Search results for "Music, Popular" - New World Encyclopedia
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- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... dividing 'serious' and 'popular' genres, the first ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. It flourished in the mid ... boundaries. Elvis Presley's rockabilly music was popular on northern radio ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 21:31, 16 April 2023
- ) was an English renaissance composer and music teacher, who flourished around ... and Queen Sophie's (1557-1631) private music teacher at Elsinore, Denmark ...6 KB (863 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2023
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely viewed as Brazil's national musical style. The name samba probably ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- #039; most successful rock and country music artists of the twentieth ... 5, 1993. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- and inspired related movements in music and literature. In cubist ... by art dealer Henry Kahnweiler, becoming popular so quickly that by 1910 ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- particularly for his waltzes, a form of music he was instrumental in popularizing ... orchestra, specializing in light, danceable music including waltzes, quadrilles ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 2022
- In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ... Yodeling shows how intrinsic not only communication, but music and ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- Most of Taverner's music is vocal, and includes masses, Magnificats ... His best known mass is based on a popular song, "The Western ...5 KB (789 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- on to write 21 nocturnes himself. These popular nocturne forms were expanded ... * Anderson, Keith. Notes for recording Field: Piano Music, Vol. 1 ...5 KB (734 words) - 06:35, 8 April 2024
- He was the most famous writer of secular music in Elizabethan England, and ... to the great Elizabethan composer of sacred music, William Byrd, as his teacher ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- a specifically Russian kind of art music. Gerald Abraham, Borodin: ... tribes. Adapted from Bordin's music, Kismet was produced on Broadway ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 08:55, 18 July 2023
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... Virginia Library provides access to an online music collection. ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- the early madrigals of the Renaissance. As music historian Richard Taruskin ... not only in madrigals but in other vocal music of the Renaissance. ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest hit song, "Walking ... one of the most recognizable in country music, and his band, the Texas ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Incorporating multiple styles and variations ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- 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
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... Moreover, another variant of rumba music and dance was popularized ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 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
- ballads are in the repertory of American folk music. ===Murder ballads=== ... of simple folkloric authenticity, became popular with the rise of Romanticism ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... it used rhythms derived from African folk music. The contradanza had arrived ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- 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
- Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play ... and culture and he expressed this in his music. His legacy as Norway's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era ... deciding that the study and composition of music was his true passion. He ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He also ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- of his working life in France. Although his music is not well known today, ... operas and his compositions of sacred music. His influence extended into ...6 KB (953 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- 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
- development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... Joseph Vogler), founder of three important music schools (in Mannheim, Stockholm ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- century American composer of classical music who was best known for his ... physical nurturing components that makes my music sound as it does, is that ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... vernacular traditions. African American music and all aspects of African ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- won them many fans. They soon became a popular touring, recording, and ... and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- 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
- Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- 1453) was an English composer of polyphonic music of the late Medieval and ... These verses were not only involving music but also astronomy, medicine ...9 KB (1,459 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- his later career was largely devoted to gospel music. boogie-woogie tunes. He also became a popular television personality in ...12 KB (1,774 words) - 06:08, 27 February 2023
- forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics ... English concertinas were most popular as parlor instruments for ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written to be performed ... The quartet became popular in the beginning of the Classical period ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- as well as oratorios, songs, and incidental music. He was especially renowned ... create opera comiques which were extremely popular theatrical entertainments ...5 KB (752 words) - 08:29, 7 December 2021
- |Genre = Country MusicPop Music | |Occupation = Singer ... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 18:07, 12 February 2024
- bassist best known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony ... By establishing the Tanglewood Insitute of Music in 1940 he sought to encourage ...13 KB (1,788 words) - 09:57, 26 January 2023
- which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... of an open major or minor chord in Western music theory. The specific tuning ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- "Thabla" in Malayalam) is a popular Indian percussion instrument ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- 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
- Bandstand, and Shindig!, among other popular television shows. ... member Rosalind Ashford retired from the music business. However, several ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation, and sometimes ... and around the world. She appeared on the popular Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- twentieth-century American composer and music administrator. In addition ... achieved prominence in the international music scene. Although he was influenced ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- 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
