Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- with Lionel Richie. One of the best-selling music artists of all time, his ... song. In this way, he used his talent for music, acting, and entertainment ...1 KB (194 words) - 23:40, 4 November 2020
- # A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music ... # (uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats ...2 KB (337 words) - 18:56, 25 August 2023
- (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit ...905 bytes (131 words) - 16:00, 27 March 2024
- in collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures ... he went on tour to collect Hungarian folk music. He received his Ph.D. ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music. University Of Chicago ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- 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
- and harmonic properties of actual Latin folk music. He was one of several ... abstract musicality without the use of folk music or symbolic nationalism. ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- " the "Caruso of Mountain Music," and the "Backwoods ... Appalachian folk music, which comprised a major part of Acuff's ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. Originally the term referred to a genre that arose in the United ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- foundation in both western and non-western music. This foundation is due to ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- In the same year, he traveled to Denmark, his first folk-music collecting ... George Gershwin. He eagerly collected folk music tunes, forms, and instruments ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- Folk music of indigenous cultures contains syncopation to varying ... if source materials were rooted in folk music. The scores of Bela Bartok ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- one of the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century. Lomax recorded thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- |list7= Music (Classical Folk Popular Jazz) Film and TV (Hollywood) Literature (American Folklore Poetry Transcendentalism Harlem Renaissance ...8 KB (943 words) - 16:30, 23 November 2020
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. He was one of ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... asserted that calypso descends from the music of the medieval French troubadours ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- served to introduce millions of young folk music fans to gospel music. ... The folk music revival of the 1960s boosted Davis' career significantly ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
