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- variety characteristic of earlier soul music; technically demanding, melodic ... The most prominent difference between funk and the soul music from ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- genre, Wills merged traditional country music with sophisticated jazz-influenced ... own fiddle playing and singing, Wills' music gained a strong following ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... nearby Odense. He later studied violin and music theory at the Copenhagen ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- its strings. The instruments became very popular as household ornaments during ... The aeolian harp became popular again in twentieth century music with ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- Reinhard Keiser (January 9, 1674 – September 12, 1739) was a popular ... arias, duets, cantatas, sérénades, church music and big oratorios, background ...6 KB (870 words) - 03:05, 8 December 2022
- regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions ... victim to a number of quacks. The only music he heard in his youthful ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... considering the latter to denigrate the music as unsophisticated and also ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically ... to the New World. It grew especially popular as Americans moved West ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- artist, has had a major impact on the music business. A Grammy Award ... Beginning his career as a gospel music artist and preacher, after ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- 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
- 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
- bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ... religious beliefs. His work remains more popular and influential today than ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... to achieve a stronger connection with the music. Although such usages are ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- , Dialogue on Light and Color”), a popular work on Newtonian optics ... was a cosmopolitan and eclectic writer, popular in many European courts ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- in the United States made him very popular, especially in the 1940s ... the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- - July 16, 2012) was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording ... Wells single-handedly changed the face of country music and controversially ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 23:17, 3 March 2023
- the United States, for both classical and popular music, renowned for its ... Recital Hall (Zankel Hall), and the Chamber Music Hall (Weill Recital Hall). ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots ... Old-time music has its foundations in the family which helps to generate ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- Canon Muzzillo. As he had shown talent for music, Jommelli was enrolled in ... of admission, his first known church music, a five-voice fugue a cappella ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- new sounds. Known as the "bad boy in music" because of his aesthetic ... Bok, founder of the Curtis Institute of Music. As critical as she was to ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- musician, from Houston, Texas who became a popular recording artist on the ... Floor Elevators. A film devoted to his music—The Blues Accordin' ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ... sessions and live performances; recording music for advertising, film, television ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- Michael Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was a popular ... generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 16:53, 9 November 2022
- to make a major mark in the folk and rock music scenes. His unique, virtuoso ... Gary became interested in music while still a small boy. At the age ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- on geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music which were used throughout ... === Mathematics and Music === Boethius wrote four textbooks on mathematics ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- monopolies on cultural products such as popular music and popular cinema ... === Audio and music === *Electrobel Community—More than 10,000 electronic ...14 KB (1,898 words) - 06:20, 11 January 2024
- soulful sound of the shakuhachi made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. ... and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with koto ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio ... The Opry acted as the performing heart of the country music industry ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 20:33, 13 September 2021
- the blues, southern gospel, and country music into a distinctively American ... Street. Although Memphis was famed for its music, surprisingly there was no ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:58, 23 December 2022
- Patsy Cline (Sept. 8, 1932—March 5, 1963) was a country music singer ... girl. As she grew older, she began to play popular nightclubs. To support her ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- 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
- musician and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s ... Minnesota, as Ray Edward Cochran. He took music lessons in school but quit ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- 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
- and drummer. Mayfield entered the hit music scene as the lead singer ... funk and of politically conscious African-American music. ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- tone of a viola, particularly in orchestral music, can have unintended consequences ... which allow a greater playing range. Modern music is played on these instruments ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... melodies into his symphonic and chamber music. Among his most widely recognized ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer ... He emerged in the late sixties among the renaissance in country music ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- by introducing gospel forms into secular music, helped lay the foundation ... how to read Braille, as well as to write music and play various musical ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- traditions. It has often been set to music, although the most famous ... The Hail Mary or Ave Maria in Latin has been set to music numerous ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- Atlantic records during this golden age of popular music, Ertegun also wrote ... Much loved in the music world, Ertegün was honored with several memorial ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- - October 4, 2022) was an American country music performer. One of the leading ... own life often provided the grist for her popular tunes. Her best-selling ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Franco-Flemish, or from the Dutch School of music. In the 1470s, Compère ... to have been a miniaturist, and his most popular and numerous works were ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s through the early '80s. Musical influences on disco include Motown, ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- Although he started by composing religious music, his operas have secular ... Italy, into a family with a long history of music. Only five years old when ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 22:49, 28 August 2021
- in Babylonia. A rich tradition of cantorial music flourished in later centuries ... in 70 C.E., a consensus developed that all music and singing would be banned ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... mainly from funk, salsa, and soul music, popular originally with gay and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- albeit notorious figures in American folk music. After spending time in and ... The topics of Lead Belly's music were equally wide ranging, including ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- 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
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... there was an increasing interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- made his symphonies and concertos very popular amongst his audiences. As ... Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 15:03, 20 May 2024
- The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ... In music written since 1930, only the soprano in B♭, alto in E♭ ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- Pop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished from classical or art music and from ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- 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
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- being dated to 1521. The Royal Academy of Music in London, has an instrument ... but the feeling that it overpowers the music has led to very few modern ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- War I. Later, due to his great love of music, he became a lyricist. In ... In June 1934, he opened The Billy Rose Music Hall at 52nd and Broadway ...9 KB (1,337 words) - 17:39, 31 October 2023
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... entrepreneur, with businesses including a popular theme park, a film and television ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- entire duration of the Romantic period of music. He was part of the heyday ... to glorify the concept of "program music." He is best known for ...18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... albums were its first two: the 1968 debut Music from Big Pink and 1969's ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- of sound. Modern distribution of music across the Internet through ... From the wax cylinder to the compact cassette, analog audio music ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 03:54, 29 July 2022
- Her legacy is also important because she adapted popular melodies ... [[Image:Leal.jpg|thumb|Sheet Music for "To the Land of the Leal ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- , 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
- speech, or any form of content that is not music. In the U.S., the Library ... Most new popular titles put out by the audiobook publishers are available ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- .Willi Apel, (ed.), Harvard Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press ... For early classical music, the clarinets and/or flutes may be omitted ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- some of the most powerful Rhythm and Blues music of the twentieth century ... A pioneer in the development of soul music, Pickett's work between ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 14:47, 17 April 2023
- 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
- revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some rock bands ... an instrument that was associated with folk music and buskers. ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- films, and also played the lead in a popular television series. ... Angels, a name previously used by a popular Pacific Coast League team ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... More than any other well known urban bluesman, Hooker's music ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- recording label of him performing his own music as well as works from the ... apparent. Further inspiration included the music of Mily Balakirev, Mussorgsky ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 10:00, 26 January 2023
- Faith in his later life and came to regard music, and particularly jazz, as ... and rhythmically, than the Swing music popular at the time. ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- the soul of punk rock created a form of music which more clearly portrayed ... bloated and over-blown brand of rock music popular at the time (embodied ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 02:04, 9 February 2023
- Eclecticism is also known as a new popular music stream in the house scene. Dutch DJs like Don Diablo, Gregor Salto and Erick E are active in ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording career spanned ... by fans as a staple in the realm of popular music, and in the music ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- European dance, and also a genre of dance music, familiar throughout Europe ... The polka had become very popular with European immigrants to the ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... In an era when African-American music was known largely through demeaning ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 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
- Robert Cassotto) was one of the most popular American, big band performers ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he became music director of the Vienna Philharmonic ... He was also a champion of contemporary music and gave performances of ...21 KB (3,095 words) - 11:58, 5 May 2023
- recognition and become one of his most popular creations. Thirty years ... between him and Dr. Seuss. Also popular was a 1981 collection of ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- were the first to surround black R & B music with elaborate production ... often had lyrics more appropriate for pop music, and their combination of ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- from other recipes. Teriyaki dishes became popular in the United States during ... Recipes from Japan's Most Popular Cooking Expert. HP Trade, 2006. ...6 KB (957 words) - 14:46, 30 April 2023
- Metastasio's lyrics were set to music by virtually every major ... #039;s legacy may lie more in the realm of music than in literature. Although ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- synagogue and at the Gramercy School of Music and Dance. He made his solo ... Le bal masqué (The Masked Ball, 1954; music by French composer Francis ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- Lead singer John Fogerty retreated from music in the late 1980s but ... , apparently to capitalize on a wave of popular British bands with similar ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 06:21, 11 January 2024
- " According to the American Academy of Music, the horn is considered, ... through the sounds and meanings of music and sound. [[Image:Range frenchhorn ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- 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
- in his compositions, eschewing the more popular genres of opera and symphonic ... Germany. His father, who gave him his first music lessons, was a double bassist ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and, most recently, rock music. The origins of ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- rock and roll, fusion, modern gospel music, and contemporary country ... electric Hawaiian guitar to Western Swing music with his January 1935 Decca ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 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
- Historically, flutes have often been used in the playing of sacred ... et. al., “The early development of music. Analysis of the Jiahu bone ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- whose unpretentious style proved highly popular with R&B fans. His lazy ... 1950s, he had established himself as a popular musician known for his ability ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
- first grand opera. The fusion of dramatic music, melodramatic plot and sumptuous ... him of being only interested in money, not music. Meyerbeer was, however, ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 20:19, 14 December 2023
- as well as the creative arts, particularly music. Gandharvas also have symbolic ... other special events to create beautiful music for the gods while the Apsaras ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s ... that Lemon left a deep impression on his music. Jefferson was soon one of ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- among his contemporaries, and his music has remained an inspiration ... and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. The music was ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964) was a popular and ... against gospel singers performing secular music. Cooke's first pop single ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
