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- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- Geom-mu refers to a traditional sword dance practiced in Korea. Korean ... with a exceptional talent for sword dance. His talent brought him great ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- In music, syncopation is a stress on a normally unstressed beat, or ... which is used in Son montuno Cuban dance music. Timing can vary, but ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... make up most of the current Imperial Palace Music Department. By this time ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. The word mambo ("conversation ... The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- in, studied at the Vera Lynn School of Dance and attended Pacific High ... history in 1963 and joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Two years later ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated in Africa and traveled via the African slave trade to Cuba and the ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 2022
- were often influenced by Armenian folk music. By synthesizing folk music ... In his youth, he was fascinated by the music he heard around him, but ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- transliterations) is a sacred ritualized dance of Java, Indonesia, associated ... Traditionally, the dance was performed by young women only in the ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. Building upon the foundation ... the American public's view towards dance, was that "dancing is ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Johann's enthusiasm for popular dance music. Tragedy struck his ... of the waltz as well as other dance music in Vienna. Strauss soon ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 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
- Country/western dance or Country-western dance, also called Country ... is a melting pot of many different types of dance, with origins in the many ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- Each year an elaborate performance of ancient court music (with accompanying ... The Jongmyo Jerye-ak, the traditional court music of Joseon, is performed ...6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
- 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
- 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an early modern dance pioneer. Her exotic, oriental ... She and her husband, Ted Shawn, founded the influential dance school ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- was an advocate for gender balance in the dance world. Noted for making ... synagogue and at the Gramercy School of Music and Dance. He made his solo ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- Ballroom dance refers to a set of learned partner dances, which are ... to have originated in Argentina so ballroom dance has a truly international ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Modern dance is a dance form that developed in the early twentieth ... The early modern dance pioneers of the 1920s through the 1940s broke ...18 KB (2,688 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression ... re-emerged four years later in the R&B dance hit, "The Hucklebuck ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- 1, 1958) was a notable central European dance artist and theorist, whose ... One of the founders of European Modern Dance, Laban raised the status ...13 KB (1,986 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- a central figure in the history of European dance. Despite the fact that she ... in Stockholm, Sweden. The family history in dance dates back to the 1700s, ...10 KB (1,510 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- Wallflower," better known as "Dance with Me Henry," which ... trio renamed the song "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)" and ...20 KB (2,949 words) - 04:39, 22 March 2024
- it out for other public uses, including music recording. For a number of ... ==Classical Music and Dance== [[image:NYCS_rehersal_at_Manhattan_Center ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- the twentieth century and remains a leading dance company in the world today. company most representative of American dance and has been sponsored by ...8 KB (1,230 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2023
- 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
- was an African American modern dancer, dance teacher and choreographer ... and enthusiastic worship filled with gospel music and traditional spiritual ...17 KB (2,746 words) - 08:42, 23 July 2023
- 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
- were introducing revolutionary innovations to dance. Pavlova as a swan ... to make their own place in the world of dance. Between 1910 and 1925, her ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- wop/R&B band, who helped create soul music with gospel-style vocals ... quot; (#17, 1960); and "Save the Last Dance for Me" (#1, 1960). ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon Odori. This ... Bon Odori (Japanese: 盆踊り), meaning simply Bon dance, is a style ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- 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
- akin to 'old-fashioned big-band dance music'. the idea that swing was developed as dance music, when in fact, swing dancing ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- 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
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He also ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest hit song, "Walking ... most requested songs and is often used in dance halls throughout Texas during ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Gandharvas, court servants of Indra. They dance to the music made by their ... tradition also influenced Bali. In Balinese dance, the theme of celestial maidens ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... and covers literature, movies, dance, music, theater and folk arts. ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- of the arts. Confucian ceremonial music (Aak) had its origin in China ... musical instruments to be used for royal banquet music. ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... to Africa, namely Angola, where the semba dance was apparently the predecessor ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- One of the foremost dance companies in the world, the New York City ... a student at the Petrograd Conservatory of Music, he studied piano and composition ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- genre, Wills merged traditional country music with sophisticated jazz-influenced ... was outdrawing the most famous northern dance orchestras. A captivating ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ... rhythmic aspects which are typical of Latin dance music. ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- ==Old-time music as dance music== for dances, it is often characterized as dance music. However, there are also ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... Salsa essentially remains a form of dance music. Thus, many songs ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- Belly dance ( رقص شرقي|Raqs sharqi|oriental dance ) is a Middle Eastern dance which features movements of the hips and ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre of dance music, familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- and Russian styles, but because of the dance-public's appreciation ... the conservatory included advanced piano, music theory, counterpoint, harmony ...14 KB (1,953 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... embraced this kind of electronic dance music with more enthusiasm than ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- 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
- 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
- ) is a dance form accompanied by chant or song. It was developed in ... it out. It became popular as a secular dance form in the early part of ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- the mainstream and introduced electronic dance music to nightclubs. Electronic ... such has the popularity of electronic dance music grown). Some DJs such ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- 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
- ), a form of ritual dance drama, originated in the Southern Indian ... Sacred Indian dance drama, such as Krishnattom and Ramanattom, emerged ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisureCategory:Performing arts ... Lion dance (s=舞狮|t=舞獅|p=wǔshī) is a form of traditional ...24 KB (3,959 words) - 00:19, 5 September 2023
- Hearing him play daring solos in the dance music environment of the early ... powerful and swinging sound. It was dance music in the best sense of the ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- a specifically Russian kind of art music. Gerald Abraham, Borodin: ... tribes. Adapted from Bordin's music, Kismet was produced on Broadway ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 08:55, 18 July 2023
- Franciscan missionaries) relies upon song, music, and dancing, all performed ... Yaqui music is the music of the Yaqui tribe and people of Arizona ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Danse was to reestablish the perfection of dance. In the late seventeenth ... In 1672, the king gave the court's official music composer, Jean ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:50, 18 November 2022
- at ease (Dickie’s Dream, Taxi War Dance, Panassié Stomp, Harvard ... * Wells, Dicky (as told to Stanley Dance). The Night People: The Jazz ...5 KB (863 words) - 03:26, 29 July 2022
- the Hollywood musical, introducing dance routines of unprecedented ... the Majestic Theater, she began to sing and dance along to the performers on ...15 KB (2,082 words) - 07:46, 24 January 2023
- 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
- up worn by its performers. A rich blend of music, dance, mime, and spectacular ... meaning “sing” (歌); bu, signifying “dance” (舞); and ki, meaning ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 22:22, 4 October 2022
- of flamboyant French feeling by composing music that is characterized by ... with the can-can, a physically demanding music hall dance, performed by ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... of songs was especially popular with dance music, and some dances were ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... were more associated with the popular dance music at that time. ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 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
- 1930s and early 40s, but retired from the music business for more than two ... Blind Lemon Jefferson, was emphatically dance music, often played on a resonator ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass takes its ... sound," have come to typify bluegrass music. The roots of bluegrass can ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- wrestler does a traditional "Eagle Dance" (devekh), which has ... wrestler does the traditional "Eagle Dance" (devekh), based on ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 19:59, 9 November 2022
- Ballet is a highly stylized dance form that developed into a popular ... In Aristotle's "Poetics," dance was likened to drama ...26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
- incorporated into gymnastics, diving, and dance in the form of tumbling and ... with traveling circuses and the modern dance halls of Vaudeville. ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- and percussion instruments, and the music usually incorporates a strong ... ranging from the traditional martial music of John Philip Sousa and ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- and he pioneered the fusion of modern dance with classical ballet. ... Bashkiria. As a child, he was encouraged to dance in Bashkir folk performances ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- of Raja Ravi Varma, Theyyam and Kathakali dance movements, and Kalaripayattu ... magic, choreographed by Aparna Sindoor, the dance director of the film, uses ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer. ... as the chief instigator for getting tap dance literally "up on its ...12 KB (1,783 words) - 03:51, 1 October 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
- On his music, during an interview, Bud said, "I wish it had been ... is only a term that they stuck onto his music. Bird was playing the blues ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... as it is in classical. In electronic dance music, accurate knowledge of ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- African dance occupies central place in cultures throughout the African ... African dance is connected to Africa’s rich musical traditions expressed ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
- band was intimately linked to Swing music’s dance tradition, serving ... It has often been deplored that Webb’s music has not been adequately ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 15:18, 10 December 2023
- would become a million-seller, a perennial dance favorite, and is one of the ... member Rosalind Ashford retired from the music business. However, several ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Paiute mystic who founded the Ghost Dance movement. He prophesied an ... Paiute music was generally performed by men for dance and harvest ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... and culture and he expressed this in his music. His legacy as Norway's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- sound where there are no rests in the music. Primarily because of this ... on bagpipes, while based on traditional dance music originally played on bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 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
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... are extant, as is a melodic, syncopated dance music called sinawi. In Korea ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- culture. However, African survivals can be seen in music, dance, speech, worship, funeral practices, and many other aspects of life. The strongest influence ...10 KB (1,410 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the music of Tahiti was dominated ... Herman Melville celebrated one such dance (he called it the "lori ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- Pop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common ... The dance music element of western pop music can be traced back to ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- believe in performing their worship in the form of dance. ... found their expression in an outpouring of music, dance and lyric poems. Rumi ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 16:32, 12 December 2023
- district of Kerala. Yakshagana combines dance, music, spoken word, elaborate ... in Karnataka, India; it combines dance, music, dialogue, elaborate costumes ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- There is also a branch of thanatology called music-thanatology which ... we continue to grow and to sing and to dance, where we are with those ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- subjects he showed avid interest in were music and sports. Bix began going ... of Jazz,” mostly played sophisticated dance music. Along with “Tram,” ...14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
- open the doors for later rock-and-roll instrumental music. ... he recorded an album of completely acoustic music, Songs Of Our Heritage. He ...12 KB (1,822 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2024
- 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
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- 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
- and at eleven wrote both the libretto and music for his first opera, The ... Pennsylvania's Curtis Institute of Music. Fellow students at Curtis ...8 KB (1,169 words) - 01:44, 10 December 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
- Country (1976), and elegantly abstract pure dance in works such as Symphonic ... to 50 years of a long series of pure dance works. MacMillan also broadened ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 20:54, 21 December 2022
- 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
- of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written to be performed ... one of the most important forms in chamber music, and most major composers ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- One of the best known impressionist works is Renoir's 1876 Dance ... *Dance at Bougival (1883) *Fog at Guernsey (1883) *Children on the ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 05:15, 24 November 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
- dances accompanied by flute and drum music. The stage is almost bare ... commoners were forbidden to learn the music and dances. ...16 KB (2,586 words) - 19:45, 5 March 2023
- of utmost importance to the religion, art, music, and literature of India ... to join Krishna in a Rasa Lila (joyful dance). During the dance, Krishna ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- including the cover art for a number of music albums. Among them are influential ... File:1915 Dance by Rodchenko.jpg|Dance, 1915. File:Alexandr rodchenko ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- The aeolian harp became popular again in twentieth century music with ... == Aeolian harps in music == [[Image:Aeolian harp in the old castle ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- held until 1952. In its first years, ice dance was dominated by British ... of a woman and a man skating together. Ice dance differs from pairs in focusing ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- Besides rock, Turner also performed blues, R&B, soul, dance and ... the "Ikettes," provided intricate dance routines that framed Tina ...23 KB (3,629 words) - 22:06, 21 December 2023
- stamp on the cuisine, festivals and rituals, dance, and music. [[Image:Kathmandu district location.png|thumb|right|Kathmandu District]] ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
- In the 1940s, Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann formed a very successful ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Dance ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 18:11, 24 January 2024
- gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation, and sometimes ... not stop young Halie from performing her dance steps for the white woman ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- 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
- tradition of bull fights and Gypsy flamenco music and dance, Andalusia provides ... playing a large role in clothing. Dance and music are also vital ...14 KB (2,046 words) - 19:54, 26 July 2023
- grace, and charm that set a standard for dance that is still admired and ... sometimes called the father of tap dance, whose most remembered pairing ...26 KB (3,902 words) - 09:43, 11 April 2024
- Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an interest in musicology ... his personal artistic quest to create music that he hoped would speak ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- century, though one can argue that his music was not as groundbreaking ... program that featured various styles of dance music. Since he needed new charts ...22 KB (3,480 words) - 10:10, 28 September 2023
- 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
- spending countless hours playing for small dance crowds without a backing band. ... Floor Elevators. A film devoted to his music—The Blues Accordin' ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He ... meeting important contributors to American music, promoting his vision of ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- art form in its advanced stages, and the dance is mentioned in Ilangovan ... is unusual among classical theater and dance forms for its early use of ...19 KB (2,773 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience. According ... including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- It was under his guidance that Carnatic music revolution started in southern ... It was under his guidance that Carnatic music revolution started in ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- ordinary language by using symbols such as music, art, and myth-making. Langer ... of many persons concerned with art and music in the English-speaking world. ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 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
- With the resurgence of interest in early music in the mid-twentieth century ... Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- 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
- Center in New York City and The Los Angeles Music Center, and is a major tour ... and the performing arts, including dance, music, theater, opera, film ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 23:38, 5 July 2023
- elevated the waltz from a lowly peasant dance to sparkling entertainment ... Joachim Hoffmann, who owned a private music school. His talents were ...18 KB (2,468 words) - 14:59, 1 August 2022
- life, she made a habit of advocating for dance, writing about it and serving ... modestly dressed, entirely absorbed in dance and totally unreceptive to ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 03:56, 18 April 2024
- engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... a major hit in 1983 with "Let's Dance," which went to number ...30 KB (4,767 words) - 07:53, 28 January 2024
- 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
- performance venue after a short stint as a dance hall during World War II ... is perfect for chamber opera, experimental dance, or education activities ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- in a new musical style called "dance band music." He and ... #039;s brand of swing shifted popular music away from the "hot" ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 17:09, 16 December 2022
- 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
- .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
- One of the most popular stars of the French dance halls in the 1920s and 1930s ... Along. Initially deemed too dark-skinned to dance in the chorus line, she nevertheless ...20 KB (3,016 words) - 07:39, 27 February 2023
- I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- 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
- order to achieve spiritual goals. He used music, literature, and dance to ... personal limitations. He tried to use music, literature, and dance to ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- instrument used in Indian classical music. He became famous not only ... Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West (Continuum, 2006 ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- he began to concentrate more seriously on music. Balakirev encouraged him ... the chance to study Russian Orthodox church music. He worked there until 1894 ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- helped to elevate jazz from a popular music to a fully developed art form. between soloists and the orchestra set his music apart. Ellington was a consummate ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- that study the way cultures utilize music). A didgeridoo is usually ... Berndt in Arnhem Land. In 1953, the Tribal Music of Australia record, the ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- local singer, mandolin player, and square dance caller. He also learned to ... that he was going to pursue a living in music. With his father's blessing ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 20:50, 21 December 2022
- Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music that originated in the early ... the mainstream and introduced electronic dance music to nightclubs. ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- encouraged by her artistic family to pursue dance and ballet. She was admitted ... Dance, and art in general, proved capable of breaking the Iron Curtain ...18 KB (2,681 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- Kelly was a major exponent of twentieth century filmed dance, known ... age of eight, was enrolled by his mother in dance classes, along with his older ...40 KB (6,390 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- performing arts library, and top class dance and music training facilities. ... listed here in alphabetical order: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 07:39, 9 March 2023
- Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one ... produced a considerable amount of wonderful music. The leader’s acrobatic ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- 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
- 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
- these traditions, particularly sculpture, music, and classical dance, were ... 1962, together with the National School of Music and Dance at Ban Anou in ...42 KB (6,594 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- (later anthologised on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1) which showcased ... that speaks, music that makes people dance. Music that draws the ear to ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- of people. During the 1920s, he was a dance director for nearly two dozen ... Berkeley's innovative and often sexually-charged dance numbers ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- and arts programs, including theater, early music concerts (performed by the ... joint academic departments, Astronomy and Dance. The Dance department is ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... instruments designed for highly-rhythmic dance music. Nangma karaoke is popular ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- Sekles, supporting himself by playing in dance bands and musical-comedy ... the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- were used in Shinto and Buddhist religious music, and during battle in feudal ... repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- Practices include animal offering, dance, and invocations to the Orishas ... In Santeria, music and dance are used as forms of prayer to induce ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 03:21, 23 December 2022
- which blended rhythm and blues and gospel music. His reflective sensitivity ... sing rock and roll, "the devil's music." His parents were well ...13 KB (2,075 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- In Indonesia, gamelan usually accompanies dance, wayang puppet performances ... represents a native art form. Gamelan music is built up in layers, with ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- 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
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... brass band marches, French quadrille dance music, ragtime, and blues with ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- conductors at the Tanglewood Institute of Music remained his passion until ... stochastic, or otherwise intellectualized music may be, it can always qualify ...27 KB (3,897 words) - 22:15, 20 December 2023
- plays are often associated with gamelan drum music. UNESCO designated ... *Alus: Very slow, elegant, and smooth movement, used in the dance ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- musical genres, including reggae, disco, dance music, electronic music, afrobeat ... to see it as a high-water mark in the dance music of the 1960s; it is sometimes ...25 KB (3,918 words) - 21:04, 20 March 2024
- Manouches, Reinhardt developed a taste for music early on under the influence ... Paris, spending carefree days immersed in music. Gypsies, frequently on the ...19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- such as “Le Pavillon d'Armide” (music by Nikolai Tcherepnin), “Cleopatra” ... 039;un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun, with music by Claude Debussy) (1912 ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 16:12, 30 August 2023
- Dick and the Santa Fe Riders, a country music program. He would later replace ... "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it." Dancing was ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 12:01, 29 January 2024
- to house along with a nongak band playing music. Other common traditional ... practitioners makes use of fluid, rhythmic dance-like movements to strike ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Imene tuki and imene metua are forms of unaccompanied vocal music ... Traditional dance is the most prominent art form. Each island has ...16 KB (2,204 words) - 02:53, 8 January 2024
- getting the player "in the zone" is the music simulation genre, such as Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero. The player may notice a sudden ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- Traditional music varies widely across the four states, and has recently ... their skills in dancing. The Yapese stick dance is performed by men, women ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- The Shakers considered music to be an essential component of their ... various names, including "Lord of the Dance," adapted by English ...23 KB (3,664 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- Donald never went to school, and had no dance training until he was ... I learned two dance routines. I looked like the world's greatest ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 17:21, 30 January 2024
- of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s ... in the UK and on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- Musical theater is a form of theater combining music, songs, spoken dialog, and dance. The varied emotional aspects of the production—humor ...33 KB (5,216 words) - 19:34, 10 November 2022
- made by the deceased family. Flute music, funeral chants, songs, and ... the elaborate death feast, with dancing and music and young boys who catch ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- Baudelaire and Verlaine, while the subtle music, ominous allusions, arcane ... to forge a unity of prose, poetry, and music in much of his literature ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 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
- and operas. He was also a highly regarded music conductor. ... his father in his youth, writing his first music at the age of six. He continued ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues ... Johnny Cash. His influence on rock and roll music, both in terms of his guitar ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- The great institution of classical dance was founded by Anna of Russia ... the formation of the first Russian dance school in 1738. ...19 KB (2,726 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- he decided then that he would make Qawwali music his career. His first public ... group was in March 1971, at an annual music festival organized by Radio ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music. The style started ... One of the defining aspects of music of the Baroque era was its connection ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- of leaps, acrobatic skills, turns and dance elements on a padded sprung ... exercise 70 to 90 seconds long. The music is instrumental and cannot ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- George H.W. Bush. Ella Fitzgerald's music was cross-cultural, attracting ... had originally intended to go on stage and dance, but was intimidated by the ...18 KB (2,942 words) - 17:12, 13 February 2024
- of animals, whether the communication "dance" of honeybees, or the ... Karl von Frisch of the so-called "dance language" underlying ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- up and attire, their elegant and graceful dance, and their demure conversation ... geisha arts, and passed a final, difficult dance exam, she would be promoted ...30 KB (4,689 words) - 06:34, 18 April 2024
- Music. Traditional music in Korea has been based on the voice, a distinct ... Jeongak. Court music, Jeongak has a strong intellectual emphasis, ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- incorporating and transforming local folk music forms. As the popularity ... the middle and higher classes. Flamenco music also slipped in and out of ...47 KB (7,370 words) - 23:16, 21 April 2024
- 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
- *Dance, Stanley. The World of Swing. New York: Da Capo Press, 2001 ... dll?p=amg&sql=11:bx8ibkd96akv~T1 All Music]. *[http://pubcs.free ...9 KB (1,351 words) - 02:28, 17 December 2022
- === Dance === <!-- Telugu dance --> The dance of Andra Pradesh has an ancient and proud history. Desi ...30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- 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
- were used for communication, and their music has become popular worldwide ... Retief's party were invited to a dance, and asked to leave their ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- acclaim, and allowed the world to enjoy his music, live performances were the ... [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/george-winston-dead.html ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 21:17, 29 October 2023
- #039;s style, especially in playing the music of the Romantic era. A child ... He served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- Abhinavagupta also wrote on aesthetics, music and a variety of other subjects ... (the Locana), aesthetics, drama, dance, and linguistics. His work ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- 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
- in a Jewish family. Her mother was a modern dance instructor, while her father ... endeavors and began to write and play music. She then attended the San ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- to her frail health at a young age. Sachs studied music, literature, and dance during her private lessons, and then later in school. She showed early ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- London. In 1918, he met Beryl de Zoete, a dance critic and writer; they lived ... achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- eventually brought tonal and harmonious music to millions, was invented ... *Folk Dance Music. "Melodeon Greats." London: Topic Records ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ... See Music of China [[Image:Concert China.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[List ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- on the WLS radio show National Barn Dance for four years with his own ... *Autry was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1969 and to ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- *Dance, Stanley. The World of Count Basie. New York: Charles Scribner’s ... : Jo Jones (II)] – Film appearances and music used for films ...6 KB (967 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- 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
- challenged and successfully mastered many music genres, including folk, country ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- reinvigorating the art of performing dance, bringing many visual artists ... had been passionately interested in music. However, his ambition to ...49 KB (6,850 words) - 17:32, 30 August 2023
- 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
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:Chiefs wife.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|Nuer woman, second ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 00:41, 17 November 2022
- level. Additionally, poetry, dancing and music are devotional tools used ... include recitation, singing, instrumental music, dance, costumes, incense ...29 KB (4,602 words) - 13:45, 28 April 2023
- Buffum Chandler, whom he had met while at a school dance at Stanford; the couple would have two children, Camilla and Otis. Throughout Chandler’s ...8 KB (1,156 words) - 02:44, 16 November 2022
- Traditional Tuvalu music consists of a number of dances, most popularly ... The most famous form of Tuvaluan dance music, “fatele,” is influenced ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- 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
- He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental ... organist) Elgar was exposed to liturgical music from his earliest years and ...21 KB (3,203 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- 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
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... The harmonica has become a respected parts of almost every genre of ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Autry; Western swing, a sophisticated dance music popularized by Bob Wills; ... complained that good country line dance music was no longer being released. ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- Sports, music, and dance are the most common activities sponsored ... provide an opportunity for entertainment (music and dance), as well as social ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- they could entrap human beings with their music and dance. Some elves were ... If a human being watched the dance of the elves, he would discover ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- I couldn't play ball, I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn ... Silverstein’s talents extended to music as well. He studied briefly ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties ... Apart from being a form of festive dance music, fungi often contains ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- when he appeared at the London Palladium music hall in 1948, he "roused ... Kaye was enamored by music. While he often claimed an inability to ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:25, 15 January 2023
- stilts six to eight feet high, Moko-Jumbies dance to entertain the crowds. ... five-day long celebration includes dances, music, drama, and fashion shows ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... world tour in 2005 to celebrate 50 years in music. He was inducted into the ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- historically informed performances of early music, but also because of its ... instruments were principally used in dance music and as accompaniment for ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- among his contemporaries, and his music has remained an inspiration ... rather than just a popular entertainer. The music was jarringly different from ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- of treaties. Their variation on the Ghost Dance aroused fear and hostility ... Usage of the Ghost Dance reportedly instigated the massacre. The traditional ...39 KB (6,016 words) - 23:59, 22 November 2023
- at the stroke of midnight with fireworks, music, and a live celebration from ... of Hogmanay celebration, often involving music, dancing, drinking, and the ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- The honorees are selected based on excellence in music, dance, theater ... honoree recipients based on excellence in music, dance, theater, opera, motion ...22 KB (2,997 words) - 16:12, 20 July 2023
- in the 1960s and 1970s. Gaye's soul music performances were unique ... songwriter-producers in African American music, such as Stevie Wonder, Luther ...27 KB (4,247 words) - 08:37, 10 March 2023
- Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... traditional forms of folk arts, craft, folk music, and other genres of traditional ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Secular music thrived during this period, and instrumental and dance ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
