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- in collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures ... he went on tour to collect Hungarian folk music. He received his Ph.D. ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music. University Of Chicago ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 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
- and harmonic properties of actual Latin folk music. He was one of several ... abstract musicality without the use of folk music or symbolic nationalism. ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- " the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... Appalachian folk music, which comprised a major part of Acuff's ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. Originally the term referred to a genre that arose in the United ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- foundation in both western and non-western music. This foundation is due to ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- In the same year, he traveled to Denmark, his first folk-music collecting ... George Gershwin. He eagerly collected folk music tunes, forms, and instruments ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- Folk music of indigenous cultures contains syncopation to varying ... if source materials were rooted in folk music. The scores of Bela Bartok ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- one of the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century. Lomax recorded thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. He was one of ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... asserted that calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- served to introduce millions of young folk music fans to gospel music. ... The folk music revival of the 1960s boosted Davis' career significantly ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 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
- is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ... projects to collect aboriginal folk music. For part of the time that ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- Hopkins toured widely and was a perennial favorite at folk festivals ... In the early 1960s, Hopkins began to play the folk circuit, where ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- won additional fans in the growing folk music market and the band brought ... produced a major impact on the emerging folk music scene as the New York Times ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- works 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
- albeit notorious figures in American folk music. After spending time in ... single greatest repository of American folk music he ever encountered in ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- 1930s and early 40s, but retired from the music business for more than two ... Delta by various blues collectors and folk music promoters in the early ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- The shamisen is used in several genres of music, including nagauta, or long ... Although in the early days of Kabuki the music ensemble was virtually identical ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions ... harmony, quite unlike the purer forms of folk music Glinka would have known ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- sword dance practiced in Korea. Korean folk dancers perform Geom-mu with ... Surviving as a folk dance and cultural asset, Geom-mu changed considerably ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- In the 1960s bluegrass reached northern audiences through the folk ... is not—and never was—purely folk music under a strict definition ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- been 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
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his own. As Frederick ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent ... The term is usually used in reference to music of the late Middle ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- particularly noted for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects, one ... " he nonetheless utilized Russian folk music as source material and ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ... or fans and reportedly disliked the folk scene of the 1960s. James ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- 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
- forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... popular as parlor instruments for classical music, while German concertinas ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ... ===Folk music influences=== Traditional accounts of Enescu’s musical ...17 KB (2,378 words) - 12:09, 11 August 2021
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland and Ireland ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. His most famous compositions ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- The usage of the term is not unique to music but has application in medicine ... and logs were the next steps in the evolution of music. ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- musical ballads are in the repertory of American folk music. ... *[http://www.contemplator.com/ Folk Music, Child Ballads, Popular ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ... Still was very much of the attitude that "inspired" music ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass takes its ... as a result of the rise in popularity of folk music. Audiences attracted to ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... but it used rhythms derived from African folk music. The contradanza had arrived ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- He was also a collector of British folk music and served as president ... as a composer. By collecting English folk music from the countryside, in ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Banshees are common in Irish and Scottish folk stories, and enjoy the same ... great or holy. W.B. Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- 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
- the entire postwar development of American folk music. He was a first-hand observer and survivor of the economic and environmental hardships of the ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 23:31, 17 May 2023
- century. The integration of southern "folk" blues with the urban ... musicians. Waters influence on popular music became unmistakable following ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his compositions. ... Rather than merely quoting folk music, the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- his works display the influence of Czech folk music, both in terms of rhythms ... the work has more in common with the folk music of Dvořák's native ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- German language. Hex signs are a type of folk art that became common in ... " By contrast, supporters of the folk-art theory point out that ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... for many years, popular with blues and folk music fans of the early 1960s ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 06:12, 3 August 2022
- ===Traditional and folk music=== Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- is known as scordatura) and in some folk music styles. Mozart, in his ... == The Viola in Folk Music == Although not as commonly used as the ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. The ... and owners to describe traditional African folk practices. Hoodoo is not the ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- both labels, performing what he called “folk piano.” While his recordings ... [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/george-winston-dead.html ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 21:17, 29 October 2023
- wrote for all economic levels so that his music could touch as many as possible ... producing such musicals as Sweet Adeline, Music In the Air, Three Sisters ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- and various forms of popular and folk music. Even these latter forms ... heritage, as well as its origins in western folk music. ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... up in a farming area, Ilaiyaraaja enjoyed Tamil folk music, ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- became deeply interested in American folk music; he traveled the country ... Frost, his impact on the development of a folk-centered, down-to-earth, uniquely ...10 KB (1,491 words) - 12:48, 27 November 2023
- made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... music with koto, biwa and shamisen, folk music, jazz, and other modern pieces. ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- 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
- composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... a number of themes within a framework of folk music from a variety of regions: ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- a common genre in Czech and Slovakian folk music. Polka is still a very ... countries, and among the Jewish Klezmer folk music ensembles, who play a wide ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 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
- also the case in most forms of western folk music, where songs and dances ... #039;s volumes of Magyar and Romanian folk music), but also with sound recordings ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, she had several memorable ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ... Yodeling shows how intrinsic not only communication, but music and ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University ... music theory, poetry, literature, and folk music of the times, he never ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- 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
- - 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
- Danny Kortchmar. The two began playing folk music together. ... July 20, 1969, he performed at the Newport Folk Festival. Shortly thereafter ...20 KB (2,798 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... elements of native Cuban dance and folk music; score specifies usage ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ... day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ... A quite different influence on Brahms was folk music. In his youth ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... He combined the traditions of Afro-American music folk music with ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... of popular themes from central European folk music, and the gloomy (gothic ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- killer, romanticized by the press and by folk singer Woody Guthrie, in his ... many of the great figures in country and folk music, like Joan Baez, and was ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 22:48, 30 November 2022
- ==Folk music== Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... composer, saw the golden age of Carnatic music in Kerala. The contribution ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- mazurka, that were derived from Polish folk music. Many Russian composers ... Scotland Robert Burns began setting down folk music. This literary movement ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized ... the Communist controlled areas to adapt folk music to create revolutionary ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. ... and stepfather, encouraged his interest in music and supported his desire ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 04:32, 31 July 2022
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... Moreover, another variant of rumba music and dance was popularized ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 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
- Rebel Destiny (1934) and Suriname Folk Lore (1936). In the late 1930s ... However, African survivals can be seen in music, dance, speech, worship, ...10 KB (1,410 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- instruments that are used in both Japanese folk and classical musical traditions ... (組太鼓) whose repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... and piano, reflects the Eastern European folk music styles of Bartók and Martinů ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- 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
- In more recent years, revivals of native folk music and dance have ... created, a showcase ensemble for Breton folk music. The pipe band idiom has ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae ... for their dedication to the band's music. Some followed the band from ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... marking Dylan's final change from folk music to rock. These tours remain ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 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
- traditional forms of folk arts, craft, folk music, and other genres of traditional ... A folk song may be defined as "a song belonging to the folk music ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 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
- Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ... Times They Are a-Changin, which places the music of Bob Dylan in the context ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- nineteenth century and today remain popular folk heroes. The term also has ... The influence of folk music and a countrified language has always ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- Its evolution most likely came from simple folk dancing enjoyed by the peasant ... follow the rhythmic pattern present in the music. Some knowledge of step patterns ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 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
- The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties ... and concert band music. Local folk music is also a part of the music ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- were two short story collections, Bayou Folk (1884) and A Night in Acadie ... From the outset, her interests were music, reading, and writing as ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 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
- A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok to celebrate the coming ... The Ganggangsullae (Hangul: 강강술래) dance is a traditional folk ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- Like Mahler, Sibelius made frequent use of national or folk music ... but rather styled his melodies after folk music, characteristically using ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts ... were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association and the Academy ... playing guitar as a youth without learning to read music. ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 07:53, 24 January 2023
- and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... blended melodic passages inspired by folk music with more complicated stylings ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Sidney Robertson Cowell), a prominent folk-music scholar who had been instrumental ... of his later works are based on American folk music, such as the series of ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- ) The I Ching is still used by adherents of folk religion. The I Ching became ... lines. The airs are in the style of folk songs, although the extent ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works. Much of his ... Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 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
- 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
- was a major fan of American soul music, and created a distinctive ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the UK Music Hall of Fame. ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- 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
- the sublimity of nature. It elevated folk art, language, and custom ... elements, such as the growing use of folk music, which are more directly ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- of modernism and his work in Brazilian folk music, and read his "Extremely ... theory of the social dimensions of folk music, which is at once nationalistic ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... with "the Blues." A type of folk music predominant among African ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... metronome to indicate specific tempi in his music. Prior to that time tempo ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- to find such virtues in ancient German folk songs and Norse poetry and ... a juridico-political state with that of the folk-nation as organic in its historical ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer ... the West for his "other" life in music. As a boy in Vilnius he received ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ... art; the connection between visual art and music; the spiritual and symbolic ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... often witty and humorous adaptations of folk music themes. The song "Bo ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- Kathakali has its origins almost 1500 years ago in the early ritual ... several outside elements from the folk and martial arts of Kerala ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- "traditional music" and "folk music" are often used interchangeably ... The majority of sub-Saharan African folk music and traditional music is ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- musical language is imbued with national folk music and rhythms as well as ... My Fatherland also incorporates Czech folk music. The first four poems are ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 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
- from classical or art music and from folk music. The term does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ... of three, and in his teens began singing folk music at local venues. After ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ... who collected and augmented their native folk music and used these themes in ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- hero with the magical power of songs and music. He is born of the primeval ... Because of the folk music history of the Kalevala there have been ...26 KB (4,103 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music ... Jazz, Asian music, and traditional folk music from across Europe. Ravel ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 00:46, 9 November 2022
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Holst often looked to English folk music for inspiration but was also ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ... and solos. In many traditional and folk music styles, performers are ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- 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
- piano concerto in the history of Western music has its antecedent in the ... Several passages have leanings towards folk music, as manifested in Austrian ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- of musical styles, such as jazz, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and even ... rhythm. She was able to go beyond ordinary music-making to relate to a greater ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- widely and was influential in the gospel music scene, and his training of ... did not share the attitude of some church folk that the blues was "devil ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 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
- In common with most folk dances, there is no universal naming scheme ... commonly of the hips, used to punctuate the music or accent a beat. Lifts or ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- Music. Traditional music in Korea has been based on the voice, a distinct ... Minsogak. Korea's folk music, Minsogak expresses a wide variety ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- believed to have evolved from pre-classical music forms and theatrical arts ... among the common people, existing folk music, dance and drama, as well ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- ===Classical music and folk music=== Composers of classical music have often made use of folk music (music ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- from the instrument's use in folk music. A person who plays the ... strings or more are often used in jazz or folk music. == Bows == ...45 KB (7,281 words) - 20:27, 3 May 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
- ] Retrieved January 15, 2009. The popular folk wrestling style of India performed ... match. In Henry VIII's kingdom, folk wrestling in many places was ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- States. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel ... gospel; oldtime (generally pre-1930 folk music); honky tonk; Appalachian; ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, even jazz and swing. Dylan ... roll gave way to an interest in American folk music. He soon became actively ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- Khmer people as well as diverse forms of folk music related to the oldest types ... === Folk music and dance=== Many of Laos' ethnic minority groups ...42 KB (6,594 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- quot; (the term includes drama, flute music, and lyre music for Aristotle ... emotions as they are being configured in music, and of their being recognized ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history ... derivatives. India has a rich tradition of folk painting and the decorative ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- most prominent composers of the Classical music era, called the "Father ... popular style was the frequent use of folk music or folk-like material, ...31 KB (4,922 words) - 00:40, 11 August 2022
- Early Chinese poetry grew from a rich tradition of folk songs and ... he loved the mountains, and instrumental music, and found himself torn between ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- rights activism, literature, poetry, and music. In 1904 Johnson went on ... After successes with their songwriting and music the brothers worked at Broadway ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- 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
- characterized by a largely lyrical form of folk poetry based on syllabic quantity ... The first fragmentary records of Estonian folk poetry dating from the thirteenth ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 23:59, 18 March 2022
- May 26, 1933) was the first great country music recording artist. Known as ... intersected African American blues and folk music in racially divided America ...23 KB (3,146 words) - 13:11, 1 August 2022
- 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
- distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four music albums recorded between 1966 ... was significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influenced styles ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 09:39, 1 April 2024
- the U.S. with the British Invasion. The folk music scene also experimented ... the thought-provoking melodies of French folk music, and concrete bursts of ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- the global appeal of jazz, blues, folk music, and rock and roll advanced ... It is not known who wrote these melodies, similar to folk music, it ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- 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
- suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the ... The influence of Russian church and folk music is very evident in ...29 KB (4,378 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- tends to be more used for dance-pop and folk music and is often used in folk ... accordion particular to the Alpine folk music of Austria, the Czech Republic ...52 KB (7,685 words) - 01:50, 27 February 2024
- eventually brought tonal and harmonious music to millions, was invented ... of the George A. Prince & Co. Music Store at 200 Main St. ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are a folk ... band to straddle all the flavors of popular music eminent at the time, from ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- modern art, also infusing his work with the folk art of his Belorussian roots ... inspiration. He has recorded a piece of music named Chagall, in his honor; ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- incorporating and transforming local folk music forms. As the popularity ... which separated it from local folk music and prepared the way to ...47 KB (7,370 words) - 23:16, 21 April 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
- organizations and literary, art, and music societies. Nazrul's ... songs into the mainstream of Bengali folk music, exploring the Islamic ...34 KB (5,210 words) - 22:44, 14 September 2023
- produced by striking metal bars. In blues music, the harmonica is often casually ... As European harps evolved to play more complex music, a key consideration ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- 978-0195137927). Deeply interested in folk music, Ruth had contributed musical ... increasingly involved with politics and folk music, his grades suffered and ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 21:18, 8 August 2023
- and other crafts, storytelling and music may appear impoverished. ... *Fewkes, J. Walter. Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore. Dodo ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- Godiva's story may have passed into folk history to be recorded in ... *Lancaster, Joan Cadogan. Godiva of Coventry, With a chapter on the ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- (Spalicek), which refers to illustrated folk songbooks and also a piece ... of art - to be treated in this manner. Music was always preferred to the ...21 KB (3,254 words) - 02:02, 9 February 2023
- its ritual activity from that of the folk religion, which some professional ... in various refined activities including music and "pure conversation." ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an audience ... We also say that music should be used to procure not one benefit but ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk ... formal gatherings, traditional Scottish music is played.[https://www.visitscotland ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- Silverstein’s talents extended to music as well. He studied briefly ... Most notably, he wrote the music and lyrics for "A Boy Named ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- ), a collection of ancient Indian and Persian folk tales. During the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the 8th century C.E., Baghdad ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... won Bowie a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. ...30 KB (4,767 words) - 07:53, 28 January 2024
- jingles. Among his influences were the folk music of Pete Seeger, Bob Gibson ... Singers. He soon became known at Toronto folk music-oriented coffee houses. ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings ... from classical to traditional Italian folk songs and popular songs of ...13 KB (1,957 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- poetry showed the influence of the Russian folk traditions as well as a love ... school children and many have been set to music, recorded as popular songs ...12 KB (1,781 words) - 10:01, 26 January 2023
- To this day whistles -as used in Irish folk music- have six holes. The original ... the fact that art music (as opposed to folk music) was no longer the exclusive ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- 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
- :For folk to see; :No shallow water, :For folk to see; :Yet even so, :Though there be no beach; ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 02:25, 5 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
- Of these many are rare or obsolete, and music written for them is usually ... varies greatly with the musician, the music, the style of clarinet, the ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- of the world's most renowned classical music composers, known for his ... its melodic and harmonic relation to folk music—I grew up in a quiet ...33 KB (4,939 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- 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
- " paintings produced by anonymous folk artists, became popular. Suppression ... on mulberry paper or silk; and the colorful folk art or min-hwa, ritual arts ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the ... Folk music is also said to have been a natural origin of Carnatic ...40 KB (6,040 words) - 15:47, 28 November 2023
- homage. The composer had instructed that no music be played at his funeral; ... When he was twenty, Verdi left for Milan to study music, but the Conservatory ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative ...51 KB (7,870 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- to opera, but lighter in terms of both music and subject matter. Because ... addition to film music, famous for using folk music as inspiration||1889-1955 ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- help by his neighbor and fellow country-folk rocker Jackson Browne. Frey ... with the direction the band's music was taking and his own diminished ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- #039;s ancestor, the sackbut, and the folk instrument bazooka are also ... the slight deficiencies between Western music's dominant equal (even ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- of aesthetic experience. It also elevated folk art, language and custom, ... The poems also exerted an influence on the burgeoning of Romantic ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
- of iron, cooking, domestication of animals, music, the writing system, sericulture ... of iron, cooking, domestication of animals, music, the writing system, sericulture ...11 KB (1,701 words) - 00:42, 18 October 2022
- they could entrap human beings with their music and dance. Some elves were ... Gottfried Herder. The poem was later set to music by Franz Schubert. ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- represents a native art form. Gamelan music is built up in layers, with ... only obvious Indian influence in gamelan music is in the Javanese style ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- order to achieve spiritual goals. He used music, literature, and dance to ... retreat hut. He became a legendary Korean folk hero because of his devotion ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- A fairy (fey or fae; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace ... lived on, in a dwindled state of power, in folk belief. Many beings who are ...19 KB (2,984 words) - 00:29, 25 March 2024
- Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus' often ... His mother allowed only church-related music in their home, but Mingus ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- was even able to sell some of them to local music groups. ... Caston, who helped him become serious about music as a career. Dixon sang in ...19 KB (2,749 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- ==Poetry, music and sound== arts; its influence reached into sound and music. Kurt Schwitters developed ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- snake charmers, puppeteers, acrobats and folk performers. Camels, of course ... Evenings are meant for the main shows of music and dance. Continuing ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- The "Miss Piggy's Fantasy" music number from The Great ... are plucked from their "ordinary folk" activities and thus ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- The music of Thailand includes classical and folk music traditions ... development of several local styles of folk music. The two most popular styles ...45 KB (6,630 words) - 15:04, 30 April 2023
- to depict trolls in literature, art, music, and other cultural forms ... Scandinavian folk-tales involving trolls such as "Three Billy ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- the African slaves and the traditional folk music brought from the British ... In general, country music is based on the folk music of white southerners ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- farce, it evolved from various popular, folk and aristocratic art forms ... dances accompanied by flute and drum music. The stage is almost bare ...16 KB (2,586 words) - 19:45, 5 March 2023
- Cole was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He received music lessons from ... He learned not only jazz and gospel music, but European classical music ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- if the first work of Dostoevsky—Poor Folk. He was an early supporter ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Literature ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:08, 18 November 2022
- has a local dance, as well as different music. The music can be songs specifically ... for the musicians and singers of the Obon music. Some dances proceed clockwise ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the ... bass guitars. Especially when used in folk and bluegrass music, the instrument ...40 KB (6,473 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- Grateful Dead. The band amplified not only music and Garcia’s eclectic musicianship ... mainly bluegrass, old-timey music, and folk music. His musical circle included ...37 KB (5,901 words) - 08:01, 3 April 2024
- *The Songs of Father Goose (Father Goose, set to music by Alberta ... *The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk (novel, 1911; reprinted ...23 KB (3,507 words) - 15:58, 26 September 2023
- from the tradition of Turkish folk music. In contrast to the tradition ... was intimately bound up with Turkish folk music, Ottoman Divan poetry developed ...56 KB (8,547 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- most common string instruments in Western music are those in the violin, ... in the guitar traditions of American folk music, country music, jazz, blues ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- Sergei Prokofiev to write incidental music for his production, but when ... drawing on his knowledge of Russian folk music and rejecting the influence ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 19:41, 20 November 2023
- Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed ... rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, folk music and gospel music, and exerted ...23 KB (3,723 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
- the transition of Delta blues from a purely folk idiom to a viable commercial ... Johnson also performed other types of music. His repertoire included ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- There is a folk rock duo called 'Trout Fishing in America' ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Writers ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- fado. The most widespread form of native folk music was the likurai dance, ... Ximenes, who grew up in Australia and uses folk rhythms from his homeland ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- This period also saw collection of Norwegian folk tales by Peter Asbjørnsen ... and dictionary for the spoken Norwegian folk language, which became Nynorsk ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- personal feelings, which may or may not be set to music. ... a poem which has been written to be set to music. A poem's particular ...22 KB (3,069 words) - 23:36, 26 July 2021
- more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, and topped the country ... website. Retrieved November 3, 2020. His music was featured in top-selling ...38 KB (5,690 words) - 22:10, 3 March 2023
- of poems Versos Sencillos were later put to music as "Guantanamera," ... a Cuban composer (Joseíto Fernández) put music to the words from one of ...19 KB (3,097 words) - 03:27, 6 August 2022
- nature of carnatic music, Tamil folk music tends toward the exuberant ... India: A Comprehensive Study of Indian Folk Music and Culture, Vol. 11 (2004 ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- been joined by tourism, technology, film, music, and finance. ... based music. Its traditional (or folk) music is Scottish in character ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- The folk music incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including English contredanse, polka and mazurka; French folk and pop; ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- whose blues and rhythm and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights ... through the first half of the 1970s, music critics had grown increasingly ...30 KB (4,791 words) - 17:26, 30 April 2023
- against the commercialism of the Nashville music scene and reached his greatest ... the Grand Ole Opry. Tiring of the Nashville music scene, he retired temporarily ...49 KB (6,754 words) - 15:23, 14 May 2023
- ==Folk music and protest songs== [[Image:Wobbly boy.jpg|thumb|350px ... present time. In the 1960s, the American folk music revival in the United States ...43 KB (6,639 words) - 20:09, 4 March 2024
- Latin term suggesting "uneducated country folk"). ... them apart from historical rural (paganus) folk religion. The Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- allegory, the story is steeped in Chinese folk religion and Buddhist and ... the West has a strong background in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- as symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music, and chamber music. ... revival and a renewal of respect for sacred music in the era when feeling and ...31 KB (4,782 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- The music of Guinea-Bissau is usually associated with the polyrhythmic ... fuses about ten of the country's folk music traditions. Tina and tinga ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- language, their own sagas, their own dances, music and customs. ... === Music === [[Image:Faroese folk dance club from vagar.jpg|thumb ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- There is a folk saying in Turkey that "Conversations without ... social activity with kids running around, music playing, and lively conversation ...11 KB (1,771 words) - 00:24, 3 May 2023
- "sangeet") meaning "music," and "-tar," ... steel strings and are widely used in folk music, blues and rock and roll ...50 KB (8,328 words) - 03:18, 12 July 2023
- Anonymous works such as sacred texts and folk tales may lack an obvious title: for instance, the Bible, Gilgamesh, Beowulf or the Chanson de ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- modern, deconstructionist era to deride the music of the late Romantic period ... overriding narrative in much of Mahler’s music is the poetic idea that the ...43 KB (6,581 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2023
- "It Hurts Me Too." James' music was characterized by his ... * 1967 Original Folk Blues (Kent 5022) * 1967 I Need You (Sphere ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 17:34, 13 February 2024
- art encompasses all facets of fine art, folk art and performance art. Porcelain ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Art ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- been a vitality and simplicity taken from folk culture as well as the beauty ... may live on in some of the old Swedish folk music. Sweden has a significant ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
- Information: It originated from a Chinese folk legend concerning two ... provided opportunities for farmers, fisher-folk and mountain dwellers to exchange ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
