Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially ... Not only is the bugle a simple instrument, but as a signal device ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 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
- R&B chart. Their second hit, "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave," became ... seller, a perennial dance favorite, and is one of the most played singles ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- 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
- success of his operas into translating the music for others. Traetta's ... with the splendor of Versailles. Which is where the influence of the ...8 KB (1,217 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- for his research on the psychology of music and sound. He founded the ... young age. His main interest however, was music, and by the age of ten Stumpf ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- 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
- 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
- Bluegrass music is a form of American country music with roots in ... identified as a distinct genre of country music in the 1950s. Unlike country ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... In American-style ballroom dancing, bolero is basically a slow version of ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 2022
- Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ... amateur musician. His birthday, November 22, is the feast-day of Saint Cecilia ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 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
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... from prior to the 1970s. Today, salsa is performed throughout Latin ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- who composed in the Romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto ... Grieg is known as a "nationalist" composer and his "nationalist ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... festive Carnival parades. The samba style is a smooth, duple-metered flow ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- 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
- and inventiveness. He was able to produce music of original beauty with a ... Spells.” The distinguished, chamber music style of the Goodman trio ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 2022
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She ... Her father was interested in music, and Clarke started learning violin ...12 KB (1,902 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- John Taverner (around 1490 – October 18, 1545) is regarded as the ... It is often said that after leaving Oxford, Taverner worked as an ...5 KB (789 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
