Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures ... he went on tour to collect Hungarian folk music. He received his Ph.D. ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music. University Of Chicago ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... make up most of the current Imperial Palace Music Department. By this time ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- and harmonic properties of actual Latin folk music. He was one of several ... abstract musicality without the use of folk music or symbolic nationalism. ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- " the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... Appalachian folk music, which comprised a major part of Acuff's ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. Originally the term referred to a genre that arose in the United ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- foundation in both western and non-western music. This foundation is due to ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- In the same year, he traveled to Denmark, his first folk-music collecting ... George Gershwin. He eagerly collected folk music tunes, forms, and instruments ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- Folk music of indigenous cultures contains syncopation to varying ... if source materials were rooted in folk music. The scores of Bela Bartok ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- one of the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century. Lomax recorded thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. He was one of ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... asserted that calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- served to introduce millions of young folk music fans to gospel music. ... The folk music revival of the 1960s boosted Davis' career significantly ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ... projects to collect aboriginal folk music. For part of the time that ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- Hopkins toured widely and was a perennial favorite at folk festivals ... In the early 1960s, Hopkins began to play the folk circuit, where ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- won additional fans in the growing folk music market and the band brought ... produced a major impact on the emerging folk music scene as the New York Times ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- works were often influenced by Armenian folk music. By synthesizing folk music ... In his youth, he was fascinated by the music he heard around him, but ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- albeit notorious figures in American folk music. After spending time in ... single greatest repository of American folk music he ever encountered in ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- 1930s and early 40s, but retired from the music business for more than two ... Delta by various blues collectors and folk music promoters in the early ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 01:11, 4 February 2023
- The shamisen is used in several genres of music, including nagauta, or long ... Although in the early days of Kabuki the music ensemble was virtually identical ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions ... harmony, quite unlike the purer forms of folk music Glinka would have known ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- sword dance practiced in Korea. Korean folk dancers perform Geom-mu with ... Surviving as a folk dance and cultural asset, Geom-mu changed considerably ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- In the 1960s bluegrass reached northern audiences through the folk ... is not—and never was—purely folk music under a strict definition ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- been revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some rock bands ... an instrument that was associated with folk music and buskers. ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his own. As Frederick ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent ... The term is usually used in reference to music of the late Middle ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- particularly noted for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects, one ... " he nonetheless utilized Russian folk music as source material and ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ... or fans and reportedly disliked the folk scene of the 1960s. James ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... popular as parlor instruments for classical music, while German concertinas ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ... ===Folk music influences=== Traditional accounts of Enescu’s musical ...17 KB (2,378 words) - 12:09, 11 August 2021
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland and Ireland ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. His most famous compositions ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- The usage of the term is not unique to music but has application in medicine ... and logs were the next steps in the evolution of music. ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- musical ballads are in the repertory of American folk music. ... *[http://www.contemplator.com/ Folk Music, Child Ballads, Popular ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ... Still was very much of the attitude that "inspired" music ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass takes its ... as a result of the rise in popularity of folk music. Audiences attracted to ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... but it used rhythms derived from African folk music. The contradanza had arrived ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- He was also a collector of British folk music and served as president ... as a composer. By collecting English folk music from the countryside, in ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Banshees are common in Irish and Scottish folk stories, and enjoy the same ... great or holy. W.B. Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- periods. As a renowned creator of sacred music, Michael Haydn concentrated ... of Rohrau. Neither parent could read music. However, Matthias was an ...7 KB (1,073 words) - 17:05, 9 November 2022
- the entire postwar development of American folk music. He was a first-hand observer and survivor of the economic and environmental hardships of the ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 23:31, 17 May 2023
- century. The integration of southern "folk" blues with the urban ... musicians. Waters influence on popular music became unmistakable following ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his compositions. ... Rather than merely quoting folk music, the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- his works display the influence of Czech folk music, both in terms of rhythms ... the work has more in common with the folk music of Dvořák's native ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
