Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ... Still was very much of the attitude that "inspired" music ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- to as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass takes its ... as a result of the rise in popularity of folk music. Audiences attracted to ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... but it used rhythms derived from African folk music. The contradanza had arrived ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- He was also a collector of British folk music and served as president ... as a composer. By collecting English folk music from the countryside, in ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- periods. As a renowned creator of sacred music, Michael Haydn concentrated ... of Rohrau. Neither parent could read music. However, Matthias was an ...7 KB (1,073 words) - 17:05, 9 November 2022
- Banshees are common in Irish and Scottish folk stories, and enjoy the same ... great or holy. W.B. Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- the entire postwar development of American folk music. He was a first-hand observer and survivor of the economic and environmental hardships of the ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 23:31, 17 May 2023
- century. The integration of southern "folk" blues with the urban ... musicians. Waters influence on popular music became unmistakable following ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his compositions. ... Rather than merely quoting folk music, the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- his works display the influence of Czech folk music, both in terms of rhythms ... the work has more in common with the folk music of Dvořák's native ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- German language. Hex signs are a type of folk art that became common in ... " By contrast, supporters of the folk-art theory point out that ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- became his trademark. Rhythmically, his music was primitive and relatively ... for many years, popular with blues and folk music fans of the early 1960s ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 20:45, 1 May 2024
- ===Traditional and folk music=== Although keyless folk oboes are still used in many European folk music ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- is known as scordatura) and in some folk music styles. Mozart, in his ... == The Viola in Folk Music == Although not as commonly used as the ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- in the system of African-American folk magic known as hoodoo. The ... and owners to describe traditional African folk practices. Hoodoo is not the ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- both labels, performing what he called “folk piano.” While his recordings ... [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/george-winston-dead.html ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 15:07, 21 May 2024
- wrote for all economic levels so that his music could touch as many as possible ... producing such musicals as Sweet Adeline, Music In the Air, Three Sisters ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- and various forms of popular and folk music. Even these latter forms ... heritage, as well as its origins in western folk music. ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... up in a farming area, Ilaiyaraaja enjoyed Tamil folk music, ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
