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- was an American composer, inspiring composition teacher, and oboist. of Illinois, the Cleveland Institute of Music and Western Reserve University ...5 KB (687 words) - 14:08, 17 May 2021
- melody, a movement, as well as an entire composition in differentiation to ... for several years before turning to composition, beginning with his first ...5 KB (734 words) - 06:35, 8 April 2024
- it is said that Reger helped to push German music into the twentieth century ... until 1908, and professor of music composition at the Felix Mendelssohn ...5 KB (798 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... A key may be major or minor. Some music is considered to be in a mode—such ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- the flute which has benefitted the world of music richly. ... Quantz also wrote trio sonatas and vocal music resulting from his interests ...4 KB (526 words) - 14:49, 1 August 2022
- of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era ... law before deciding that the study and composition of music was his true ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- genres of English sacred and secular vocal music, John Blow's main contribution ... distinguished himself by his proficiency in music, especially with his keyboard ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- 15, 1609) was an Italian composer of vocal music who lived during the late ... some connection, probably as a director of music, with Santa Maria Formosa ...6 KB (867 words) - 20:36, 29 August 2021
- All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ... chromatic scale became the basis of modern music written using the twelve ...5 KB (783 words) - 21:50, 10 December 2023
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition and/or performance in someone's honor, originally songs of courtship ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- important composers of keyboad instrumental music in the late Renaissance and ... was in Ferrara at the time. Gesualdo's music, which contained quick modifications ...5 KB (689 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- defined the beginning of the Baroque era in music. His duties at St. Mark's clearly included composition, for he ...6 KB (961 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- foundation in both western and non-western music. This foundation is due to ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- dated to after that time, so he may have ceased composition. ... Most of Taverner's music is vocal, and includes masses, Magnificats ...5 KB (789 words) - 07:56, 3 August 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
- In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression ... Music professor, David Brackett defines them as "short melodic ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- smallpox), Landini became devoted to music early in life, and mastered ... prior to 1370. Evidence in some of his music also points to this: He dedicated ...6 KB (949 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- 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
- conductors of opera and symphonic music in the first half of the ... the study of piano, piano pedagogy, and composition at the Franz Liszt Academy ...5 KB (713 words) - 07:07, 15 April 2024
- of the human voice. He felt that, through music, man would be able to create ... Porpora was born in Naples. He graduated from the music conservatory ...5 KB (709 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- was an Italian composer, piano virtuoso, music teacher, author, and conductor ... he conducted a performance of his own composition 'Stabat Mater' ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music who was known as an educator ... singer of the pope’s chapel, taught him composition. His first major ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- which cemented his desire to pursue composition as a career. Once back ... him from continuing. He also studied composition with Vito Frazzi at the ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 02:43, 5 November 2022
- the early madrigals of the Renaissance. As music historian Richard Taruskin ... not only in madrigals but in other vocal music of the Renaissance. ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- He was the most famous writer of secular music in Elizabethan England, and ... to the great Elizabethan composer of sacred music, William Byrd, as his teacher ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 18:49, 1 January 2023
- in wonderfully realized arrangements of music from cultures that might ... of World War I in 1914. His 1916 piano composition In a Nutshell is the first ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- was a Flemish composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous composer ... court; nonetheless, he certainly knew his music, since his earliest mass ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 08:04, 18 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- stage to the delight of the audience. The music that he created made the ... in 1871. From 1878, he was professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory ...6 KB (931 words) - 21:06, 4 October 2022
- place in the anthologies of English church music, and is considered among ... Cranmer noticeably influenced the style of music written. Texts became largely ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- Atonality describes music that does not use a tonal center or key ... Taylor (Radano 1993, 108-109), have written music that is described as atonal ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 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
- was an Italian composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous sixteenth ... Italian composer; most composers of sacred music in Italy at that time were ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 20:39, 29 August 2021
- of his working life in France. Although his music is not well known today, ... operas and his compositions of sacred music. His influence extended into ...6 KB (953 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance ... features of early Renaissance European art music (in the Middle Ages, thirds ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- with their second release, the first composition and production from the ... " another Holland-Dozier-Holland composition, which reached number ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has ... and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 05:28, 24 November 2022
- and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... Gershwin's music exudes the power of spring-like hope. Unlike ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- and amateur musician. Carl first discovered music by experimenting with the ... nearby Odense. He later studied violin and music theory at the Copenhagen ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... American themes into European classical music, the first Pan-American artist ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- the melodic and harmonic lines of a composition for emphasis and expression. ... am Main where he studied conducting, composition, and violin under Arnold ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- who efficiently perfected the art of composition as well as becoming a ... prize in 1890. Zemlinsky also studied composition and began to write music. ...12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:31, 20 July 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
- The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was a project ... and historical editions of a single composition can be uploaded. Also ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- and chief propagator of twelve-tone composition, Arnold Schoenberg, was ... of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music would greatly influence his ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
- In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... The qualities that create the distinctive character of liturgical ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer ... child, Adolphe Adam preferred to improvise music on his own rather than study ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:12, 15 June 2023
- While also noted as a composer of sacred music, such as motets, he was one ... to his love of war, however, Charles loved music, and in his employ, Busnois ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- he decided then that he would make Qawwali music his career. His first public ... group was in March 1971, at an annual music festival organized by Radio ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- London); other well-known works are Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks ... The circumstances surrounding the composition of Messiah stand as ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- hits as a singing team with June's composition, “Jackson” and the ... Virginia. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- in Paris, where his father lived as a music teacher. Charles-Valentin ... he withdrew into private study and composition for the remainder of his ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- conductor. He was the second of only six music directors of the renowned ... leading promoter of contemporary classical music such as that of Béla Bartók ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- Chinese poetry, Tanka poetry, and instrumental music. Through Tanka ... == Composition == === Thematic division === The division of the collection ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period. The ... For composers of the Baroque period, music was not primarily an exercise ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... Before electronic music, there was a growing desire for composers ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- which incorporated elements of blues and gospel music. ... opposed to the character of swing music, partly as a result of growing ...8 KB (1,171 words) - 17:08, 18 August 2020
- to his great affinity for vocal composition. His song cycles, large ... Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- In the early paintings of this style, such as Composition A (1920 ... Two Lines and Blue (1926), also known as Composition With Blue and Composition ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 22:49, 28 March 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
- to do the same. His most popular composition is the Romanian Rhapsody ... harmony with André Gédalge, and composition with Jules Massenet and ...17 KB (2,378 words) - 12:09, 11 August 2021
- 27, 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval ... and most substantial form of sacred music composition in Europe. ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 2023
- . It began as dance music in popular music settings years before being ... The defining characteristic of ragtime music is a specific type of syncopation ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- mystics impacted the culture, philosophy, music, and art of Karnataka and ... somewhat difficult since their literature, music, devotion wed with their ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- Fioravanti at 18 months, began studying music theory at two, the piano ... of the old school of Italy. Having learned music from his grandfather whom ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Canon Muzzillo. As he had shown talent for music, Jommelli was enrolled in ... of admission, his first known church music, a five-voice fugue a cappella ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions ... victim to a number of quacks. The only music he heard in his youthful ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- a crucial figure in the history of music. His work bridged the "old ... he followed an inventive approach to music composition. While his inventions ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- contributions to Protestant Church music in the second half of the ... this time he was trained by his father in music on the keyboard and organ ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 19:22, 26 November 2023
- 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
- a Finnish composer of European classical music, and one of the most popular ... On his views about composing he once stated, "Music is for me ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- 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
