Search results for "Solo (music)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- His earliest works were incidental music for plays and madrigals. with Jacopo Corsi, the leading patron of music in Florence. They felt contemporary ...4 KB (584 words) - 14:05, 2 April 2008
- of Illinois, the Cleveland Institute of Music and Western Reserve University ... :Music for Chamber Orchestra (1938) :Symphonietta (1941) ...5 KB (687 words) - 14:08, 17 May 2021
- vocal compositions during the Baroque music era. He was one of the most ... century, including opera, sacred vocal music and several varieties of ...4 KB (564 words) - 14:08, 22 May 2024
- and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He adopted the "Grandpa ... He inherited a love for old-time country music from his father, who was ...6 KB (914 words) - 19:18, 24 May 2024
- stage to the delight of the audience. The music that he created made the ... composers in the world, and the best of his music contains a vitality and charm ...6 KB (931 words) - 21:06, 4 October 2022
- the flute which has benefitted the world of music richly. ... Quantz also wrote trio sonatas and vocal music resulting from his interests ...4 KB (526 words) - 14:49, 1 August 2022
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... In music history serenades have been composed for ensembles of many ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- 8, 1890), a composer, organist, and music teacher of Belgian origin ... recapitulated in the final movement. His music is often contrapuntally complex ...9 KB (1,338 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the first music school in Russia. He also ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions, and ... were deeply enamored with Couperin's music and paid tribute to him by ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago that formed ... " Butler soon departed the group for a solo career, and Curtis Mayfield ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 15:38, 30 April 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
- refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied ... of individualism with its emphasis on the solo performer being apart from ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- was an Italian composer, piano virtuoso, music teacher, author, and conductor ... He particularly promoted contemporary music. He also continued to teach ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- it is said that Reger helped to push German music into the twentieth century ... Born in Brand, Bavaria, Reger studied music in Munich and Wiesbaden ...5 KB (798 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- of the human voice. He felt that, through music, man would be able to create ... Porpora was born in Naples. He graduated from the music conservatory ...5 KB (709 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- and drummer. Mayfield entered the hit music scene as the lead singer ... funk and of politically conscious African-American music. ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- The shamisen can be played solo or with other shamisen, in ensembles ... Although in the early days of Kabuki the music ensemble was virtually identical ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- to create a uniquely complete sound for a solo performer, due to his dexterity ... began to play the folk circuit, where his solo performances and engaging ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- pianists of his day. His compositions for solo piano include some of the ... in Paris, where his father lived as a music teacher. Charles-Valentin ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period. The ... For composers of the Baroque period, music was not primarily an exercise ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- near his death, though the predominately solo nature of his skills meant ... Somehow, Tatum’s music could also be compared to a black diamond ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 12:07, 7 November 2021
- performed at Torgau in 1627; however, the music has since been lost. He is ... going to Venice from 1609-1613 to study music with Giovanni Gabrieli. He ...6 KB (981 words) - 08:32, 21 January 2024
- and operas. He was also a highly regarded music conductor. ... his father in his youth, writing his first music at the age of six. He continued ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- wop/R&B band, who helped create soul music with gospel-style vocals ... Me" (#1, 1960). After King pursued a solo career, Rudy Lewis took on ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one ... of his own, playing around the world in solo and small group performances. ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- were largely spent writing essays rather than music. He had no more ... It was Richard Wagner's music that inspired Dallapiccola to start ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 02:43, 5 November 2022
- #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
- smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, she had several memorable ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- Among his solo piano compositions, Field composed 18 nocturnes, four ... * Anderson, Keith. Notes for recording Field: Piano Music, Vol. 1 ...5 KB (734 words) - 06:35, 8 April 2024
- in the Catalan cobla bands which provide music for sardana dancers. ... occasionally in orchestral and concert band music. Famous orchestral works ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- instrumental performer. Best known for his solo piano recordings, Winston ... acclaim, and allowed the world to enjoy his music, live performances were the ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 15:07, 21 May 2024
- - October 4, 2022) was an American country music performer. One of the leading ... she released her first album of original solo material since 1988. Lynn ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... He later attended the Darmstadt New Music Summer School or Internationale ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... Her father was interested in music, and Clarke started learning violin ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- Teddy Wilson was a marvelous pianist whose music was filled with elegance ... their mark on Wilson, though Wilson’s music is more simple and straightforward ...6 KB (859 words) - 04:40, 27 February 2023
- and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s and ... Minnesota, as Ray Edward Cochran. He took music lessons in school but quit ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- 15, 1988) was a prolific British composer, music journalist, essayist and ... him to his essay Metaphysical motivation in music and to his Tantrik Symphony. ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... to a variety of works, including works for solo instrument such as keyboard ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. An ordained priest of the ... and a tremendous contribution to dramatic music; the further development ...7 KB (995 words) - 18:53, 21 May 2024
- Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. His music linked ... Glazunov was born in St Petersburg. He studied music privately under ...11 KB (1,503 words) - 10:09, 4 January 2023
- Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... Certainly in the 1830s a xylophone solo was a novelty. Noted musicians ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- He reappeared when he was 23, becoming director of music to Napoleon ... Paganini developed the genre of concert variations for solo violin ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 23:29, 14 November 2022
- of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including ... 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 inventiveness. He was able to produce music of original beauty with a ... Spells.” The distinguished, chamber music style of the Goodman trio ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 2022
- with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville ... an inter-cultural bridge that brought his music to a wide audience and increased ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- in 1988, as Knight decided she wanted to pursue a solo career. ... During this time, Knight released two solo albums and the Pips released ...14 KB (2,282 words) - 17:33, 23 May 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
- of learning Hawkins’ 1926 tenor saxophone solo on "The Stampede" ... recreated. Eldridge plays an outstanding solo on the band’s hit, “Christopher ...9 KB (1,351 words) - 02:28, 17 December 2022
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
