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  • born from a cultural synthesis of several musical streams: the vedic chant ... Hindustani musical performance is based on a composition which is ...
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  • the Norah Clench Quartet, the English Ensemble, and the d'Aranyi Sisters ... roughly 23 minutes long, with complex musical ideas and ambiguous tonalities ...
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  • and then he shall be brought to the musical examination conducted by ... on a cantus firmus derived from the musical letters in the Duke's ...
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  • danced with a simple backdrop and no musical accompaniment. The hallmark ... the first performance by a modern dance ensemble in 1928. ...
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  • sought to shape a unique and genuine musical and songwriting style. These ... Stone magazine. It helped inspire the musical genre known as lo-fi music ...
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  • Ruth St. Denis Concert Dancers, experimented with musical visualizations. Meanwhile, Shawn toured with an ensemble, receiving accolades for such works ...
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  • Karel Husa is a programme music for wind ensemble depicting the event written ... *The Prague Spring, a Takarazuka musical based on a Japanese novel ...
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  • A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by ... families and are played across a range of musical ensembles. ...
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  • The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name ... Clarinets actually comprise a musical family of instruments of differing ...
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  • innovator. His style absorbed many exotic musical influences such as Indonesian ... unpublished Fêtes des belles eaux for an ensemble of six, and he included ...
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  • {{Infobox musical artist |Name = Alexander von Zemlinsky ... *Minnelied (T: Heinrich Heine) for men's choir and chamber ensemble ...
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  • name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither ... term had come to be applied to many other musical instruments as well. The ...
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  • The singers are accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a small ... opera, but are rather distinct forms of musical theatre. Opera is also not ...
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  • 1969). the history of classical Indian musical traditions can be traced ... Carnatic music is based on musical concepts mentioned in Bharata& ...
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  • goodshepherdinstitute.org/musical-heritage/volume/5/johann_contri ... young Pachelbel demonstrated exceptional musical and academic abilities. ...
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  • providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as early as the ... part of Zhou ritual music, as did musical stones which made a sound ...
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  • music and arias from other operas and musical art forms. Some scholars ... (1969) :60-66.Dolores Menstell Hsu, "Musical Elements of Chinese Opera ...
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  • 1500 B.C.E.; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the ... of its player, the trumpet is featured in musical performances to the delight ...
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  • afforded him considerable latitude in his musical career and his autonomy ... Katherine Hill, Paul Grindlay, Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon--2004--Naxos ...
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  • with the polka, but there are many more musical forms that are popular. ... determine the pitch (frequency) of the musical note produced. Of secondary ...
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  • in the Rain, he dominated the Hollywood musical film from the mid 1940s ... as a choreographer with the Charles Gaynor musical revue Hold Your Hats at ...
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  • directly influenced the development of musical theater through the twentieth ... two up and comers for the production of a musical burlesque show. Titled Thespis ...
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  • throughout his career. His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist ... ===Early musical career=== After completing his studies, Brubeck formed ...
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  • with fellow dancers, he formed a small ensemble, the Young Ballet. The choreography ... Balanchine worked as a choreographer for musical theater with such notables ...
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  • setting, which is seen in parts of the musical and film The Sound of Music ... created the magnificently harmonious ensemble of Baroque architecture ...
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  • and performers used more elaborate musical ornamentation; made changes ... Many musical styles were born in that era, like the Concerto and symphonia ...
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  • du Nazaréen." His first musical hoax was published (announcing ... to his very last, was the idea of musical development, or the intertwining ...
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  • as Captain Georg von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music ... as Captain Georg von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music ...
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  • of comic books, films, an opera, a musical, statues, and the theme ... *Paul Kurka wrote a composition for wind ensemble which is also called ...
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  • *Modern musical notation uses a musical staff made of five horizontal ... (most often the case in a cappella vocal ensemble singing), will contain such ...
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  • and Harrison began his first formal musical studies with Shankar. ... * Greene, Joshua. Here comes the sun: the spiritual and musical journey ...
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  • for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as ... After almost two centuries of decline, Vivaldi's musical reputation ...
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  • hung in a turret or bell-gable, to a musical ensemble such as an English ring ... A carillon, which is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 ...
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  • The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... During the Renaissance musical instruments were principally used ...
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  • Francis George Steiner [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FGSNR The Papers of George Steiner] Janus |quote=[Steiner ...
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  • the drama into episodes and introduced musical accompaniment to its dialogue ... and fifteenth centuries and has its own musical instruments and performance ...
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  • at the university. Wilhelm was given a musical education from an early ... a man capable of setting an entire ensemble of musicians on fire, sending ...
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  • Both of Wassily's parents were very musical. He also learned to play ... emotion. Kandinsky sometimes used musical terms to designate his works: ...
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  • by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. ... Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies ...
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  • indicateurs et estimations de population (Ensemble Polynésie)|author=Institut ... Traditional musical instruments include pahu and toere drums and the ...
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  • an outstanding example an architectural ensemble which illustrates a significant ... The Alhambra has directly inspired musical compositions including ...
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  • were released in 1973 as a part of the UNESCO Musical Sources collection. One of those songs, a lullaby named "Rorogwela" and sung by Afunakwa ...
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  • Only Angels Have Wings, as part of an ensemble cast headed by Cary Grant ... with Victor Mature, and her best known musical, Cover Girl (1944) with ...
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  • This period was one of musical experimentation for the band. Gilmour ... The last ties with Barrett were severed in musical fashion with Wish You Were ...
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  • rhythms, pauses, and tempos. The main musical instrument used in hat van ... to amateur theater. The traditional musical ensemble consisted of fiddle ...
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  • with several channels compressed into one ensemble. When broadcasting ... is particularly true of performances of musical artists on radio when they ...
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  • and later, network floor director on musical programs including Your ... tuned into the show. According to musical director Johnny Costa, every ...
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  • and rare example of an historic urban ensemble and architecture with influence from Zoroastrian, Sassanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman ...
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  • have played an important role in the musical arena of the Faeroes. The islands have their own symphony orchestra, the classical ensemble ...
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  • an extra in Herbert Wilcox's 1954 musical Lilacs in the Spring alongside ... During the 1970s Connery was part of ensemble casts in films such ...
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  • well as modern string or pop music. Thai musical instruments are varied and ... Puppet shows are accompanied by a musical ensemble and the chants and songs ...
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  • Soviet actress Hasmik Agopyan. In 1923, a musical sub-group was organized at the State Drama Theater (renamed the Dzh. Mamedkulizade Music and ...
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  • are prominent full-time professional musical ensembles who perform concerts and offer educational programs to the Twin Cities' community ...
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  • In 1980, he attempted a musical, Popeye based on the comic strip/cartoon ... using the later Altman trademarks of an ensemble cast and overlapping dialogue ...
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  • music, and rondalla music, played on an ensemble of plectrum instruments. Traditional Filipino music typically employs a combination of musical ...
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  • . In addition, he starred in the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven ... * (1970) Nominated – Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ...
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  • shows people singing, dancing, playing musical instruments and engaging ... [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/707 Historic Ensemble of the Potala ...
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  • was intended as a homage to the American musical film. Adjustments that Godard ... album covers, while Eicher took over the musical direction of Godard films ...
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  • Wilson had a different interaction with a musical ensemble. He sued the pop group The Move for libel after the band's manager Tony Secunda published ...
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  • Philharmonicorum. Italy was an important musical influence of the period ... Oberkrainer music, which the Avsenik Ensemble popularized, remains popular. ...
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  • music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 ... The reviews were mainly positive for the ensemble cast. The New York Times ...
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  • The ensemble of Peter and Paul Fortress with the Peter and Paul Cathedral ... The city's 18th and 19th-century architectural ensemble and its ...
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  • hip-hop and heavy metal are all part of the musical scene. ... Israel Broadcasting Authority, as do other musical ensembles. Almost every ...
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  • to their compositions, and the Russian Musical Society led by composers ... #039;s wake was the Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble. A group of musicians called ...
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