Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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 ...25 KB (3,264 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- to find such virtues in ancient German folk songs and Norse poetry and ... a juridico-political state with that of the folk-nation as organic in its historical ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- family; his father, Hans Klee, was a German music teacher at the Hofwil Teacher ... art; the connection between visual art and music; the spiritual and symbolic ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- a hard-edged guitar sound. Known for his music's powerful, rumba-like ... often witty and humorous adaptations of folk music themes. The song "Bo ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- Kathakali has its origins almost 1500 years ago in the early ritual ... several outside elements from the folk and martial arts of Kerala ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:53, 4 June 2024
- "traditional music" and "folk music" are often used interchangeably ... The majority of sub-Saharan African folk music and traditional music is ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- musical language is imbued with national folk music and rhythms as well as ... My Fatherland also incorporates Czech folk music. The first four poems are ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- respected and influential American country music singers and guitarists. Although ... out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time as a DJ ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- from classical or art music and from folk music. The term does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ... of three, and in his teens began singing folk music at local venues. After ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ... who collected and augmented their native folk music and used these themes in ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music ... Jazz, Asian music, and traditional folk music from across Europe. Ravel ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 00:46, 9 November 2022
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Holst often looked to English folk music for inspiration but was also ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- However, top session musicians are well known within the music industry ... and solos. In many traditional and folk music styles, performers are ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... The forms of Hindustani classical music were designed primarily for ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- hero with the magical power of songs and music. He is born of the primeval ... Because of the folk music history of the Kalevala there have been ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 17:10, 14 May 2024
- piano concerto in the history of Western music has its antecedent in the ... Several passages have leanings towards folk music, as manifested in Austrian ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- widely and was influential in the gospel music scene, and his training of ... did not share the attitude of some church folk that the blues was "devil ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- of musical styles, such as jazz, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and even ... rhythm. She was able to go beyond ordinary music-making to relate to a greater ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- 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 ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
