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- 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues ... Bill Haley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins is considered one of the early ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- |Genre = Pop Music, Country Music |Occupation = ... Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country-pop singer ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- composer, and entertainer. Fats Waller is one of the most beloved personalities ... and organ as a child, taught largely by the music director of his Baptist church ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 21:09, 30 April 2023
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... In an era when African-American music was known largely through demeaning ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass ... be seen as an apotheosis of instrumental music. As European composers sought ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- The sousaphone is a brass instrument in the same family as the more ... Because of the ease of carrying and the direction of sound, it is ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- career never reached a comparable scope. He is still remembered for his unique ... subjects he showed avid interest in were music and sports. Bix began going ...14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
- first grand opera. The fusion of dramatic music, melodramatic plot and sumptuous ... him of being only interested in money, not music. Meyerbeer was, however, ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 20:19, 14 December 2023
- singer, guitarist, and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of ... Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association and the Academy ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 07:53, 24 January 2023
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame. In 2005, Parton ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- 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
- The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family ... penetrating voice. The timbre of the oboe is derived from the oboe's ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- from other poetry mainly in the fact that it is sung along with a simple guitar ... Bards were rarely permitted to record their music, given the political nature ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 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
- |Alias = Tammy Wynette, "The First Lady of Country ... |Genre = country music |Years_active = 1966-1998 ...18 KB (2,712 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- a Finnish composer of European classical music, and one of the most popular ... On his views about composing he once stated, "Music is for me ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- Although he started by composing religious music, his operas have secular ... Italy, into a family with a long history of music. Only five years old when ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 22:49, 28 August 2021
- wop/R&B band, who helped create soul music with gospel-style vocals ... as bass, and Walter Adams on guitar. This is the group which produced the ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- or the Elvis of the East, Ustad Nusrat is credited with taking the tradition ... Qawwali is traditionally an artistry passed down through a lineage ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- as well as the creative arts, particularly music. Gandharvas also have symbolic ... In the Hindu tradition, the term gandharva is used in both the singular ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family that dates ... Historically, flutes have often been used in the playing of sacred ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental ... organist) Elgar was exposed to liturgical music from his earliest years and ...21 KB (3,203 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the most widely known performer ... Marley is best known for his ska, rocksteady, and reggae songs, which ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- Bruno Walter is ranked among the twentieth century's greatest ... aspects of his art form. On the topic of music and its influence of the ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ... a painting by Kandinsky created in 1903. It is also claimed that the name ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- 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
- important opera composers of the Classical music era, particularly remembered ... came from a long line of foresters; nothing is known about Gluck's mother ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 21:41, 10 December 2023
- War I. He cause a major controversy in the music world in 1935 when he revealed ... of the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of ...12 KB (1,707 words) - 07:05, 15 April 2024
- composer and lutist of the late Renaissance music as well as a nobleman and ... Most likely he was born in Venosa, but little else is known about ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- project Pound and Eliot had begun. Zukofsky is generally seen as the leader ... revival would commence. Today, Zukofsky is seen as a crucially important ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- " Arabic آمين ’Āmīn) is a declaration of positive affirmation ... The word is widely used in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Muslims ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- many consider the first true composer of jazz music. A light-skinned ... Choosing a life in the fledgling new music and its licentious ethos ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 18:02, 2 April 2024
- has been called "the queen of Tejano music".Rick Mitchell, [http://web ... both the old and new generation of Latino music fans in the US. At the 1987 ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 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
- and various other transliterations) is a sacred ritualized dance of ... and the bedhaya Semang in Yogyakarta, which is no longer performed. The Solonese ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments ... A musician who plays the harpsichord is called a harpsichordist. ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- human spirit and to enrich the culture of music in America. MacDowell is considered among the first American composers to achieve ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- as a scientific discipline. Turnbull is also known for his musical ... it might be good for him to stop his music. A pivotal point came when ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- humanity lives. The material world, which is temporal and mutable, does ... and that the healing (catharsis) of tragedy is generated only because they ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- ” or “choosing the best”), is a conceptual approach that ... In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- widely and was influential in the gospel music scene, and his training of ... cite Franklin as a major influence, and he is considered the most imitated ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally ... ranging from the traditional martial music of John Philip Sousa and ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... there was an increasing interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- April 3, 1897) was a German composer from what is known as the Romantic period ... for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- such as “Le Pavillon d'Armide” (music by Nikolai Tcherepnin), “Cleopatra” ... was obscene, and he was dismissed. It is probable that the scandal was ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 16:12, 30 August 2023
- Fioravanti at 18 months, began studying music theory at two, the piano ... of the old school of Italy. Having learned music from his grandfather whom ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- was a major fan of American soul music, and created a distinctive ... of artists on the TV channel VH1 (2007). She is an inductee of the Rock and ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- 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
- to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to be one ... He won first prize at the international Music Awards of Prague and Budapest ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert ... rock and roll, fusion, modern gospel music, and contemporary country ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- Baudelaire and Verlaine, while the subtle music, ominous allusions, arcane ... friend of Alexander Scriabin, whose poetry is characterized by mystical philosophy ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
- particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer ... Despite his achievements as a professional military academic, Cui ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- of the arts. Confucian ceremonial music (Aak) had its origin in China ... musical instruments to be used for royal banquet music. ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- His best known song, "La Bamba," is probably the very first Latin ... up hearing traditional Mexican mariachi music as well as flamenco guitar; ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 01:42, 15 December 2022
- 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
- world has adopted. This moral environment is especially reflected in the ... His exact place of birth is not known, but documents of the time assign ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- 30, 1970), was a conductor and composer. He is remembered today for his long ... but grew up in Vienna. He began his formal music training as a pianist, studying ...18 KB (2,787 words) - 21:10, 18 October 2022
- be open to a multitude of musical influences is reflected in his statement: ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- then part of the Russian Empire. There is controversy over his birth ... the national fraternity for men in music, by the fraternity's ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 09:58, 1 April 2024
- rock and roll idols of the late 1950s. He is widely respected for being ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award-winning American ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he is often acclaimed as the most ...12 KB (1,822 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2024
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by ... The view of most scholars (see organology) is that the term "brass ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his unique improvisational ... Little is known about Monk's early life. He was born on October ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1933 by choreographer ... in the world, the New York City Ballet, is solely responsible for training ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- and stepfather, encouraged his interest in music and supported his desire ... David Browne, Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 04:32, 31 July 2022
- Metastasio's lyrics were set to music by virtually every major ... #039;s legacy may lie more in the realm of music than in literature. Although ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- albeit notorious figures in American folk music. After spending time in and ... The topics of Lead Belly's music were equally wide ranging, including ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of the brass instruments ... voice on which harmonic triadic harmony is based. Hence, in orchestral ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- , 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
- was compatible with religious faith. He is considered to be the greatest ... canonized as a Catholic saint in 1931, and is honored by Roman Catholics ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- regarded as the grandfathers of the jam band music style. for their dedication to the band's music. Some followed the band from ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording career spanned ... a resurgence in the 1980s. Today, Orbison is best remembered by fans as ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- group of six dancers in a station wagon and is now considered one of the nation ... synagogue and at the Gramercy School of Music and Dance. He made his solo ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 05:07, 15 December 2022
- Lead singer John Fogerty retreated from music in the late 1980s but ... stint. After some eight years of making music together, the group became ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 06:21, 11 January 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 trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all ... (a suffix meaning large). Thus, a trombone is quite literally a "large ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- to fight the ignorance of which prejudice is born. Anderson became a great ... birth date as February 27, 1897 and there is photograph taken of her as ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- #039;s style, especially in playing the music of the Romantic era. A child ... He served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- ordinary language by using symbols such as music, art, and myth-making. Langer ... Suzanne Langer is not often cited by modern professional philosophers ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- In computing, sound reproduction, and video, an optical disc is a ... digital reproduction and distribution of music in the form of compact discs ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals ... The word cymbal is derived from the Latin cymbalum, "Cymbalum ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- not be parted from her. She was trained in music, to sing and play the lute ... Robusti is one of very few known women artists of this period, a group ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- bagpipes are unique. Their construction is complex, and yet, they have ... are an honored instrument and their power is taken seriously. The human ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- and early civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his writing ... rights activism, literature, poetry, and music. In 1904 Johnson went on ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 14:28, 24 March 2023
- construction of the librettos, or texts, of what would become his final two ... homage. The composer had instructed that no music be played at his funeral; ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- America to receive world-wide acclaim, and is known for both his conducting ... conductors at the Tanglewood Institute of Music remained his passion until ...27 KB (3,897 words) - 22:15, 20 December 2023
- were the first to surround black R & B music with elaborate production ... hits "I'm a Woman" and "Is That All There Is?" (1969 ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located ... rates in the world. Their main industry is tourism, based upon their ideal ...19 KB (2,753 words) - 02:45, 22 November 2023
- on November 10, 1983. Matthew's mother is alleged to be the "Sarah ... search--without the missing piece--than he is with it. A sequel, called The ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 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
- 1953), the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist, is one of the most innovational ... Manouches, Reinhardt developed a taste for music early on under the influence ...19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ... eventually brought tonal and harmonious music to millions, was invented ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- African-American jazz pianist. Art Tatum is known to the world of jazz ... beer drinking since his teenage years. He is interred in the Forest Lawn ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 12:07, 7 November 2021
- "father of the tenor sax," Hawkins is one of jazz's most influential ... landmark "Body and Soul" (1938) is often cited as a turning point ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
- him as one of the originators of soul music and among the most influential ... James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul," yet Cooke ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer ... the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience. According ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first ... He is considered by some Bizware Magic, [http://www.bizwaremagic.com/quick_i ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- As a result of his trend-setting music with the Les Paul Trio and ... Les first became interested in music at the age of eight, when he ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 22:00, 25 October 2022
- Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and ... The philosopher Johann Georg Hamann is considered to have provided ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition that has been evolving since the twelfth century C.E., in what is now ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- on Aristotle and his work in logic. He is also recognized as the “father” ... the responsibility of the absolute ruler is to educate and guide the people ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- to create a different effect, Expressionism is not primarily driven by technique ... Perhaps the quintessential expression work is Edvard Munch's "The ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- Algarotti was a connoisseur of art and music, well-educated, a friend ... newtoniana (1752). The original book is kept in the Biblioteca Comunale ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument ... the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- among his contemporaries, and his music has remained an inspiration ... rather than just a popular entertainer. The music was jarringly different from ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- which argued that "the past is the key to the present." ... Romanticism elevated the achievements of what it perceived as misunderstood ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- from which some say the name "Yaqui" is derived. ... The Yaqui homeland is in Sonora, on the West coast of Mexico. They ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Ilse Moritzen. William’s father taught music, and was a member, and later ... England, Herschel managed to find work as a music teacher and bandleader. Herschel ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... a musical force with albums like Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger and Have Guitar ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- the wishes of his family in order to pursue music. He studied music in Paris ... Berlioz is credited for his large-scale and skillful employment of ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- —Heb: שופר) is a horn that is used as a musical instrument for ... The method of playing the shofar is similar to that of bugle, with ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- by enlisting in the US Army and forming what became known as the American ... a new musical style called "dance band music." He and several classmates ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 17:09, 16 December 2022
- included "Hip Hug-Her," "Time is Tight," and an instrumental ... the president of Stax Records, liked what he heard and hit the "record ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- Tamla-Motown, outside of the United States, is a record label originally based ... than 45 subsidiaries in varying genres. It is most famous for its releases ...27 KB (4,046 words) - 17:03, 10 November 2022
- composer, and conductor, Rachmaninoff is remembered as one of the true ... recording label of him performing his own music as well as works from the ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 10:00, 26 January 2023
- 15, 1988) was a prolific British composer, music journalist, essayist and ... that his name was not his real one:It is also stated that my name, my ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- Sir Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, is ... John is also noted for crafting melodies for the lyrics of songwriting ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. He strove to achieve a uniquely ... family, the noble family of Mussorgsky, is reputedly descended from the ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- 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
- Operetta is a genre of the performing arts, related to opera, but ... Normally, in an operetta, some of the libretto is spoken rather than ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- 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
- quot; in Japanese. Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any ... kumi-daiko (組太鼓) whose repertory is based on folk and festival ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. Originally called ... award ceremonies, the Grammy Awards ceremony is televised to millions of viewers ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... for new communities of mixed immigrants, and is still popular in many communities ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- of his names, even in reference works.) Shaw is often cited as the most frequently ... and believing that socialism would cure what he saw as the excesses of ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 07:04, 18 April 2024
- Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago ... Tahiti is some 28 miles (45 kilometers) long at the widest point and ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken for Mexico's Independence ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- and Manjari). Sivan said, "Yes, it is a tribute to Raja Ravi Varma ... in Indian pop star Phalguni Pathak's music video for the song Meri Chunar ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 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
- Blues," and "See that My Grave Is Kept Clean." The latter ... Texas, and Lemon's birth date is indicated as September 1893 ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- Pop/Rock)" at the first annual American Music Awards. singing simultaneously too difficult. Her music was very popular with American ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 18:04, 14 May 2024
- vitality of Russian ballet compared to what was current in France at the ... at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music where he studied singing ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 23:22, 13 August 2023
- collection at the New York Public Library is named after him in recognition ... War I. Later, due to his great love of music, he became a lyricist. In ...9 KB (1,337 words) - 17:39, 31 October 2023
- his career as executive director. Cooper is best known for headlining the ... During this time Cooper also pursued music, writing various songs ...7 KB (1,050 words) - 03:26, 6 October 2022
- game show host, and businessman. He is best known for hosting long ... Dick and the Santa Fe Riders, a country music program. He would later replace ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 12:01, 29 January 2024
- The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group residing in many countries of ... introduction of Islam throughout West Africa is due in large part to the Fulani ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- the style referred to as Impressionist music, a term which he dismissed ... Debussy is considered the most original musical mind of the turn of ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre ... grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at the time. However, many ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- The appellation "Classical music" is a broad, somewhat imprecise ... to subordinate all earthy things, including music, to the ultimate goal of ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 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
- vocalists in twentieth century popular music. Mastering poverty, a ... turbulent life, Armstrong had transcended music to become an iconic figure ...17 KB (2,605 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- century, though one can argue that his music was not as groundbreaking ... that featured various styles of dance music. Since he needed new charts ...22 KB (3,480 words) - 10:10, 28 September 2023
- Clyde Jackson Browne (October 9, 1948 - ) is an American rock singer ... in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which is still a favorite holiday record ... To date, Autry is the only person to have five "stars" on ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- century, as well as a highly regarded music critic. An intellectual and ... Romantic composers of the central European music tradition. As with many composers ...26 KB (4,179 words) - 02:15, 16 December 2022
- violist, guitarist, and composer. He is one of the most famous violin ... He reappeared when he was 23, becoming director of music to Napoleon ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 23:29, 14 November 2022
- appear rarely in contemporary fiction. There is the possibility that they influenced ... reflected this awe and fear of the sea. It is most probable that out of these ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- An audiobook is an audio recording of a book, speech, or any form ... sometimes calling upon a complete cast, music, and sound effects, though ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- C.E. It has been determined that the group is mostly fictitious; although ... Taoism (or Daoism) is the English name referring to a variety of related ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Lights, Big City," "Baby What You Want Me To Do," and ... However, unlike some of them, did not hold is liquor well. He became notorious ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
- ancient and modern Greek: καθαρός), is a sudden emotional breakdown ... by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an audience ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
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- Franklin maintained her position in the music recording industry throughout ... talented gospel singer in her own right. It is mistakenly believed that Barbara ...28 KB (4,152 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such ... made a significant impact upon the popular music of the time, providing a ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
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- A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ... and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music bands. They are played by ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed ... albums in his nearly 50-year career and is generally recognized as one ...23 KB (3,723 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
- figures in twentieth-century popular music. blues into soul and eventually, funk. His music would prove to have a profound ...25 KB (3,918 words) - 21:04, 20 March 2024
- Their studio album, Hotel California, is rated as thirty-seventh on ... with the direction the band's music was taking and his own diminished ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which has roots that may ... The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- song-writing, and guitar playing, Berry is considered one of, if not the ... allowed him to pursue his interest in music from an early age, and he ...20 KB (3,002 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- In regular usage, the term sound is applied to any stimulus that excites ... speech and artistic expression through music. Our ability to hear sounds ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- Kulintang is a modern term for an instrumental form of music composed ... The main role of kulintang music in the community is as nonprofessional ...41 KB (6,102 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- that no other be-bop pianist has, Bud is also sufficiently independent ... not to avoid integrating the hands, which is essential to both a solo and ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- Critics claim that his performance style is overly mannered (termed Horowitzian ... was born in 1904. This fictitious birth year is still found in some references ...22 KB (3,176 words) - 20:45, 3 May 2023
- Mass media is a term denoting that section of the media specifically ... forms of media within which to decipher what is true and what is not. Given ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings ... in Milan and Covent Garden in London, he is best known as the lead tenor ...13 KB (1,957 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- their early years. Next to Muddy Waters, he is considered the most influential ... was even able to sell some of them to local music groups. ...19 KB (2,749 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- , also spelled Maryinsky Theater) is a historic theater of opera and ... The theatre is named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar ...11 KB (1,538 words) - 15:55, 6 November 2022
- ) is one of the most diversified companies in Japan, offering a wide ... instruments and technologies. Today it is the largest manufacturer of ...25 KB (3,604 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- ) is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their ... when they are in lonely places. It is from the name Pan that this ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- been christened "Francis," and he is credited as Francis on some ... in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles ...27 KB (4,049 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- and leading composers in the rise of modern music in Russia. As a result he ... Prokofiev is famous for numerous compositions, including the popular ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... == What is music? == Music is often defined by contrast with noise ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- 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
- Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last ... The official "birthplace" of Memorial Day is Waterloo, New ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument ... most common string instruments in Western music are those in the violin, ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- entire postwar development of American folk music. He was a first-hand observer ... Guthrie's body of music consists of hundreds of songs, ballads ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 23:31, 17 May 2023
- with establishing the first military music bands. While initially well ... Whether this is or is not an acceptable role for an army, it was political ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 16:11, 8 February 2023
- anticipation of modern developments, Basie is regarded as one of jazz music’s ... Basie is known for his inimitable statements on the piano, but it ...17 KB (2,747 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- Tyner, Keith Jarrett, and Bill Evans, he is considered one of the foremost ... musical performances but also an education in music. ==Life== ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- May 26, 1933) was the first great country music recording artist. Known as ... style numbers, and even cowboy tunes. He is remembered most, however, for ...23 KB (3,146 words) - 13:11, 1 August 2022
- later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is a American singer-songwriter ... with sales exceeding 150 million units. He is also noted for his musical ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts ... Amherst is a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological ... the best of this world in its imagery. It is up to humankind to manifest ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- Theatre later that year, as a coryphee, that is, bypassing the corps de ballet ... specifically. Today, this revised version is still performed at the Mariinsky. ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 06:48, 28 July 2023
- distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four music albums recorded between 1966 ... again at the end of her first semester. It is a widely held belief her decision ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 09:39, 1 April 2024
- Timpani is an Italian plural, the singular of which is timpano. However ... and sometimes aluminum. The drumhead is affixed to a hoop (also called ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- in the 1960s and 1970s. Gaye's soul music performances were unique ... However, with his successful 1971 album, What's Going On, and subsequent ...27 KB (4,247 words) - 08:37, 10 March 2023
- Clapton in particular played a large role is the renewed interest in Johnson ... for transportation. He traveled widely and is known to have performed in ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- through his literary works, liturgical music, and hymns that living for ... (moral essays, severe and forceful). He is noted to have written a few ...3 KB (519 words) - 23:53, 17 November 2022
- and great skill with the keyboard. Today, he is generally considered to be ... toured throughout Europe giving concerts. He is credited with inventing the ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose ... that a basic urge to express emotion though music has existed since prehistoric ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- who, with Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, is considered one of the greatest ... Young and Holiday would collaborate in what many consider some of jazz ...15 KB (2,388 words) - 17:35, 31 October 2023
- suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the ... wrote primarily in the romantic music idiom, drawing heavily on ...29 KB (4,378 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- It is possible that, due to his religious nature and interests; serious ... grandparents. There he received his first music lessons from a local organist ...29 KB (4,725 words) - 19:27, 13 February 2024
- of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play The ... Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism ...12 KB (2,002 words) - 02:59, 2 May 2024
- Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified ... 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
- during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued ... Soon, he wrote surrealistic poetry and music.Mel Gussow, [http://www.nytimes ...32 KB (4,975 words) - 16:49, 21 November 2022
- The Paris Opéra Ballet is the official ballet company of the Opéra ... In 1672, the king gave the court's official music composer, Jean ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:50, 18 November 2022
- and enthusiastic worship filled with gospel music and traditional spiritual ... to explore the city. Ailey was drawn to the music from the big band jazz clubs ...17 KB (2,746 words) - 08:42, 23 July 2023
- the largest movements in secular medieval music. They were the first poets ... The etymology of the word troubadour is controversial, and reflects ...21 KB (3,432 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
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- visual arts in Brazil. After working as a music professor and newspaper columnist ... piano prodigy, and he later studied at the Music and Drama Conservatory of ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- as тамиздат Tamizdat. (Tamizdat is a linguistic play on самиздат ... the trial: "To make opinion a crime is something more harmful to the ...8 KB (1,077 words) - 10:24, 7 June 2023
- between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the ... As a master of Renaissance music, des Prez became known internationally ...26 KB (3,991 words) - 05:29, 7 May 2024
- Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient ... were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, art, military strategy, ... translated as “phase” or “element,” is a verb meaning “to act” ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- this time that Coltrane began playing music and practicing obsessively. ... quot; by this point, and that the music from the 1946 sessions had ...26 KB (3,975 words) - 04:46, 3 August 2022
- Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich ... adherents believed inspired the war, and what they believed was an oppressive ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- and the live-actor drama, kabuki. Chikamatsu is considered the Japanese “Shakespeare” ... to a samurai family in 1653. His birthplace is disputed; the most likely theory ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:25, 10 December 2023
- and Kharms-Shardam, among others. It is rumored that he scribbled the ... privately to discuss matters of philosophy, music, mathematics, and literature. ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 22:07, 25 January 2024
- A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring ... represents a native art form. Gamelan music is built up in layers, with ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, Johann II is the most famous composer of ... rivalry from his father, the younger Strauss is largely credited with building ...18 KB (2,468 words) - 14:59, 1 August 2022
- to making a meaningful contribution to the music and societal world. ... nevertheless, to indulge his fondness for music, and at an early age learnt ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- and songwriter, an iconic figure in country music, and one of the most influential ... Although not religious in practice, Williams bowed to country music ...23 KB (3,620 words) - 03:08, 28 January 2022
- for most of its 40 years of recording music, but it had two distinct ... lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music, while Maurice sang both ...20 KB (3,173 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- Although he composed primitivist, neo-classical and serial works, ... a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... the United States and United Kingdom and is now considered a classic. The ...30 KB (4,767 words) - 07:53, 28 January 2024
- groups in southern Sudan. Their history is connected to that of the Dinka ... The history of the Nuer is closely tied into that of the Dinka, who ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 00:41, 17 November 2022
- writer of poetry, drama, essays, and music criticism. Writing in the ... and black man on a train ride. His work is animated by his experience ...18 KB (2,687 words) - 07:05, 25 July 2023
- the conservatory included advanced piano, music theory, counterpoint, harmony ... a pas de deux called La Nuit (1920, with music by Anton Rubinstein). This ...14 KB (1,953 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- tried to demonstrate that philosophy is compatible with orthodox Islam ... Al-Kindī was the only Islamic philosopher of Arab descent and is ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- A castrato is a male, artificially produced soprano, mezzo-soprano ... carries a negative connotation, and is therefore the name used most ...17 KB (2,678 words) - 14:25, 29 November 2023
- Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, used primarily in ... Modern stream of consciousness writing is closely related to, but ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 20:56, 26 February 2023
- The César Award is the national film award of France. The awards ... held in Paris each year in February. It is an initiative of the ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements ... they designed that ultimately led to what is considered modern gymnastics ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- Nelson began his rock and roll music career in 1957. He recorded his ... Despite the promotional aspects of his career, it is clear that Nelson ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- the Renaissance works he updated. His work is considered 'early modern ... and to an extent Morisot. Their impact is seen in Manet's use of ...18 KB (2,830 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- Country music, the first half of Billboard's country and western ... The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- most prominent composers of the Classical music era, called the "Father ... isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his ...31 KB (4,893 words) - 21:50, 6 May 2024
- The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name ... of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (September 23, 1949 - ) is an American ... Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 2023
- and many others. Their album Pet Sounds is considered by many critics ... new musical interests interfered with his music studies at school. He failed ...21 KB (3,336 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- Tina, was later made into the feature film What's Love Got To Do With ... blues, R&B, soul, dance and pop music. She is represented in the ...23 KB (3,629 words) - 22:06, 21 December 2023
- behind his work and creative process. In what few letters survive, Schubert ... melodic and harmonic writing, Schubert is counted among the greatest. ...30 KB (4,803 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- for her powerful voice and vocal range. She is one of the most celebrated ... who was playing Maria in The Sound of Music. These two women were friends ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- helped to elevate jazz from a popular music to a fully developed art form. between soloists and the orchestra set his music apart. Ellington was a consummate ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- #039;s most important performing arts venue, is located in London's Covent ... The current Royal Opera House is the third theater built on the Covent ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- In the arts, Baroque is a period as well as the style that used exaggerated ... One of the defining aspects of music of the Baroque era was its connection ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- the original matter out of which the world is made, Pythagoras dove into ... The mathematical order in beings is perceivable not by the physical ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
