Search results for "Native American music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized ... When performing a chant, the singer usually uses music and sacred ...5 KB (821 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- 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
- master composer of European classical music as well as a prolific nationalistic ... integrating existing folk melodies into his music, but was far more elemental ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote ... towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 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
- May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best ... Starr wrote, "He was the first American composer to be hailed ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- lavender, and mugwort, none of which are native to the Americas. Smudge sticks ... While smudging is not exclusive to Native Americans, and it has been ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991), an American dancer and ... style, but one that was quintessentially American. Her philosophy, which helped ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... generation to generation. Mexican and American Yaqui maintain strong cultural ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... interest in the folk songs of his native Norway, and Grainger developed ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- scout, and defender of the rights of Native Americans. She was notable ... Sarah Winnemucca lived in two worlds; the world of Native Americans ...10 KB (1,568 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... music such as spirituals and Native American music in this work, but ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... Native American music plays a vital part in ceremonies and stories ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots ... traditional music other than Native American music, and thus the term ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- his social influence. He envisioned an American ballet where young native ... on the dream of creating an official American ballet. Balanchine was classically ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... Gershwin's music exudes the power of spring-like hope. Unlike ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. ... Wyeth brought to life American stories and themes, from carpetbaggers ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 22:57, 10 November 2022
- Historically, flutes have often been used in the playing of sacred ... other instruments or vocals both in Native American music and in other styles ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- The Omaha tribe is a Native American tribe that currently reside in ... future generations. Many Omaha speak their native language, which is taught ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary ... an article in Life magazine on the American Civil Rights Movement and ...8 KB (1,091 words) - 02:13, 16 December 2022
- #039; favorite singer Della Reese, a Detroit native herself. ... group performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, and Shindig! ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist ... bluesmen of his era, he dropped out of the music business for 30 years until ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... consciously or not, I stand fast upon my native ground." ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- The Serrano are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They ... their habitat. Through their basketmaking, music, and language, they hope ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- as one of the most important African-American writers of the mid twentieth ... titled a collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son, in homage to Wright ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- of flamboyant French feeling by composing music that is characterized by ... with the can-can, a physically demanding music hall dance, performed by ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 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
- Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Anthropology ... 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native American ...29 KB (4,492 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2024
- in the Passamaquoddy language) are a Native American/First Nations people ... the number of children who speak the native language. To modern Western ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- simply as Selena, was an iconic Mexican American singer who has been called ... Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas to a Mexican-American father ...16 KB (2,443 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- Atonality describes music that does not use a tonal center or key ... Taylor (Radano 1993, 108-109), have written music that is described as atonal ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- 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
- by leaders of the Onondaga tribe about the Native American religious traditions ... The recording was released as an LP titled Music of Tibet, ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ... nature of his scores. Today much of his music sounds relatively tame in ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- symbolize, respectively, four significant American ideals: independence, democratic ... (see Controversy below). Among white American settlers, the peak was known ...16 KB (2,297 words) - 18:42, 13 July 2023
- attempt to resolve the issues of the American Revolution in concert with ... social science. He wrote on the local laws, music, literature, botany, and ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Piute) refers to two related groups of Native Americans — the Northern ... movement. He prophesied an end to white American expansion while preaching ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- Edward Sapir (January 26, 1884 – February 4, 1939) was an American ... initial impetus for Sapir's study of American languages. Boas invoked ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- responsible for the strong influence of American Indian culture in the BSA. seminal figure in the emergence of the American conservation philosophy ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- 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
- 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was an American photographer who is best ... War. His photos became foundational to American photography. They combined ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 09:08, 18 July 2023
- The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B band, who helped ... the group and was replaced by Cleveland native Johnny Moore (of The Hornets ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- in an 1880 report by the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnography. In 1883, Powell ... cultures have exchanged and blended foods, music, dances, clothing, tools ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- horsemen and cowhands of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian ... by South America’s ruling class, native-born aristocrats called criollos ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- Like many American colleges, Amherst was founded with the goal of ... having published the first dictionary of American English with printer William ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- it is bordered by Cuba. It supports major American, Mexican, and Cuban fishing ... its multicultural heritage as well as its music and cuisine and is considered ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- advocate for women but for the rights of Native Americans and religious minorities ... was able to practice law, like other American women until the passage ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- – December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, best known ... sing rock and roll, "the devil's music." His parents were well ...13 KB (2,075 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was an American soul, R&B, and gospel ... Franklin maintained her position in the music recording industry throughout ...28 KB (4,152 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
