Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- German language. Hex signs are a type of folk art that became common in ... " By contrast, supporters of the folk-art theory point out that ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... for many years, popular with blues and folk music fans of the early 1960s ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- ===Traditional and folk music=== Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- is known as scordatura) and in some folk music styles. Mozart, in his ... == The Viola in Folk Music == Although not as commonly used as the ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. The ... and owners to describe traditional African folk practices. Hoodoo is not the ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- both labels, performing what he called “folk piano.” While his recordings ... [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/george-winston-dead.html ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 21:17, 29 October 2023
- wrote for all economic levels so that his music could touch as many as possible ... producing such musicals as Sweet Adeline, Music In the Air, Three Sisters ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- and various forms of popular and folk music. Even these latter forms ... heritage, as well as its origins in western folk music. ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... up in a farming area, Ilaiyaraaja enjoyed Tamil folk music, ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- became deeply interested in American folk music; he traveled the country ... Frost, his impact on the development of a folk-centered, down-to-earth, uniquely ...10 KB (1,491 words) - 12:48, 27 November 2023
- made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... music with koto, biwa and shamisen, folk music, jazz, and other modern pieces. ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- challenged and successfully mastered many music genres, including folk, country ... Darin was also an accomplished, award-winning actor and a music-business ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... a number of themes within a framework of folk music from a variety of regions: ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- a common genre in Czech and Slovakian folk music. Polka is still a very ... countries, and among the Jewish Klezmer folk music ensembles, who play a wide ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 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
- also the case in most forms of western folk music, where songs and dances ... #039;s volumes of Magyar and Romanian folk music), but also with sound recordings ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 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
- 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
- composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University ... music theory, poetry, literature, and folk music of the times, he never ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and, most recently, rock music. The origins of ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- - July 16, 2012) was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording ... Wells single-handedly changed the face of country music and controversially ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 23:17, 3 March 2023
- Danny Kortchmar. The two began playing folk music together. ... July 20, 1969, he performed at the Newport Folk Festival. Shortly thereafter ...20 KB (2,798 words) - 16:08, 8 February 2023
- and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... elements of native Cuban dance and folk music; score specifies usage ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ... day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ... A quite different influence on Brahms was folk music. In his youth ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... of popular themes from central European folk music, and the gloomy (gothic ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... He combined the traditions of Afro-American music folk music with ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- killer, romanticized by the press and by folk singer Woody Guthrie, in his ... many of the great figures in country and folk music, like Joan Baez, and was ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 22:48, 30 November 2022
- ==Folk music== Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... composer, saw the golden age of Carnatic music in Kerala. The contribution ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- mazurka, that were derived from Polish folk music. Many Russian composers ... Scotland Robert Burns began setting down folk music. This literary movement ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized ... the Communist controlled areas to adapt folk music to create revolutionary ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 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
- songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. ... and stepfather, encouraged his interest in music and supported his desire ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 04:32, 31 July 2022
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... The qualities that create the distinctive character of liturgical ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- Rebel Destiny (1934) and Suriname Folk Lore (1936). In the late 1930s ... However, African survivals can be seen in music, dance, speech, worship, ...10 KB (1,410 words) - 04:27, 9 November 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
- and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... and piano, reflects the Eastern European folk music styles of Bartók and Martinů ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- instruments that are used in both Japanese folk and classical musical traditions ... (組太鼓) whose repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- 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
- In more recent years, revivals of native folk music and dance have ... created, a showcase ensemble for Breton folk music. The pipe band idiom has ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae ... for their dedication to the band's music. Some followed the band from ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... marking Dylan's final change from folk music to rock. These tours remain ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- 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
- traditional forms of folk arts, craft, folk music, and other genres of traditional ... A folk song may be defined as "a song belonging to the folk music ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- it out for other public uses, including music recording. For a number of ... ==Classical Music and Dance== [[image:NYCS_rehersal_at_Manhattan_Center ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ... Times They Are a-Changin, which places the music of Bob Dylan in the context ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- nineteenth century and today remain popular folk heroes. The term also has ... The influence of folk music and a countrified language has always ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- Its evolution most likely came from simple folk dancing enjoyed by the peasant ... follow the rhythmic pattern present in the music. Some knowledge of step patterns ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
