022
- distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four music albums recorded between 1966 ... was significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influenced styles ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 09:39, 1 April 2024
- the U.S. with the British Invasion. The folk music scene also experimented ... the thought-provoking melodies of French folk music, and concrete bursts of ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- the global appeal of jazz, blues, folk music, and rock and roll advanced ... It is not known who wrote these melodies, similar to folk music, it ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... faith." For Bruckner, like Bach, music served the purpose of praising ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the ... The influence of Russian church and folk music is very evident in ...29 KB (4,378 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- tends to be more used for dance-pop and folk music and is often used in folk ... accordion particular to the Alpine folk music of Austria, the Czech Republic ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- eventually brought tonal and harmonious music to millions, was invented ... of the George A. Prince & Co. Music Store at 200 Main St. ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are a folk ... band to straddle all the flavors of popular music eminent at the time, from ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- modern art, also infusing his work with the folk art of his Belorussian roots ... inspiration. He has recorded a piece of music named Chagall, in his honor; ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- incorporating and transforming local folk music forms. As the popularity ... which separated it from local folk music and prepared the way to ...47 KB (7,370 words) - 23:16, 21 April 2024
- up hearing traditional Mexican mariachi music as well as flamenco guitar; ... Ritchie was already engaged in creating music of his own, even creating ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 01:42, 15 December 2022
- organizations and literary, art, and music societies. Nazrul's ... songs into the mainstream of Bengali folk music, exploring the Islamic ...34 KB (5,210 words) - 22:44, 14 September 2023
- produced by striking metal bars. In blues music, the harmonica is often casually ... As European harps evolved to play more complex music, a key consideration ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- 978-0195137927). Deeply interested in folk music, Ruth had contributed musical ... increasingly involved with politics and folk music, his grades suffered and ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 21:18, 8 August 2023
- and other crafts, storytelling and music may appear impoverished. ... *Fewkes, J. Walter. Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore. Dodo ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- Godiva's story may have passed into folk history to be recorded in ... *Lancaster, Joan Cadogan. Godiva of Coventry, With a chapter on the ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- (Spalicek), which refers to illustrated folk songbooks and also a piece ... of art - to be treated in this manner. Music was always preferred to the ...21 KB (3,254 words) - 02:02, 9 February 2023
- its ritual activity from that of the folk religion, which some professional ... in various refined activities including music and "pure conversation." ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an audience ... We also say that music should be used to procure not one benefit but ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Silverstein’s talents extended to music as well. He studied briefly ... Most notably, he wrote the music and lyrics for "A Boy Named ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk ... formal gatherings, traditional Scottish music is played.[https://www.visitscotland ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- ), a collection of ancient Indian and Persian folk tales. During the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the 8th century C.E., Baghdad ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... won Bowie a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. ...30 KB (4,767 words) - 07:53, 28 January 2024
- century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings ... from classical to traditional Italian folk songs and popular songs of ...13 KB (1,957 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- jingles. Among his influences were the folk music of Pete Seeger, Bob Gibson ... Singers. He soon became known at Toronto folk music-oriented coffee houses. ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- poetry showed the influence of the Russian folk traditions as well as a love ... school children and many have been set to music, recorded as popular songs ...12 KB (1,781 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- To this day whistles -as used in Irish folk music- have six holes. The original ... the fact that art music (as opposed to folk music) was no longer the exclusive ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... Barbershop music is famous and renowned for its "ringing" ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- , known as the "father of American music," was the preeminent ... young boy, Stephen evinced more interest in music than in other subjects. As ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- :For folk to see; :No shallow water, :For folk to see; :Yet even so, :Though there be no beach; ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 02:25, 5 October 2022
- Of these many are rare or obsolete, and music written for them is usually ... varies greatly with the musician, the music, the style of clarinet, the ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- of the world's most renowned classical music composers, known for his ... its melodic and harmonic relation to folk music—I grew up in a quiet ...33 KB (4,939 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- art for use by the court, and court music and dance, adapted from China ... have revived them. Traditional court music and dance (Nhã nhạc) was ...37 KB (5,882 words) - 20:18, 3 May 2023
- " paintings produced by anonymous folk artists, became popular. Suppression ... on mulberry paper or silk; and the colorful folk art or min-hwa, ritual arts ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the ... Folk music is also said to have been a natural origin of Carnatic ...40 KB (6,040 words) - 15:47, 28 November 2023
- homage. The composer had instructed that no music be played at his funeral; ... When he was twenty, Verdi left for Milan to study music, but the Conservatory ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative ...51 KB (7,870 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- to opera, but lighter in terms of both music and subject matter. Because ... addition to film music, famous for using folk music as inspiration||1889-1955 ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- help by his neighbor and fellow country-folk rocker Jackson Browne. Frey ... with the direction the band's music was taking and his own diminished ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- #039;s ancestor, the sackbut, and the folk instrument bazooka are also ... the slight deficiencies between Western music's dominant equal (even ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- of aesthetic experience. It also elevated folk art, language and custom, ... The poems also exerted an influence on the burgeoning of Romantic ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
