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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 ...

of Illinois, the Cleveland Institute of Music and Western Reserve University ... :Music for Chamber Orchestra (1938) :Symphonietta (1941) ...

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 ...

the flute which has benefitted the world of music richly. ... Quantz also wrote trio sonatas and vocal music resulting from his interests ...

In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... In music history serenades have been composed for ensembles of many ...

8, 1890), a composer, organist, and music teacher of Belgian origin ... recapitulated in the final movement. His music is often contrapuntally complex ...

and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the first music school in Russia. He also ...

in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions, and ... were deeply enamored with Couperin's music and paid tribute to him by ...

The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago that formed ... " Butler soon departed the group for a solo career, and Curtis Mayfield ...

collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...

refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied ... of individualism with its emphasis on the solo performer being apart from ...

was an Italian composer, piano virtuoso, music teacher, author, and conductor ... He particularly promoted contemporary music. He also continued to teach ...

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 ...

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 ...

and drummer. Mayfield entered the hit music scene as the lead singer ... funk and of politically conscious African-American music. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

near his death, though the predominately solo nature of his skills meant ... Somehow, Tatum’s music could also be compared to a black diamond ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

were largely spent writing essays rather than music. He had no more ... It was Richard Wagner's music that inspired Dallapiccola to start ...

#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 ...

smash hit, “Ring of Fire.” Outside of music, she had several memorable ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...

Among his solo piano compositions, Field composed 18 nocturnes, four ... * Anderson, Keith. Notes for recording Field: Piano Music, Vol. 1 ...

in the Catalan cobla bands which provide music for sardana dancers. ... occasionally in orchestral and concert band music. Famous orchestral works ...

instrumental performer. Best known for his solo piano recordings, Winston ... acclaim, and allowed the world to enjoy his music, live performances were the ...

- 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 ...

composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... He later attended the Darmstadt New Music Summer School or Internationale ...

and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... Her father was interested in music, and Clarke started learning violin ...

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 ...

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 ...

15, 1988) was a prolific British composer, music journalist, essayist and ... him to his essay Metaphysical motivation in music and to his Tantrik Symphony. ...

Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... to a variety of works, including works for solo instrument such as keyboard ...

or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. An ordained priest of the ... and a tremendous contribution to dramatic music; the further development ...

Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. His music linked ... Glazunov was born in St Petersburg. He studied music privately under ...

Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... Certainly in the 1830s a xylophone solo was a novelty. Noted musicians ...

He reappeared when he was 23, becoming director of music to Napoleon ... Paganini developed the genre of concert variations for solo violin ...

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 ...

and inventiveness. He was able to produce music of original beauty with a ... Spells.” The distinguished, chamber music style of the Goodman trio ...

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 ...

master composer of European classical music as well as a prolific nationalistic ... integrating existing folk melodies into his music, but was far more elemental ...

of learning Hawkins’ 1926 tenor saxophone solo on "The Stampede" ... recreated. Eldridge plays an outstanding solo on the band’s hit, “Christopher ...

became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... More than any other well known urban bluesman, Hooker's music ...

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 ...

activism, and lasting influence on music and culture. CSNY played ... Springfield. Young was inducted for his solo work and for Buffalo Springfield ...

harmonica playing. He also had a successful solo career with number one R ... with his haunting, rhythmically innovative solo on the Muddy Waters hit "I ...

in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ... three, and in his teens began singing folk music at local venues. After attending ...

While performing solo at Detroit's Twenty Grand club, Reeves ... member Rosalind Ashford retired from the music business. However, several ...

Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...

cities, the bedhaya Ketawang in Surakarta (Solo); and the bedhaya Semang in ... centuries, which greatly changed Javanese music, was the creation of specific ...

and inspired related movements in music and literature. In cubist ... A prime example of cubism in music was given by composer Igor Stravinsky ...

the world of serious concert dance. Her solo "translations" were ... and resulted in the creation of a solo dance, Radha, telling the ...

in the entertainment arts, for example, in music, theater and dance. ... Improvisation is an important aspect of music in general. Musical ...

with whom he shared a common interest in music. Forming bands with other ... Holly initially played fairly straightforward country music but incorporated ...

in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... In a Nutshell is the first by a classical music professional in the Western ...

#039;, and it does not enjoy the wide solo repertoire or fame of the ... tone of a viola, particularly in orchestral music, can have unintended consequences ...

one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts. Both as a solo artist ... but more streamlined than the honky-tonk music of the late 1940s and early ...

"Sonny Wilson"—a few solo tracks for Dee Gee label, ... Wilson's solo career began with in 1957 with the exuberant “Reet ...

iconic to fans of both country and pop music. Robbins scored numerous ... in the 1960s by the Academy of Country Music, was inducted into the Nashville ...

Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such ... made a significant impact upon the popular music of the time, providing a ...

14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was ...

made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with koto ...

whatever their status in the world of music. In Europe, they were not ... States. In 1939, he recorded a seminal jazz solo on the pop standard "Body ...

Pop/Rock)" at the first annual American Music Awards. singing simultaneously too difficult. Her music was very popular with American ...

arias, duets, cantatas, sérénades, church music and big oratorios, background ... of Hamburg, and wrote largely church music there until his death in 1739. ...

The MJQ is the most perfect example of chamber music jazz. Composed ... ===Chamber music jazz: precedents=== If the MJQ remains as a unique ...

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 ...

He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...

of the instrument, commonly used in early-music ensembles. Sackbuts were ... trombone was used continuously in church music and in some other settings ...

Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... movement of the 1930s, notably in the folk music of Pete Seeger (1919-2014 ...

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...

being dated to 1521. The Royal Academy of Music in London, has an instrument ... but the feeling that it overpowers the music has led to very few modern ...

In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ... Yodeling shows how intrinsic not only communication, but music and ...

Lead singer John Fogerty retreated from music in the late 1980s but ... stint. After some eight years of making music together, the group became ...

The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ... In music written since 1930, only the soprano in B♭, alto in E♭ ...

" According to the American Academy of Music, the horn is considered, ... through the sounds and meanings of music and sound. [[Image:Range frenchhorn ...

Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ... He promoted the contemporary Romanian music, playing works of Constantin ...

strings and woodwinds, or increasingly as a solo instrument. ... popularity in the early days of recorded music, as their sound could more ...

Dolly Rebecca Parton (January 19, 1946 - ) is an American country ... in 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame. In 2005, Parton ...

Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots ... Old-time music has its foundations in the family which helps to generate ...

in present-day Bratislava, Slovakia. His music reflects the transition from ... Hummel, the expressiveness of his piano music showed the attributes of ...

the most beloved personalities in American music and one of jazz music’s ... and organ as a child, taught largely by the music director of his Baptist church ...

Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s ... Disco was also important in the development of Hip-Hop music, as well ...

blues, R&B, soul, dance and pop music. She is represented in the ... Mary," Ike produced Tina's first solo album, Tina Turns the Country ...

musical performances but also an education in music. ==Life== ... Corea developed his piano skills by exploring music on his own. A ...

are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically ... danced to country or country-western music, and which are stylistically ...

the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music ... as "a piece for orchestra without music." Still, upon closer ...

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 ...

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 ...

|Genre = Country MusicPop Music | |Occupation = Singer ... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country ...

classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He also ...

some of the most powerful Rhythm and Blues music of the twentieth century ... A pioneer in the development of soul music, Pickett's work between ...

Canon Muzzillo. As he had shown talent for music, Jommelli was enrolled in ... of admission, his first known church music, a five-voice fugue a cappella ...

He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental ... organist) Elgar was exposed to liturgical music from his earliest years and ...

a hit on the R & B charts in 1960. A solo blues song, "All I Could ... widely varied in styles and genres of music. Her 1992 soul album, The ...

Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... to achieve a stronger connection with the music. Although such usages are ...

conductors at the Tanglewood Institute of Music remained his passion until ... stochastic, or otherwise intellectualized music may be, it can always qualify ...

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 ...

The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... albums were its first two: the 1968 debut Music from Big Pink and 1969's ...

songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording career spanned ... by fans as a staple in the realm of popular music, and in the music community ...

It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the ... solo or orchestral. Sometimes published solo music is also arranged especially ...

be seen as an apotheosis of instrumental music. As European composers sought ... This can especially be the case in music composed in the twentieth ...

genre, Wills merged traditional country music with sophisticated jazz-influenced ... own fiddle playing and singing, Wills' music gained a strong following ...

However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ... sessions and live performances; recording music for advertising, film, television ...

distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four music albums recorded between 1966 ... It can be argued that, prior to Joplin, there was a tendency for solo ...

the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience. According ... including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist ...

many consider the first true composer of jazz music. A light-skinned ... Choosing a life in the fledgling new music and its licentious ethos ...

his role as a uniter of musicians and music fans through his profound ... generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a ...

was audible above battles. In cultured music, however, the first piccolos ... piccolo, John Philip Sousa wrote the famous solo in the final repeat ...

operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... melodies into his symphonic and chamber music. Among his most widely recognized ...

the wishes of his family in order to pursue music. He studied music in Paris ... skillful employment of Romantic features in music, such as orchestral innovations ...

won additional fans in the growing folk music market and the band brought ... and Scruggs were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985. ...

him as one of the originators of soul music and among the most influential ... against gospel singers performing secular music. Cooke's first pop single ...

1960s, and with exploding trends in both music and art evolving, dance followed ... per se, in America. Fuller brought her solo act to the Paris Exposition ...

He won first prize at the international Music Awards of Prague and Budapest ... Britten dedicated his Cello Sonata, three Solo Suites, and his Cello Symphony ...

of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music would greatly influence his ... Webern's music was denounced as "cultural Bolshevism" ...

ballads are in the repertory of American folk music. ===Murder ballads=== ... Literary ballads may then be set to music, as Franz Schubert's ...

effect and in authentic performances of Baroque music. the same piece, to suit the nature of the music. However, choice of sticks ...

the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is famous for popularizing ... in hymnals alongside traditional worship music in Jamaica. His posthumous ...

of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...

Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association and the Academy ... playing guitar as a youth without learning to read music. ...

as symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music, and chamber music. ... revival and a renewal of respect for sacred music in the era when feeling and ...

gospel singer, the leading exponent of the music in her generation, and sometimes ... her senior. Jackson refused to sing secular music, a pledge she would keep ...

was himself a composer of lieder and choral music, of symphonic poems and other ... priesthood rather than pursue a career in music. He once wrote his mother ...

a marked influence over set design, costumes, and music. ... dance instructor at the Eastman School of Music and Theater in Rochester ...

the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century ... movement. Lomax's research into folk music roots, systematized in a ...

With the resurgence of interest in early music in the mid-twentieth century ... Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...

century, though one can argue that his music was not as groundbreaking ... that featured various styles of dance music. Since he needed new charts ...

the soul of punk rock created a form of music which more clearly portrayed ... remarried and encouraged an interest in music in both him and his brother ...

for most of its 40 years of recording music, but it had two distinct ... lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music, while Maurice sang both ...

and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... nearby Odense. He later studied violin and music theory at the Copenhagen ...

the hands, which is essential to both a solo and accompanying technique. ... On his music, during an interview, Bud said, "I wish it had been ...

The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... there was an increasing interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both ...

more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, and topped the country ... artist of the 1970s and 1980s. After a few solo releases, he joined several ...

"outstanding" achievements in the music industry. Originally called ... most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. ...

His desire was to bring world peace through his music. that are not often associated with modern music of the early twentieth century ...

His first solo concert recital followed in 1920. ===Pianistic success=== ... pushed onto the stage. After 1965 he gave solo recitals only rarely. ...

Patsy Cline (Sept. 8, 1932—March 5, 1963) was a country music singer ... Patsy dethroned Kitty Wells as the "Queen of Country Music" ...

also studied composition and began to write music. counterpoint, thus becoming the only formal music teacher Schoenberg would have. ...

African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... vernacular traditions. African American music and all aspects of African ...

In the Henderson band, he became a major solo voice, interacting with other ... * Mr. Bones – 1931-1944, EPM Music, 2005 (another collection of ...

Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven ... Following The River, Springsteen produced the stark, solo acoustic ...

- July 16, 2012) was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording ... Wells single-handedly changed the face of country music and controversially ...

in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles ... political establishment and the Hollywood music industry, but also toward ...

recording label of him performing his own music as well as works from the ... apparent. Further inspiration included the music of Mily Balakirev, Mussorgsky ...

acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. Apart from his career in music, Harrison led an active spiritual life ...

| Years_active = 1957-1961 (groups)1961-1984 (solo) | Instrument ... in the 1960s and 1970s. Gaye's soul music performances were unique ...

For Baroque era composers, music was not primarily an exercise in ... significant support for professional music-making in the German-speaking ...

instrument used in Indian classical music. He became famous not only ... Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West (Continuum, 2006 ...

up, setting the stage for Crosby's solo career. However, fellow member ... top 50 songs for 1931, featured him either solo or with others. He signed ...

vocalist Billy Guy was also working on solo projects, and singer Vernon ... arrangement of the song with four different solo voices; Commander Cody and ...

history. Each brought talents from his solo career to the team. and their Academy Award-winning effort, The Music Box (1932). ...

the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ... nature of his scores. Today much of his music sounds relatively tame in ...

regarded as the grandfathers of the jam band music style. for their dedication to the band's music. Some followed the band from ...

synagogue and at the Gramercy School of Music and Dance. He made his solo ... Le bal masqué (The Masked Ball, 1954; music by French composer Francis ...

and stepfather, encouraged his interest in music and supported his desire ... David Browne, Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley ...

Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... considering the latter to denigrate the music as unsophisticated and also ...

As such it can bring a great many modes of music together. It is an instrument ... is that much of the most widely admired music for piano—for example, ...

Alternative rock (also called alternative music The term "alternative ... or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ...

subjects he showed avid interest in were music and sports. Bix began going ... Jazz,” mostly played sophisticated dance music. Along with “Tram,” guitarist ...

mass deacidification; specialist catalogs; solo work; access; and appraisal ... industries they inhabit, but may include solo work; corporate financing; ...

and songwriter, an iconic figure in country music, and one of the most influential ... Although not religious in practice, Williams bowed to country music ...

A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...

one. Their constant re-inventing of rock music, and themselves, evolved ... Lennon devoted himself to music, inspired by Americans such as Elvis ...

the style referred to as Impressionist music, a term which he dismissed ... and Javanese--Debussy sought a modern music that would convey emotions ...

. It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ... The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation ...

in quality to Chick Webb’s classic solo on the same tune). In Roseland ... : Jo Jones (II)] – Film appearances and music used for films ...

this time that Coltrane began playing music and practicing obsessively. ... quot; by this point, and that the music from the 1946 sessions had ...

performance, or for rehearsing a cappella music. While Eastern Orthodox churches ... participates such as hymns and service music, choirs still sing the full ...

and leading composers in the rise of modern music in Russia. As a result he ... had also learned to play chess. Much like music, chess would remain a passion ...

Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... Before electronic music, there was a growing desire for composers ...

engineer. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing ... won Bowie a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. ...

a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ... Though Stravinsky once asserted that music was essentially powerless ...

The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...

an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...

the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor ... === Solo music === filename=Bassoon_beethoven.ogg|title=1st movement ...

Marian attended William Penn High School until her music vocation ... surrounded as she was with the joy that is music without having some sense ...

a crucial figure in the history of music. His work bridged the "old ... As a child, he served as a chorister and studied music under Marc ...

human spirit and to enrich the culture of music in America. major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony Orchestra ...

entire duration of the Romantic period of music. He was part of the heyday ... to glorify the concept of "program music." He is best known for ...

Historically, flutes have often been used in the playing of sacred ... et. al., “The early development of music. Analysis of the Jiahu bone ...

, generally they can all play the same music and usually have parts written ... John Philip Sousa was a benefactor of the University of Illinois music ...

instrument in the world for spontaneous music and formal compositions ranging ... used here.) Sometimes in virtuoso solo music where the bow hand is occupied ...

Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...

of the world's most renowned classical music composers, known for his ... which spurred complaints that his music was either too Russian or ...

Country music, the first half of Billboard's country and western ... The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier ...

world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... faith." For Bruckner, like Bach, music served the purpose of praising ...

The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ... The harmonica has become a respected parts of almost every genre of ...

His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing ... to more classical orchestral and sacred music, always interweaving his ...

the national fraternity for men in music, by the fraternity's ... Heifetz often enjoyed playing chamber music, some critics have blamed ...

5, Rare Earth, Michael Jackson, and the now-solo Diana Ross. In addition, the ... * Pascall, Jeremy, and Rob Burt. The Stars and Superstars of Black ...

whose blues and rhythm and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights ... through the first half of the 1970s, music critics had grown increasingly ...

for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ... Germany. His father, who gave him his first music lessons, was a double bassist ...

helped to elevate jazz from a popular music to a fully developed art form. between soloists and the orchestra set his music apart. Ellington was a consummate ...

up hearing traditional Mexican mariachi music as well as flamenco guitar; ... Ritchie was already engaged in creating music of his own, even creating ...

in various refined activities including music and "pure conversation." ... a symbolic influence on Chinese poetry, music, art, and culture. Their ...

rock and roll, fusion, modern gospel music, and contemporary country ... electric Hawaiian guitar to Western Swing music with his January 1935 Decca ...

Of these many are rare or obsolete, and music written for them is usually ... varies greatly with the musician, the music, the style of clarinet, the ...

historically informed performances of early music, but also because of its ... and F. The recorders most often used for solo music are the soprano (also known ...

violinist, and impresario of Baroque music. He was regarded as one of ... were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale ...

that study the way cultures utilize music). A didgeridoo is usually ... Berndt in Arnhem Land. In 1953, the Tribal Music of Australia record, the ...

and comedian. He was one of the most famous music artists in the 1950s and ... He began to travel as a solo act in 1942, but it was his famous flop ...

a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... world tour in 2005 to celebrate 50 years in music. He was inducted into the ...

(later anthologised on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1) which showcased ... not sell in significant numbers, and his music was still regarded as too ...

de ballet and immediately began dancing solo roles with the Kirov Ballet ... danced Poeme Tragique, a heavily symbolic solo choreographed by Frederick ...

Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical ... in China and Greece) held to the idea that music, mathematics and science ...

as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. He strove to achieve a uniquely ... he entered the Cadet School of the Guards. Music remained important to him ...

were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ... See Music of China [[Image:Concert China.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[List ...

to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, even jazz and swing. Dylan ... gave way to an interest in American folk music. He soon became actively ...

The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...

for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for ... popular bands in the London underground music scene in the late 1960s as ...

The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative ...

Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...

with the direction the band's music was taking and his own diminished ... to his native Nebraska, where he began a solo career. The band replaced ...

name of a movement in German literature and music from the late 1760s through ... Though it is argued that literature and music associated with Sturm und ...

vocalists in twentieth century popular music. Mastering poverty, a ... turbulent life, Armstrong had transcended music to become an iconic figure ...

In music, a fugue [fjuːg] ) is a type of counterpoint or contrapuntal ... On the other hand, composers almost never write music in a purely ...

particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer ... the West for his "other" life in music. As a boy in Vilnius he received ...

of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s ... junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was 11. For the next ...

represents a native art form. Gamelan music is built up in layers, with ... only obvious Indian influence in gamelan music is in the Javanese style ...

Basie is regarded as one of jazz music’s all time greats. blues and upbeat, celebratory rhythms and solo performances, Basie's ...

The appellation "Classical music" is a broad, somewhat imprecise ... to subordinate all earthy things, including music, to the ultimate goal of ...

Kulintang is a modern term for an instrumental form of music composed ... The main role of kulintang music in the community is as nonprofessional ...

I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...

incorporating and transforming local folk music forms. As the popularity ... the middle and higher classes. Flamenco music also slipped in and out of ...

to host other artistic activities, such as music concerts or poetry readings. ... art markets. Galleries often hang solo shows. Curators often create ...

these traditions, particularly sculpture, music, and classical dance, were ... 1962, together with the National School of Music and Dance at Ban Anou in ...

were used in Shinto and Buddhist religious music, and during battle in feudal ... repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...

getting the player "in the zone" is the music simulation genre, such as Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero. The player may notice a sudden ...

Zubir took a year to finish composing the music and lyrics for the ... and the Singapore Youth Choir) and a piano solo version. ...

" and "Rock & Roll Music"—among its "500 ... allowed him to pursue his interest in music from an early age, and he ...

meaning "the father of Chinese music" or 「聖人之噐/圣人之器」 ... earth. The guqin is nearly always used as a solo instrument, but can be played ...

Heavy metal is a sub-genre of rock music that emerged as a defined ... however, is the key element in heavy metal music. Weinstein, 23. ...

producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of ... of the synthesizer as an integral part of popular music. ...

The bulk of Buxtehude's oeuvre consists of vocal music, which ... sources for Buxtehude's vocal music. The former includes several ...

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and celebrated composer of Classical music. His enormous output of more ... clergy in his native Austria. Unlike the music of J.S. Bach and the composers ...

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In the modern orchestra, string instruments can be used as a solo ... complex melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal music can be realized. The guitar ...

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Lou Costello made about ten solo appearances on The Steve Allen Show ... On March 3, 1959, shortly after making his lone solo film, The 30 ...

being played. He was a pioneer of chance music, non-standard use of musical ... from serving the specific purposes of new music as well as the larger purposes ...

Grateful Dead. The band amplified not only music and Garcia’s eclectic musicianship ... out of high school. He was passionate about music and all the formats that ...

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George H.W. Bush. Ella Fitzgerald's music was cross-cultural, attracting ... the orchestra. Fitzgerald began her solo career. By 1941, she signed ...

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the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) gave him a solo show in 1933. He quickly became ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure 142391716 ...

wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. His best ... forte, and to sing well enough to take solo parts in the church when he ...

chi training primarily involves learning solo routines, known as forms ... Tai chi training primarily involves learning solo routines, known ...

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and composers were looking for, and the music of Beethoven and Berlioz ... capital of France and a stronghold for new music. Rossini was kind enough ...

death in 2020 she had been active in the music industry for 96 years. ... Thomas, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/18/dame-vera-lynn ...

orders for 100,000 copies of sheet music the next day. It sold 400 ... *Eddie Cantor at the Palace (1931) - solo performance *Banjo Eyes ...

survive, Schubert expressed his belief that music had spiritual underpinnings ... seven, having exceeded the abilities of his music teachers, Schubert was placed ...

the most influential guitar players in rock music history. ... & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. His ...

the Christian West to become the official music of the Roman Catholic liturgy ... although in poetic or obscure ways that shed little light on how music ...

and roll musicians, brought this form of music into the American mainstream ... became experienced on the professional music scene, he created several ...

fanned 18 batters in 15 innings and hit a solo home run, but lost, 2-1. He ... category:art, music, literature, sports and leisure 134629859 ...

Traditional Melanesian music includes both group and solo vocals, slit-drum, and panpipe ensembles. Panpipe orchestras, which are well-known ...

Robinson matured and began working as a solo act in nightclubs, increasing ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure 176794684|Bill_ ...

the initials, AKM. Eventually, Alan wrote solo and also fulfilled his goal ... #039;s children's poems were set to music by the composer Harold Fraser ...

commonly of the hips, used to punctuate the music or accent a beat. Lifts or ... melodic lines and lyrical sections in the music, or modulated to express ...

The theremin is also used in concert music (especially avant-garde and ... October 1920Albert Glinsky, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage (University ...

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composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to ... Pachelbel's music was influenced by south German composers such ...

when Marceau returned with his classic solo show to New York and San Francisco ... Category:art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:art ...

plays are often associated with gamelan drum music. UNESCO designated ... In Central Java, the city of Surakarta (Solo) has the most famous and most ...

against the commercialism of the Nashville music scene and reached his greatest ... the Grand Ole Opry. Tiring of the Nashville music scene, he retired temporarily ...

com/subscriber/article/grove/music/O004162 "Djamileh," ... place in Medici's Florence, was set to music by the musician Sylvano Bussotti ...

In 1915, Man Ray had his first solo show of paintings and drawings ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Biography ...

were vital in jazz's acceptance as music with lasting artistic value ... hidden from her son, feeling that black music was not sufficiently genteel ...

a Crystal-like fantasy that Henson directed solo, was a box-office disappointment ... for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program. Unfortunately The ...

of dancing. I create what the drama and the music demand. While I am a hundred ... based on Greek mythology combined with the music of George Gershwin's ...

James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success ... revealed a whole new audience for popular music, which had appealed mainly ...

acclaimed and commercially successful pop music band in music history. The ... and social awareness, reflected in their music. In large measure, as a group ...

the incumbent owner of Sassoon's first solo venture, who said that his ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Biography ...

The island's longest rivers are the 372 miles (600 km) long Solo ... 2, after the Trinil site on the Bengawan Solo River) is notable as the first ...

modern, deconstructionist era to deride the music of the late Romantic period ... overriding narrative in much of Mahler’s music is the poetic idea that the ...

begin in a high pitch, led by a single vocalist (solo) who sings a phrase that is then repeated by a group. This phrase then cascades to a lower pitch ...

is conveyed wholly or predominantly through music and singing. Opera emerged ... suggesting that it combines the arts of solo and choral singing, declamation ...

* Going Solo (1986) * The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) ... * Going Solo (1986) * Measles, a Dangerous Illness (1986) ...

454 fans at Fenway Park. This home run, a solo shot hit off Baltimore pitcher ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:biography ...

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a hit character, and he received his own solo title in 1940, while continuing ... despite Kane's preference for a solo Batman, and it sparked a proliferation ...

Music of the Maasai is purely instrumental with the exception of the ... The Morani dance includes warriors jumping solo as high as possible in front ...

scrutiny. Jackson's contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along ... as a member of the Jackson 5. He began his solo career in 1971 while at Motown ...

artist at Betty Parsons Gallery. His first solo show was in 1948. Soon after ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Abstract_Expressionism ...

of becoming an opera singer and had studied music in Paris, but she was never ... her disappearance, Agatha embarked on a solo adventure in 1928. She traveled ...

an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily ... playwright, and first became interested in music as a means of enhancing the ...

accomplish their very first jump as a solo free fall is offered at the ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Parachuting|176434887 ...

each movement must be expressed in time to music. The music of Beijing opera ... from those regions. It also absorbed music and arias from other operas ...

and numerous masterpieces of literature, music, theater, and visual art ... was provided by cabarets, bistros and music halls. Robert M. Isherwood ...

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Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide ... Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest celebrities ...

scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international ... Beyond songwriting and performing, Seeger used his music to bring ...

==Typewriters in music and other applications== The composer Leroy Anderson wrote a short piece of music for orchestra ...

and Rogers looked to other projects and solo careers. However, in 1949 ... * (1950) - Golden Globe for "Best Motion Picture Actor -Music/Comedy ...

Aruba has four newspapers published in Papiamento: Diario, Bon Dia ... Christmas and New Year's are celebrated with the typical music ...

youthful Dmitri Shostakovich set two by Krylov for solo voice and piano accompaniment (op.4), "The dragonfly and the ant” and “The ass and the ...

with Lady Gaga, in August 2021 at Radio City Music Hall. ... and Design, where he studied painting and music and would later appreciate ...

all subjects (except physical education, music, and art). From fifth grade ... a rich literary tradition, as well as music that spans polkas, waltzes ...

*Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879), solo hiking in the ... of California in the 1880s, salon-type music, entertaining rather than ...

Records and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with ... the best-selling single by a woman in music history. The soundtrack album ...

Stedman 1996, 34–35. Gilbert's first solo success, however, came a few ... for the German Reeds, some with music composed by Thomas German ...

which offers classes in painting, various music instruments and Kathak dance. ... of musicals, theater, concerts, dance, solo, mime, and puppetry shows. ...

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and dancer who appeared at Manchester music halls such as the Ardwick ... the piano and violin, and learned to read music. He lived in Dickensian circumstances ...

of both traditional and modern Afghan music, especially during the Nauroz ... in near constant violence. As such, music has been suppressed and recording ...

with Dalí but became Buñuel's solo project due to a falling-out ... Buñuel disliked non-diegetic music, and avoided it in his films. ...

Fellini's first solo-directed film was Lo Sceicco Bianco (1951 ... and participates in a kind of salvation through music. La dolce vita ...

*Young, Jordan R. 1989. Acting Solo: The Art of One-Person Shows. ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Drama ...

aspects of Baba's life. Devotional music also frequently plays a substantial ... in part after Meher Baba and on his first solo album, Who Came First, Townshend ...

Saint Clara monastery in Kotor. Religious music developed when a Catholic ... In 1870 in Cetinje, the first Montenegrin Army Music started being ...

dramas but celebrity documentaries, popular music acts, and comedy performances ... hits, such as Seventh Heaven, with recorded music, Fox came out with its first ...

scale works. Near Christo's first solo show in Paris, in 1962, the ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Artists ...

The country has strong folklore, music and religious traditions, deeply ... Coast, there is a different kind of music. It is the popular dance ...

others made uncredited contributions. The music was composed by Harold Arlen ... princess in Oz had outlawed all forms of music except classical music and ...

become very popular in the classical music of several countries. One ... the 57 composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano, the most famous of ...

from small town to small town as a solo act. To get ahead of other ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Evel_Knievel|175052464 ...

architecture, cuisine, dance, literature, music, theater, and cinema, all ... architecture, cuisine, dance, literature, music theater, and cinema, all ...

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opens 'Xu Beihong in Nanyang' a Solo Exhibition].Art Knowledge ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Art ...

The music of Hungary consists mainly of traditional Hungarian folk ... the symphonic poem, as well as the modern solo piano recital, in which his ...

, an achievement he considered comparable to his first solo flight ... quot;college" spelled backwards), with music from Gilbert and Sullivan ...

geography, modern foreign languages (MFL), music, art and design, and the ... In popular music, however, English bands and solo artists have been ...

=== Music, theater and entertainment === [[File:Teatro de la Ciudad ... The city is also a leading center of popular culture and music. There ...