Search results for "Musical ensemble" - New World Encyclopedia
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- bandleader and instrumentalist whose musical ideas and political ideals ... * Repetition: The continual deployment of some musical cell in a repetitive ...4 KB (552 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... movement work for a large instrumental ensemble, related to the divertimento. ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- contribution to English society and the musical world was his profound maturity ... vocal soloist, chorus and instrumental ensemble for the celebration of St ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- century orchestration or chamber ensemble. He brought a strong objective ... Quantz began his musical studies as a child with his uncle because ...4 KB (526 words) - 14:49, 1 August 2022
- an object used in a rhythmic context with musical intent. ... or "the heartbeat" of a musical ensemble, often working in close ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- The dizi is an important Chinese musical instrument, and is widely ... adjusted to create the right tone for a specific musical mood. ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a ... in the early days of Kabuki the music ensemble was virtually identical ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- of madrigals to utilize the practice of musical "imitation" to ... expressing specific emotions through musical means. The practice of ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of ... reading ability, and having a trained musical ear. A strong foundation ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 22:58, 14 May 2020
- in 1924, beginning a golden era for the ensemble that would continue until ... Perhaps the most enduring aspect of Koussevitsky's musical legacy ...13 KB (1,788 words) - 09:57, 26 January 2023
- A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... A woodwind choir, also called woodwind orchestra, or woodwind ensemble ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- disposed of older and more traditional musical procedures to put forth ... Unlike many composers born into highly musical environments, his early ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 02:43, 5 November 2022
- and movements to create a moving musical ensemble, sometimes forming designs ... evolved a rich and varied tradition of musical styles and marching traditions ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- be expected. Syncopation is used in many musical styles, including classical ... #The first one matches the musical one: stepping on (or otherwise ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- melody is brought out very well within a chamber ensemble. ... of his own works); a favorite domestic musical form, with lots of transcriptions ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- Johann. Known as the Lanner Quartet, this ensemble played mostly Viennese waltzes ... soon made director of a second smaller ensemble which was formed as a result ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 2022
- relationships creating a set, in a given musical piece or section. These ... the drum corps is probably the only musical ensemble with all ranges of instrumentation ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- a substantial output of works for chamber ensemble, two concertos for cello ... in St. Petersburg would damage Russian musical traditions. In the tirades ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- rhythm and dynamics were formative in the musical style later known as serialism. ... important in his life in shaping his own musical direction. After graduating ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
- as the director, Sousa transformed the ensemble into an band of the highest ... it quickly became the most prominent musical ensemble in the United States ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 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
- released film featuring a recorded musical soundtrack. The Manhattan ... Symphony, and the City Symphony Chamber Ensemble and Brass Choir. ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano, musical director), Percy Heath ... it over decades. Thanks to the strong musical personality of its leader ...8 KB (1,251 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- permanent or official members of a musical ensemble or band. They work behind ... A studio band is a musical ensemble employed by a recording studio ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- notational systems. Frescobaldi offered musical rewards in the intrinsic ... * Mead, Ernest C. The instrumental ensemble canzonas of Girolamo Frescobaldi ...5 KB (689 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming (sometimes ... with forming the first modern taiko ensemble (kumi-daiko) in 1951, and ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- acquainted the people of Mexico with their musical heritage. ... and led to the disbanding of the older ensemble. Throughout all this time ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- music work (in particular his 1968 musical composition Sinfonia for ... and there he founded the Juilliard Ensemble, a group dedicated to performances ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose ... been the first means used to realize a musical idea in concrete form, virtually ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- 10, 1965) was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher ... Cowell's willingness to be open to a multitude of musical influences ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin. The ... he joined the company as its founding musical director. ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. A body of singers who perform together is called a choir or chorus. The former ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- for each of the five instruments in the ensemble, and compositions are passed ... Benitez, The Maguindanaon Kulintang: Musical Innovation, Transformation ...41 KB (6,102 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- quality of jazz music (and some related musical genres) and a specific period ... thing to do, since the swing quality of a musical piece is essentially a matter ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- Timpani (also known colloquially as kettledrums) are musical instruments ... Today, they are used in many types of musical ensembles including concert ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- twentieth century. It combined several musical forms to inculcate a new ... Chicago, it changed and took on different musical characteristics. ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- was a major influence in developing the ensemble into one of the world’s ... conductors outside of the Austro-Hungarian musical sphere to recognize and ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- and moved from the Renaissance ensemble of diverse instruments in ... The Gonzaga family was under the musical guidance of a Flemish composer ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... be obvious from listening. Authoritative musical information about a piece ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- he was exposed to opera and a rudimentary musical education. He learned a ... in 1938, Morton made a series of seminal musical-narrative recordings for ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 18:02, 2 April 2024
- by combining German, Italian, and French musical elements in his operatic ... Italian opera at that time. He wrote more ensemble numbers and choruses, and ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- waste. Empty drums occasionally became musical instruments in a steel pan band. ==Shape== Barrels often have a convex shape, bulging at the middle ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- held to the late-Romantic idea that extra-musical sources, such as mysticism ... cooperation beyond boundaries and to build musical bridges towards cooperation ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- given the lack of abrupt shifts in musical thinking during the fifteenth ... the parts are derived canonically from one musical line. ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for "time," from ... in a cooperative relationship with other musical entities. Within a piece ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- are possibly the most famous murders in musical history. ... was probably born in 1566. Gesualdo had a musical relationship with Pomponio ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- {{Infobox musical artist | Background = group_or_band ... a powerful yet technically impressive musical style that foreshadowed ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 06:17, 11 January 2024
- a concerto for harpsichord and chamber ensemble (1926). In these works, ... Dvorak, etc.) who juxtaposed folkloric musical materials with traditional ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
