Search results for "The Elements (song)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the twentieth century ... While most authorities stress the African roots of calypso, in his ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... Although the key of a piece may be named in the title (e.g. Symphony ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- (symbol Unb), is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A radioactive ... quot; when Tom Lehrer wrote "The Elements Song" and was therefore ...7 KB (962 words) - 02:34, 16 November 2022
- A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves ... The architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- artists like James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone in the late 1960s ... driven by sixteenth-note divisions of the beat; crisp and active rhythm ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- Confucian philosopher and cosmologist during the Song Dynasty. He is considered ... a Neo-Confucian cosmology which explained the relationship between human ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 06:02, 13 June 2023
- The Records of Three Kingdoms (三國志, 三国志, Sānguó Zhì ... Records of Three Kingdoms became the basis for a later historical ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- ) was a Russian poet, best remembered as the long-standing publisher ... During his childhood near the banks of the Volga River, he observed ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 04:13, 15 November 2022
- The Wenzi ( c=文子|p=Wénzǐ|w=Wen-tzu|l=[Book of] Master Wen ... by a disciple of Laozi. Two versions of the Wenzi exist; a received version ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), was the stage ... Odell Holley and Ella Pauline Drake, the youngest of four boys. The ...11 KB (1,803 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- electric guitars, bass guitar, and drums. The term "hard rock" ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- used a working man's music to influence the kings and queens of Broadway ... cinema, and are recognized jazz standards; the jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- :For the Han Dynasty's governor, see Tao Qian (Three Kingdoms). ... province. T'ao Yüan-ming , was one of the most influential pre-Tang ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s ... Well-known late 1970s' disco performers included Chic, the Bee ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. Liu Zongyuan ... Born in Chang'an, Liu Zongyuan was promoted very rapidly in the ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- is still being composed today. Ragtime was the first truly American musical ... music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it was ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- multiple styles and variations, the term can be used to describe ... The word salsa means sauce in the Spanish language and carries connotations ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
