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- success of his operas into translating the music for others. Traetta's ... with the splendor of Versailles. Which is where the influence of the ...8 KB (1,217 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- 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 ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... Joseph Vogler), founder of three important music schools (in Mannheim, Stockholm ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- twentieth-century American composer and music administrator. In addition ... achieved prominence in the international music scene. Although he was influenced ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- Bluegrass music is a form of American country music with roots in ... identified as a distinct genre of country music in the 1950s. Unlike country ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... In American-style ballroom dancing, bolero is basically a slow version of ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 2022
- Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ... amateur musician. His birthday, November 22, is the feast-day of Saint Cecilia ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. His music linked ... Glazunov was born in St Petersburg. He studied music privately under ...11 KB (1,503 words) - 10:09, 4 January 2023
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... from prior to the 1970s. Today, salsa is performed throughout Latin ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- who composed in the Romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto ... Grieg is known as a "nationalist" composer and his "nationalist ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... festive Carnival parades. The samba style is a smooth, duple-metered flow ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- century American composer of classical music who was best known for his ... physical nurturing components that makes my music sound as it does, is that ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- and inventiveness. He was able to produce music of original beauty with a ... Spells.” The distinguished, chamber music style of the Goodman trio ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 2022
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... Her father was interested in music, and Clarke started learning violin ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- John Taverner (around 1490 – October 18, 1545) is regarded as the ... It is often said that after leaving Oxford, Taverner worked as an ...5 KB (789 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the ... A similar instrument, the 'setar', is used to this day in Iran and ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- wide recognition inside his own country, and is often regarded as the father ... victim to a number of quacks. The only music he heard in his youthful ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating ... and logs were the next steps in the evolution of music. ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- his later career was largely devoted to gospel music. After serving ... records. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990. He ...12 KB (1,774 words) - 06:08, 27 February 2023
- 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
- German meaning wing horn or flank horn) is a brass instrument that is ... soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- were largely spent writing essays rather than music. He had no more ... It was Richard Wagner's music that inspired Dallapiccola to start ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 02:43, 5 November 2022
- of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including ... an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has ... and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 05:28, 24 November 2022
- the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century ... movement. Lomax's research into folk music roots, systematized in a ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- pronounced "Thabla" in Malayalam) is a popular Indian percussion ... The history of this instrument is at times the subject of heated debate ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- 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
- Minnie Pearl was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2002, she ... southwest of Nashville. She graduated from what was then Nashville's ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- won additional fans in the growing folk music market and the band brought ... and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- rhythmic accompanist. His career is forever linked to that of legendary ... occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts. Both as a solo artist ... but more streamlined than the honky-tonk music of the late 1940s and early ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... been imposed upon the culture. The result is a distinctively Indian cultural ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music would greatly influence his ... Webern's music was denounced as "cultural Bolshevism" ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
- 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
- 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
- ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ... from the inner tube of a bamboo or reed, is made taut and glued over this ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing one's ... an alphabet. Another very notable benefit is that because they were dots ...8 KB (1,163 words) - 02:52, 4 November 2022
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... The qualities that create the distinctive character of liturgical ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical ... but the sound it produces is an octave higher. This has given rise ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- While also noted as a composer of sacred music, such as motets, he was one ... That he was not entirely a man of peace is indicated by a petition for ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... movement of the 1930s, notably in the folk music of Pete Seeger (1919-2014 ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- 1991), an American dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost ... view towards dance, was that "dancing is an affirmation of life through ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Patsy Cline (Sept. 8, 1932—March 5, 1963) was a country music singer ... Patsy dethroned Kitty Wells as the "Queen of Country Music" ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- with whom he shared a common interest in music. Forming bands with other ... Holly initially played fairly straightforward country music but incorporated ...11 KB (1,803 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- a few chords and had no formal training in music, but he possessed an exceptional ... a great deal of prose (his novel The Show is Over won him the Russian Booker ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:39, 22 November 2023
- known composer from Denmark. He is especially admired for his ... and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Thanatology is the academic, and often scientific, study of death ... Knowledge and understanding of the process of death and dying, and ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- 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
- A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting ... the thematic material. The quartet is a musical example of how the ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- band was intimately linked to Swing music’s dance tradition, serving ... defeating them. Most famous in history is a meeting with Goodman that ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 15:18, 10 December 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
- his role as a uniter of musicians and music fans through his profound ... 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
- on January 22, 1727. His most famous piece is the Messiah, an oratorio set ... and organ, and at nine he began to compose music. However, his father, an ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- The shakuhachi (尺八) is a Japanese end-blown flute, which is held ... (本曲, "original pieces") is a repertoire of the pieces ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- arias, duets, cantatas, sérénades, church music and big oratorios, background ... of Hamburg, and wrote largely church music there until his death in 1739. ...6 KB (870 words) - 03:05, 8 December 2022
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He ... was extremely antagonistic, developing into what could fairly be called a firm ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- pianist, violist and violinist. He is best known for his Roman trilogy ... Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an interest in musicology ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- of a tonal center or atonality. This music which turned away from the ... in theosophy, and both would influence his music and musical thought. In 1909 ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- Funk is a musical style advanced primarily by African-American artists ... variety characteristic of earlier soul music; technically demanding, melodic ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- on geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music which were used throughout ... works of the Greek philosophers, but there is no clear evidence for this ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- 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
- of flamboyant French feeling by composing music that is characterized by ... Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld is the tune most associated with ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- A Pulitzer Prize is an award regarded as the highest national honor ... include the creation of awards in poetry, music and photography, and the ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- Bebop or bop is a style of jazz that evolved in the 1940s and is notable ... opposed to the character of swing music, partly as a result of growing ...8 KB (1,171 words) - 17:08, 18 August 2020
- Although he resisted recording his music until near the end of his ... #039;s creation. An American icon, Sousa is arguably the most well-known ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- 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
- 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
- for "time," from Latin Tempus) is the speed or pace of a given ... The plural of tempo in Italian is tempi. Some writers employ this ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- Little is known about Philodemus’ antecedents or social status, ... to Philodemus. These works deal with music, rhetoric, ethics, signs ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 04:12, 24 November 2022
- records during this golden age of popular music, Ertegun also wrote songs ... Much loved in the music world, Ertegün was honored with several memorial ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and ... Minnesota, as Ray Edward Cochran. He took music lessons in school but quit ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- - 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
- Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music who was known as an educator ... the current-day province of Ravenna. Little is known about his early life ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 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
- The aeolian harp (also æolian harp or wind harp) is a musical instrument ... The aeolian harp became popular again in twentieth century music with ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 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
- gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation, and sometimes ... of a heart attack on January 27, 1972. She is remembered for her strong, ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- 27, 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval ... evidently gave him a thorough training in music. He studied with Rogier de ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 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
- 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
- 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
- A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions ... forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- – 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
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... Before electronic music, there was a growing desire for composers ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- Twyla Tharp (born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer and choreographer ... Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- 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
- instruments (otherwise called reed pipes). What differentiates these instruments ... To produce a sound with an open flute, the player is required to blow ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. A body ... oratorios and masses, chorus or choir is usually understood to imply ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ... Mississippi in the early 1920s, and wrote what is perhaps his earliest song ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- A session musician, studio musician, or backing musician is a musician ... However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago that formed ... level of social awareness in Mayfield's music. The Impressions ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 15:38, 30 April 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
- A ballad is a story, usually portraying a dramatic or exciting episode ... of recording events. The retelling in song is communicated with a refrain ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties ... The word dulcimer is Graeco-Roman, meaning "sweet song," ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- County, often referred to simply as the Music Center, is one of the three ... The Music Center's current mission is to go beyond its role as ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, in New York ... Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1890, it is one of the ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... a profound understanding for the action one is performing. This fusion of ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- also studied composition and began to write music. counterpoint, thus becoming the only formal music teacher Schoenberg would have. ...12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:31, 20 July 2023
