Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the first music school in Russia. He also ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- A madrigal is a setting for two or more voices of a secular text, ... the early madrigals of the Renaissance. As music historian Richard Taruskin ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- 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
- The xylophone (from the Greek meaning 'wooden sound') is ... or chromatic. The arrangement of the bars is generally from low (longer ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- was an Italian composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous sixteenth ... Italian composer; most composers of sacred music in Italy at that time were ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 20:39, 29 August 2021
- in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... His 1916 piano composition In a Nutshell is the first by a classical music ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- , Bol'shoy Teatr, Large Theater) is a theater and opera company ... quot; theater (Малиый "Maly" is the Russian for "little"). ...6 KB (876 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... In music history serenades have been composed for ensembles of many ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- Teddy Wilson was a marvelous pianist whose music was filled with elegance ... their mark on Wilson, though Wilson’s music is more simple and straightforward ...6 KB (859 words) - 04:40, 27 February 2023
- of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era ... deciding that the study and composition of music was his true passion. He ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- 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
- August 13, 1912) was a French composer. He is best known for his operas, ... composers in the world, and the best of his music contains a vitality and charm ...6 KB (931 words) - 21:06, 4 October 2022
- contrasts of mood in nocturnes, and he thus is best known for being the first ... Field is best remembered for his eighteen nocturnes, which are single ...5 KB (734 words) - 06:35, 8 April 2024
- periods. As a renowned creator of sacred music, Michael Haydn concentrated ... of Rohrau. Neither parent could read music. However, Matthias was an ...7 KB (1,073 words) - 17:05, 9 November 2022
- in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions, and ... were deeply enamored with Couperin's music and paid tribute to him by ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- iconic to fans of both country and pop music. Robbins scored numerous ... in the 1960s by the Academy of Country Music, was inducted into the Nashville ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- #039; most successful rock and country music artists of the twentieth ... 5, 1993. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... American themes into European classical music, the first Pan-American artist ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
