Search results for "What is Music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- first grand opera. The fusion of dramatic music, melodramatic plot and sumptuous ... him of being only interested in money, not music. Meyerbeer was, however, ...9 KB (1,303 words) - 18:53, 21 May 2024
- to do the same. His most popular composition is the Romanian Rhapsody #1 where ... Many of Enescu's works were influenced by Romanian folk music ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 15:03, 20 May 2024
- 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 ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 14:47, 17 April 2023
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 08:33, 10 January 2024
- world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... of his century whose entire musical output is determined by his religious ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is an alto string ... #039; sets it apart: its rich sonority is more full-bodied than the violin ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues ... Bill Haley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins is considered one of the early ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- |Genre = Pop Music, Country Music |Occupation = ... Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country-pop singer ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- composer, and entertainer. Fats Waller is one of the most beloved personalities ... and organ as a child, taught largely by the music director of his Baptist church ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 21:09, 30 April 2023
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... In an era when African-American music was known largely through demeaning ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass ... be seen as an apotheosis of instrumental music. As European composers sought ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- The sousaphone is a brass instrument in the same family as the more ... Because of the ease of carrying and the direction of sound, it is ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- career never reached a comparable scope. He is still remembered for his unique ... subjects he showed avid interest in were music and sports. Bix began going ...14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (3,029 words) - 16:37, 29 January 2024
- 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 ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family ... penetrating voice. The timbre of the oboe is derived from the oboe's ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- from other poetry mainly in the fact that it is sung along with a simple guitar ... Bards were rarely permitted to record their music, given the political nature ...11 KB (1,802 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- Although he started by composing religious music, his operas have secular ... Italy, into a family with a long history of music. Only five years old when ...15 KB (2,301 words) - 18:54, 21 May 2024
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... The invisible, vibratory world of instrumental music can be said to ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- |Alias = Tammy Wynette, "The First Lady of Country ... |Genre = country music |Years_active = 1966-1998 ...18 KB (2,712 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
