Search results for "Music composition" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent ... The term is usually used in reference to music of the late Middle ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an interest in musicology ... his personal artistic quest to create music that he hoped would speak ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- a specifically Russian kind of art music. Gerald Abraham, Borodin: ... tribes. Adapted from Bordin's music, Kismet was produced on Broadway ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 08:55, 18 July 2023
- In music, syncopation is a stress on a normally unstressed beat, or ... which is used in Son montuno Cuban dance music. Timing can vary, but it ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- iconic to fans of both country and pop music. Robbins scored numerous ... in the 1960s by the Academy of Country Music, was inducted into the Nashville ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- classical composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging ... Spring, a score that also looked to folk music for its inspiration. He also ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. Manuel de Falla was born in Cádiz. His early teacher in music was ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- harmonic and melodic language affected how music theory and composition were ... Saint-Saëns, who introduced him to the music of several contemporary composers ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 07:36, 15 April 2024
- ) was an English renaissance composer and music teacher, who flourished around ... and Queen Sophie's (1557-1631) private music teacher at Elsinore, Denmark ...6 KB (863 words) - 22:51, 30 April 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
- 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
- new sounds. Known as the "bad boy in music" because of his aesthetic ... Antheil received formal instruction in composition. In 1922, Antheil was ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written to be performed ... instruments, but also to a type of music composition. A composition for ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- techniques of different periods of music, such as the Baroque, Romantic ... He completed his graduate work in composition at the Moscow Conservatory ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
- were often influenced by Armenian folk music. By synthesizing folk music ... In his youth, he was fascinated by the music he heard around him, but ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- composer. He is noted for his experimental music work (in particular his 1968 ... injured hand, so instead concentrated on composition. In 1947 came the first ...14 KB (2,188 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... he and his brother Nikolai studied composition and theory with Siegfried ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He ... Franck); afterwards he went to study composition with Charles Widor at ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- name. He entered the Paris Conservatory of Music two weeks before his tenth ... by Jacques Offenbach. He also won the Music Composition scholarship of the ...6 KB (997 words) - 15:11, 21 May 2024
- As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... addressing the presentation of a musical composition. French composer Jean ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
