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- A madrigal is a setting for two or more voices of a secular text, ... Its rise started with the Primo libro di Madrigali of Philippe Verdelot ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- to distinguish him from the other members of the musically talented Couperin ... in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions, and ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- November 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
- and inspired related movements in music and literature. In cubist ... Leading artists of the movement included Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- Traditionally it was made with the skin of a dog or cat, but today synthetic ... The shamisen is used in several genres of music, including nagauta, or ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves ... In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- dedicated to the memorial services in honor of the Joseon dynasty kings and ... Korean kings and queens, the excellent state of preservation of the shire complex ...6 KB (863 words) - 19:53, 4 May 2024
- Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982) was one of ... Hollywood films. He was named "Artist of the Decade" in the 1960s ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- Conway Twitty (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of the United ... Elektra) and reached Number 1 with remakes of the Pointer Sisters' ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. ... first professional vocal training at the age of five, from James Earle Hines ...20 KB (2,949 words) - 04:39, 22 March 2024
- an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music ... In 1948-49, Tubb was the first singer to record a hit record of "Blue ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- with special costumes, dance motions, and music. The dance has earned a reputation ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and roll as a distinct ... quot;a brash, lively, unselfconscious hybrid of blues and country," characterized ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years ... mother, née Alice Nimmo, was the daughter of Scottish immigrants and their ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance ... The increasing reliance on the interval of the third as a consonance ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- polystylistic musician and composer because of his talent in combining the ... Schnittke's father was born in Frankfurt to a Jewish family of ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
- an accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period ... For composers of the Baroque period, music was not primarily an exercise ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- The MJQ is the most perfect example of chamber music jazz. Composed ... Jackson and Lewis originally shared the role of musical director but ...8 KB (1,251 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University ... writing concertos for unusual combinations of instruments, such as multiple ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- with the gods") is the name of a priestess in Haitian Voodoo ... The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially ... as well as an official characteristic of a hunt. The nineteenth century ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was a project ... since multiple and historical editions of a single composition can be ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel ... Rhythm and blues (a combination of blues and jazz) arose in the 1940s ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- over 26 hits and recorded in the styles of doo-wop, R&B, pop, blues ... and the Vandellas number 96 on their its of the 100 Greatest Artists of ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- literally meaning "servants of Lord Hari") denotes a ... The founders of the Haridasa movement shared a common goal. They sought ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- Bluegrass music is a form of American country music with roots in ... Monroe toured the South and recorded in the 1930s as one of the partners ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... Spanish language and carries connotations of the spiciness common in Latin ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- famous for his research on the psychology of music and sound. He founded ... Bavaria (today’s Germany), the son of Eugen Stumpf, a local physician ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- |Genre = Country MusicPop Music | |Occupation = Singer ... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 18:07, 12 February 2024
- which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... important respects, most notably in the use of gourd resonators. It is possible ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- was a Dutch conductor. He was the second of only six music directors of ... An aggressive interpreter rather than a literalist, Mengelberg was ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- actress, and comedian. She was a member of the famed pioneer country act ... co-wrote Johnny's smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... Developed in the shanty-towns of urban Rio De Janeiro samba became ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- opera movement which combined elements of the French opera comique and ... Traetta was born in Bitonto, a town near Bari, right down near the ...8 KB (1,217 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- it is described as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound ... and logs were the next steps in the evolution of music. ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... tendencies are readily apparent in a number of his best know works. He writes ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- A type of valved bugle, the flugelhorn was developed in Germany from ... The valved bugle provided Adolphe Sax (creator of the saxophone family ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 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
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... The history of this instrument is at times the subject of heated debate ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- "Hamp" ranks among the great names in jazz history, having ... ===The discovery of the vibraphone=== During a 1930 recording date ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 2022
- 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He ... an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... in part to her ideas about the limited role of a female composer, her works ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- songwriter, and band leader. A pioneer of the Western Swing genre, Wills ... At its height in the 1940s, Wills' brand of Western Swing was ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical ... and thus also in scores of Italian composers. [[File:Piccolo in D-flat ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka ... Mikhail Glinka was born in the village of Novospasskoye, a village ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- The city of Thiruvananthapuram has been the center of cultural activities ... The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in ... Mascagni wrote a total of fifteen operas, plus an operetta, several ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 05:28, 24 November 2022
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... America as they have developed independent of African traditions from which ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- and newspaper publisher, who left a gift of $500,000 to Columbia University ... He thus sought to establish the school of journalism at Columbia University ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- Minnie Pearl, the stage name of Sarah Ophelia Cannon (October 25, ... From her first appearance on the stage of the Opry in 1940, the character ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ... tissue-like shaving from the inner tube of a bamboo or reed, is made taut ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting ... The quartet became popular in the beginning of the Classical period ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School ... Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 18:49, 1 January 2023
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- Thanatology is the academic, and often scientific, study of death ... Knowledge and understanding of the process of death and dying, and ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern ... modernists she broke with the formalism of nineteenth century Romanticism ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- is held vertically like a recorder, instead of transversely like the Western ... the shakuhachi was used by the monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located in the heart ... From its first incarnation as the Manhattan Opera House, home of Oscar ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- Patsy Cline (Sept. 8, 1932—March 5, 1963) was a country music singer ... her from other female country singers of her day. Many of her songs ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- – June 12, 1997) was a Russian bard, one of the founders of the genre called ... Bulat Okudzhava was of Georgian origin. He was born in Moscow on May ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:39, 22 November 2023
- rhythms driven by sixteenth-note divisions of the beat; crisp and active ... serving from its early days as one of the most powerful and direct ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- Bebop or bop is a style of jazz that evolved in the 1940s and is notable ... The innovators of bebop made a conscious decision to create a style ...8 KB (1,171 words) - 17:08, 18 August 2020
- Atonality describes music that does not use a tonal center or key ... this manner was the Second Viennese School of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- 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
- composer, conductor, band leader, and author of the late nineteenth and early ... Sousa composed at least 136 marches, many of which included innovative ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- to become perhaps the most powerful drummer of the classic era, thus symbolizing ... band was intimately linked to Swing music’s dance tradition, serving ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 15:18, 10 December 2023
- and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and ... en route to the London airport. Many of his songs were released posthumously ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows ... five years later, in 1834. Various forms of concertina are used for classical ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- American gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation ... During the course of a career that led to a Grammy Lifetime Achievement ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He ... great-uncle's family in the small town of Villars, in Burgundy. There ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- played a decisive 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
- 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
- Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West ... Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1890, it is one of the ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 00:35, 29 November 2023
- – October 5, 1880), composer and cellist of the Romantic era, was one of ... the French musical community. Near the end of his life, he wrote one serious ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- - July 16, 2012) was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording ... Wells single-handedly changed the face of country music and controversially ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 23:17, 3 March 2023
- from Latin Tempus) is the speed or pace of a given piece. It is a crucial ... The plural of tempo in Italian is tempi. Some writers employ this ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- instrument was also found in the cultures of India and China. German Jesuit ... The aeolian harp takes its name from the Greek god of the wind, Aeolus ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- influential Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music who was known ... which was very similar to living for the sake of others. ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- and drummer. Mayfield entered the hit music scene as the lead singer ... by many to have been a landmark statement of black consciousness, which ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- Philodemus of Gadara (c. 110 B.C.E. – c.35 B.C.E.) was an Epicurean ... Thirty-six of his books were preserved when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 04:12, 24 November 2022
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots ... Old-time music has its foundations in the family which helps to generate ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- libre) is a term describing various styles of poetry that are not written ... As the twentieth century continued into the dynamic experimentation ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago that formed ... singer, guitarist, and songwriter. A string of major hits followed, some of ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 15:38, 30 April 2023
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... == History == ===Late nineteenth to early twentieth century=== ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- 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
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... a reed or a fipple. A woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- Vyasaraja or Vyasaraayaru, is considered one of the three founders of Dvaita ... 1486-1498 C.E., before moving, at the behest of the king and ministers, to ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as ... However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- on a living oral tradition. As a vehicle of the story, a ballad contributes ... even subversive. For example, the legends of Robin Hood and the pranks of ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, often referred to ... The Music Center's current mission is to go beyond its role as ...21 KB (3,188 words) - 02:46, 4 November 2022
- – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer ... He emerged in the late sixties among the renaissance in country music ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... The art of improvisation often focuses on bringing one's personal ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- Thornburg, the "Pig Princess" of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair ... where her parents opened a drive-in movie theater on the corner of ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- Digital audio has emerged because of its usefulness in the recording ... ==Overview of digital audio== === Going from analog to digital === ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 03:54, 29 July 2022
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- eerie vocalizations and adept playing, one of them being the young Robert ... in 1931, but, like several other bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... considering the latter to denigrate the music as unsophisticated and also ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- Hooker was influenced by the guitar style of his stepfather, a local blues ... became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- a major influence on the playing and singing of legendary bluesman, Robert ... The middle of seventeen children, Son House was born in Riverton, ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- | Img_capt = Merle Haggard, Country Music Association& ... - April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. A body ... "Choir" has the secondary definition of a subset of an ensemble; ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties ... as far back as 1500 B.C.E. The origins of the Appalachian dulcimer are ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- prayer. While religious singing in Jewish history is very ancient, the formal ... #039;s role to Jewish males over the age of 13. Non-Orthodox Jewish movements ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- in 2001, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for ... ] and [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]. ...14 KB (1,898 words) - 06:20, 11 January 2024
- on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which 16 have reached number one. Travis is considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music ...14 KB (2,016 words) - 00:35, 8 December 2022
- was a singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of the legendary punk rock group ... Hyman was born and grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 02:04, 9 February 2023
- 13, 2002, Chandler, Arizona) was one of the most respected and influential ... (DJ) throughout his teen years, dropping out of high school to pursue a career ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s ... While performers and singers garnered the lion's share of public ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- 30, 2003), was a record producer and founder of Sun Records in Memphis, best ... the blues, southern gospel, and country music into a distinctively American ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:58, 23 December 2022
- June 8/21, 1908) was a Russian composer, one of five great nineteenth-century ... he began to concentrate more seriously on music. Balakirev encouraged him ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of ... Beyond the gestural aspect of the art form, other significant aspects ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 22:58, 14 May 2020
- – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- among white audiences during the blues revival of the 1960s. been called "the very personification of Texas blues" (Clayton 2005). ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically ... Like America itself, country/western dancing is a melting pot of many ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- was baptized on December 17, 1770. Children of that era were usually baptized ... counterpoint to his majestic compositions. Of irritable temperament and physically ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- psychiatric hospitals. He also had a number of hits covering old R & B ... Taylor was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also ...20 KB (2,798 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- Christian prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother ... Based on the greeting of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary in the ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- songwriter, was born in the auld hoose of Gask, Perthshire to Jacobite ... and helped by so doing to preserve much of Scotland's musical heritage ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- hit single, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay." Otis Redding ... Redding was born in the small town of Dawson, Georgia, to a sharecropping ...13 KB (2,075 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... Widely regarded as the most distinguished of Czech composers, Dvorák ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly ... Strauss disclosed that he had read the work of the Swedish mystic Emmanuel ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- and composer, the second surviving son of five sons from Johann Sebastian ... Bach attended the Thomasschule, at the age of ten, as a day student. J.S ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 19:22, 26 November 2023
- singer considered a crucial figure in the history of music. His work bridged ... quot; and introduced the Baroque method of declamation with continuo accompaniment ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- spoken. Another difference is that this form of poetry focuses less on style ... life and were popular throughout all layers of Russian society in the late ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- The saxophone is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family ... The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... albums were its first two: the 1968 debut Music from Big Pink and 1969's ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- wop/R&B band, who helped create soul music with gospel-style vocals ... The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- early 1890s by J.W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip ... Because of the ease of carrying and the direction of sound, it is ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass ... In the history of Western musical tradition, the evolution of symphony ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- grosso, which contrasted a small group of instruments with the rest of ... The etymology of the word "concerto" is somewhat problematic ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- and the Berlin Philharmonic. A conductor of great stature, his unorthodox ... Although most of his recorded legacy was accomplished prior to the ...21 KB (3,095 words) - 11:58, 5 May 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
- recognized it as an important component of art and aesthetics. However ... the highest value, which exist independently of and transcend the phenomenal ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- among the most frequently performed in the history of the genre. Some of his ... After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of the ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 22:49, 28 August 2021
- The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family that dates ... The flute's pitch and various aspects of its timbre are very flexible ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- is a sacred ritualized dance of Java, Indonesia, associated ... by young women only in the presence of the Susuhunan (King), on the ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... == Usage of sonata == The Baroque era applied the term sonata to a ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- 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
- rights activist. He was also the father of the legendary singer Aretha ... widely and was influential in the gospel music scene, and his training of ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s ... and "Rhinestone Cowboy." He made history by winning a Grammy in both ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 07:53, 24 January 2023
- opera composer, and the first great exponent of French Grand Opera. His nineteenth ... considered him amongst the greatest virtuosi of his period. In his youth Beer ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 20:19, 14 December 2023
- not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws ... In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- whom many consider the first true composer of jazz music. musical education. He learned a number of instruments, but got his professional ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 18:02, 2 April 2024
- Bix holds a unique place in the early history of jazz. Among the white ... Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa, to a middle-class family ...14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- One of the foremost dance companies in the world, the New York City ... == History == The New York City Ballet was the brain-child of Lincoln ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined ... In an era when African-American music was known largely through demeaning ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Yejong of Goryeo (1079 - 1122) was the 16th emperor of the Korean ... King Yejong was a great patron of Daoism, preferring its precepts ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- and artistic movement predominant at the end of the nineteenth and beginning ... and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev and Vladimir ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
- Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 - June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter ... family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- singer who has been called "the queen of Tejano music".Rick Mitchell ... Selena was murdered at the age of 23 by Yolanda Saldívar, the president ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments ... == History == The origin of the harpsichord is obscure, but is known ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- Pop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common ... Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert ... guitar was a key factor in the development of many musical styles that emerged ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- March 8, 1566 – September 8, 1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, ... Gesualdo was part of an aristocratic family which acquired the principality ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of European classical music, and ... On his views about composing he once stated, "Music is for me ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally ... Marching bands are generally categorized by function and by the style ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 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
- He is the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is famous ... quot; and "Redemption Song." Many of his songs protested social ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- 15, 1787) was a German composer, one of the most important opera composers ... Gluck was born in Erasbach (now a district of Berching, Bavaria) the ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 21:41, 10 December 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
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- (Old Style) - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French and Lithuanian descent. His profession was as an army officer and a teacher of fortifications; ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates ... which is the latinisation of the Greek word grc|κύμβαλον ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- ) were a songwriting team that created some of the defining sounds of rock ... In the mid 1950s, Leiber and Stoller created a string of ground-breaking ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- good, should be relocated in small groups of less than ten, in distances ... was known to point out admirable qualities of various disadvantaged people ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican ... The professional career of Ritchie Valens lasted a period of eight ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 01:42, 15 December 2022
- a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish origin. Nijinsky was ... his meeting with Sergei Diaghilev, a member of the St Petersburg elite and ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 16:12, 30 August 2023
- concertos and piano miniatures, and founder of the American Academy in Rome ... to achieve major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- often hailed as the greatest violinist of the twentieth century. ... Heifetz was an outspoken critic of the government of the Soviet Union ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 09:58, 1 April 2024
- The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into ... The horn, as a member of the brass instrumental family, is a powerful ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ... apparently originated by Jeramiah Carhart of Poughkeepsie, New York, in ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of ... Johnson was a prominent figure of the latter part of the Harlem Renaissance ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- the late 1960s and early 70s with a string of successful songs from multiple ... The group consisted of singer, lead guitarist, and songwriter John ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 06:21, 11 January 2024
- 1973) (born Walden Robert Cassotto) was one of the most popular American, ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- As the founder and artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet—a company ... from such rock ballets as Joffrey's hit of 1967, Astarte, to distinguished ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument that uses a reed, in addition ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- Pietro Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, (January ... As a result of this, scholars suggest that Metastasio's legacy ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- " Monk is often regarded as a founder of bebop, although his playing ... 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues ... Fans of the Grateful Dead were known as "Deadheads" and ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- singer-songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. vibrato, Buckley was considered to be one of the most promising artists ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 04:32, 31 July 2022
- that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator ... or keys are used to change vibratory length of tubing, thus changing the available ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- people who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern ... Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- located in the Caribbean to the east of Central America. The 36 islands ... The islands extend east-west for 60 miles and are located just west ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches ... trumpets share the important characteristic of having predominantly cylindrical ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians ... . Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower the pitch or key ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- art critic. After studying at the University of Bologna, he went to Paris, ... studies on classical themes and a series of treatises on language (Sopra ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- clear and forceful singing, his powerful use of the 12-string guitar, and the ... Lead Belly was one of the most colorful, albeit notorious figures ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- in jazz. Sometimes called the "father of the tenor sax," Hawkins ... matured into the leading jazz saxophonist of his generation, establishing ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
- longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature ... to have provided the ideological basis of Sturm und Drang, and Johann ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... Mayo has become associated with celebration of Mexican-American culture. ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... The only medieval music which can be studied is that which was written ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- Marietta Robusti (1560? - 1590) was a female Venetian painter of the ... (1527–1576) and King King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) to work at ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- is a flat disc that stores data in the form of pits (or bumps) along a spiral ... in the digital reproduction and distribution of music in the form of compact ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- on Easter Sunday, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington ... Overcoming the odds of poverty, racism and the loss of her father ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and pop elements into ... the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience. According ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- 27, 1901) was the most influential composer of the nineteenth century Italian ... With the death of national Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni in 1874 ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group residing in many countries of ... The Fulani are the largest nomadic group of people in the world and ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- as the “First Teacher”) because of his extensive commentaries ... ideal society based on a Neoplatonic concept of the Divine, in which the responsibility ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- associated with Stax Records in the subgenre of Memphis soul. Best known for ... Original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano) ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- Operetta is a genre of the performing arts, related to opera, but ... made opera, a typically dense and epic form of entertainment, available to ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- among the most influencial figures in jazz history. Early in his career Parker ... A founding figure of modern jazz, or bebop, Parker's innovative ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to ... to have been the author of the phrase "Information Superhighway ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- It stressed strong emotion as a source of aesthetic experience, placing ... Romanticism arose as a reaction against the excessive rationalism ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- , Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) (March 9, 1839 – March 16, 1881) ... Mussorgsky was born in Karevo in the province of Pskov, 400 kilometers ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... variations are generated. The forms of Hindustani classical music ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- and critics today recognize him as one of the originators of soul music ... James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul," yet Cooke ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize ... The Grammys are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago ... level (Mount Orohena). The island consists of two roughly round areas centered ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- bandleader in the swing era. He became one of the world's best-selling ... During World War II, the height of his career, Miller joined the war ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 17:09, 16 December 2022
- was an Irish playwright who, at the height of his fame, won the Nobel Prize ... his life, disdaining the commercialism of capitalism and believing that ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 07:04, 18 April 2024
- Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown, outside of the United ... Tamla Records, Motown has, over the course of its history, owned or distributed ...27 KB (4,046 words) - 17:03, 10 November 2022
- the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums ... in recent years as the central instrument of large drum ensembles called ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical ... in China and Greece) held to the idea that music, mathematics and science ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 10:49, 20 September 2023
- An audiobook is an audio recording of a book, speech, or any form ... a synonym for audiobooks when the majority of audiobooks (then called "spoken ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful recording ... At the end of the twentieth century, two of their albums, Eagles: ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus' often ... but was raised largely in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. His ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...40 KB (6,040 words) - 15:47, 28 November 2023
- The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ( c=竹林七賢 ) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet that rose to the top of ... gospel-oriented vocals pushed the limits of his range and helped create ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- her brother, Richard Carpenter, were members of the band The Carpenters, one ... Karen became more of a vocalist, rather than a drummer, further on ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 18:04, 14 May 2024
- holiday record today. He starred in scores of western films, and also played ... many times on the Forbes magazine list of the four hundred richest men ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- Cream was a 1960s British rock band consisting of bassist/vocalist ... Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
- and in the New York Central Railroad. Most of his fortune was gifted to the ... as a stenographic clerk to Bernard Baruch of the War Industries Board during ...9 KB (1,337 words) - 17:39, 31 October 2023
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 - 12 May 12, 1884) is considered one ... Smetana was a child prodigy who grew up in a family that cultivated ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- composer, and pianist. John has been one of the dominant forces in rock ... and over 100 million singles, making him one of the most successful artists ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing." Perhaps the most brilliant clarinetist of jazz, Benny Goodman was ...22 KB (3,480 words) - 10:10, 28 September 2023
- The appellation "Classical music" is a broad, somewhat imprecise ... With the decline of Rome and the ascendancy of Christianity in Europe ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- magic, based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Sunil Parameswaran ... screened using a satellite feed instead of conventional prints; ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre ... Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration ... Today, Memorial Day commemoration includes the flying of the American ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- 24, 1884) was a famous Italian ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a ... Russian audiences and became a guiding light of the famous Kirov Ballet. Her ...10 KB (1,510 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- dominant and influential figure in jazz history. With his soaring, lyrical ... Mastering poverty, a succession of unstable homes, and degrading conditions ...17 KB (2,605 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which ... family in Perm, Russia toward the end of its age of empire. Sent to ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 23:22, 13 August 2023
- Amherst is a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows ... to prepare its students for a wide variety of careers, allowing them to develop ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- She has been dubbed "The Queen Of Soul" and "Lady Soul ... by Dennis Morgan and Simon Climie. Many of her singles reached Top 10 ...28 KB (4,152 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- were used frequently by the most famous of the classical authors (Homer ... Odysseus and the Sirens, eponymous vase of the Siren Painter, ca. [[480 ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... ==History of the Recorder== The recorder was popular from medieval ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- 039; Eve. He also served as chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions. guest artists on the show included many of rock and roll's top stars: ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 12:01, 29 January 2024
- 1135; r. 1100-1126) was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of ... He was a collector of paintings, calligraphies, and antiques of previous ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 10:25, 21 January 2023
- and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music bands. They are played by ... There are many distinct types of trumpet, with the most common being ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- The American Ballet Theatre (ABT), based in New York City, was one ... Few ballet companies equal ABT for its combination of size, scope ...8 KB (1,230 words) - 02:53, 24 July 2023
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