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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 ... Born in Brand, Bavaria, Reger studied music in Munich and Wiesbaden ...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 ... one of the most important forms in chamber music, and most major composers ...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 ... evidently gave him a thorough training in music. He studied with Rogier de ...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 ... As a child, he served as a chorister and studied music under Marc ...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
- 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
- – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer ... He emerged in the late sixties among the renaissance in country music ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... faith." For Bruckner, like Bach, music served the purpose of praising ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... melodies into his symphonic and chamber music. Among his most widely recognized ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- for his knowledge of the orchestral music of German operas, the libretto ... of each section and movement of a composition, and receiving from each ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- journalism, literature, and musical composition; Pulitzer fellowships ... include the creation of awards in poetry, music and photography, and the ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- in the entertainment arts, for example, in music, theater and dance. ... Improvisation is an important aspect of music in general. Musical ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 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 ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 22:49, 28 August 2021
- and/or instruments in a polychoral composition. In typical eighteenth ... performance, or for rehearsing a cappella music. While Eastern Orthodox churches ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- of a tonal center or atonality. This music which turned away from the ... not interest him, Scriabin failed his composition class and did not graduate ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- (later anthologised on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1) which showcased ... not sell in significant numbers, and his music was still regarded as too ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- in 1874, Verdi responded with the composition of his "Messa da ... homage. The composer had instructed that no music be played at his funeral; ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- recording label of him performing his own music as well as works from the ... apparent. Further inspiration included the music of Mily Balakirev, Mussorgsky ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 10:00, 26 January 2023
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- entire duration of the Romantic period of music. He was part of the heyday ... to glorify the concept of "program music." He is best known for ...18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... Hindustani musical performance is based on a composition which is ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- role in the development of big band jazz and Swing music. Henderson’s music marks the transition from New Orleans jazz, with ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- Patsy Cline (Sept. 8, 1932—March 5, 1963) was a country music singer ... Patsy dethroned Kitty Wells as the "Queen of Country Music" ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- a student at the Petrograd Conservatory of Music, he studied piano and composition ... company at New York's City Center for Music and Drama in 1948. That same ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...40 KB (6,040 words) - 15:47, 28 November 2023
- focus on the overall design, or entire composition, in order to present unified ... from the surrounding black ground of the composition. Also the early black ...8 KB (1,285 words) - 00:44, 18 November 2022
- musical performances but also an education in music. ==Life== ... Corea developed his piano skills by exploring music on his own. A ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- difficult to decide between playing and composition. Certainly other professionals ... first grand opera. The fusion of dramatic music, melodramatic plot and sumptuous ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 20:19, 14 December 2023
- be seen as an apotheosis of instrumental music. As European composers sought ... This can especially be the case in music composed in the twentieth ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- and leading composers in the rise of modern music in Russia. As a result he ... by the age of five. His first piano composition to be written down (by ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- .Willi Apel, (ed.), Harvard Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press ... For early classical music, the clarinets and/or flutes may be omitted ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- 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
- The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... The only medieval music which can be studied is that which was written ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- he began to concentrate more seriously on music. Balakirev encouraged him ... Rimsky-Korsakov became professor of composition and orchestration at the ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- Powell's life, dedicating the composition "In Walked Bud" ... On his music, during an interview, Bud said, "I wish it had been ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- being dated to 1521. The Royal Academy of Music in London, has an instrument ... but the feeling that it overpowers the music has led to very few modern ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- 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
- The Ossian cycle would influence Romantic music as well as literature. ... woven them into a romance of his own composition. He asserted that they ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
- In music, a fugue [fjuːg] ) is a type of counterpoint or contrapuntal composition. It begins ...30 KB (4,799 words) - 07:12, 15 April 2024
- Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one ... Hines's solo recordings from that year, notably his own composition ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- The appellation "Classical music" is a broad, somewhat imprecise ... to subordinate all earthy things, including music, to the ultimate goal of ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- | Img_capt = Merle Haggard, Country Music Association& ... - April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- century, as well as a highly regarded music critic. An intellectual and ... Romantic composers of the central European music tradition. As with many composers ...26 KB (4,179 words) - 02:15, 16 December 2022
- 15, 2008. was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years ... Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- one of the greatest vocalists in jazz music. Though without technical ... in what many consider some of jazz music's greatest recordings ...15 KB (2,388 words) - 17:35, 31 October 2023
- Kulintang is a modern term for an instrumental form of music composed ... The main role of kulintang music in the community is as nonprofessional ...41 KB (6,102 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- were the first to surround black R & B music with elaborate production ... Ugly Woman." Their first hit composition was "Hard Times, ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- 15, 1988) was a prolific British composer, music journalist, essayist and ... him to his essay Metaphysical motivation in music and to his Tantrik Symphony. ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- survive, Schubert expressed his belief that music had spiritual underpinnings ... seven, having exceeded the abilities of his music teachers, Schubert was placed ...30 KB (4,803 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- ear. A strong foundation in composing, music theory, and orchestration ... the proper timing to present a given composition. The conductor is ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 22:58, 14 May 2020
- name of a movement in German literature and music from the late 1760s through ... Though it is argued that literature and music associated with Sturm und ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- |Genre = Pop Music, Country Music |Occupation = ... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... there was an increasing interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- function or the circumstances of their composition. Jewish and Christian ... psalmos), a lyric ode or a song set to music; a sacred song accompanied ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- He reappeared when he was 23, becoming director of music to Napoleon ... 1770). Although the role of the violin in music has been drastically changed ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 23:29, 14 November 2022
- of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s ... junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was 11. For the next ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical ... in China and Greece) held to the idea that music, mathematics and science ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 10:49, 20 September 2023
- most prominent composers of the Classical music era, called the "Father ... isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his ...31 KB (4,893 words) - 21:50, 6 May 2024
- and operas. He was also a highly regarded music conductor. ... his father in his youth, writing his first music at the age of six. He continued ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- The final composition of Adi Granth was prepared by Guru Gobind Singh ... as Angs (limbs) in Sikh tradition. The composition is divided on the basis ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 06:37, 10 January 2024
- A revolution occurred in twentieth century music listening as the ... Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and ...34 KB (5,125 words) - 20:42, 3 November 2020
- The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ... In music written since 1930, only the soprano in B♭, alto in E♭ ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- quot; (the term includes drama, flute music, and lyre music for Aristotle ... emotions as they are being configured in music, and of their being recognized ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- He is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4'33", whose ... from serving the specific purposes of new music as well as the larger purposes ...40 KB (6,250 words) - 17:00, 5 April 2024
- The composition of "Majulah Singapura" happened during a ... Zubir took a year to finish composing the music and lyrics for the ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 00:16, 22 October 2023
- ten, producing short pieces that imitated music he had played. He was influenced ... This highly intellectual and scientific approach to music brought ...35 KB (5,095 words) - 03:55, 15 August 2023
- important opera composers of the Classical music era, particularly remembered ... up to follow in his footsteps. At that time music was all the rage. Unfortunately ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 21:41, 10 December 2023
- one of the most recognized Czech classical music composers, and many critics ... Smetana was a child prodigy who grew up in a family that cultivated ...28 KB (4,344 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- as symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music, and chamber music. ... revival and a renewal of respect for sacred music in the era when feeling and ...31 KB (4,782 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- As a master of Renaissance music, des Prez became known internationally ... As with many composers of his era, Josquin's sacred music was ...26 KB (3,991 words) - 05:29, 7 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
- the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is famous for popularizing ... brotherhood and perhaps his most beloved composition, has begun to appear in ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- Dating from his first composition in 1884, he signed his name as Erik ... grandparents. There he received his first music lessons from a local organist ...29 KB (4,725 words) - 19:27, 13 February 2024
- human spirit and to enrich the culture of music in America. major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony Orchestra ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- Music in the Tuileries is an early example of Manet's painterly ... from Courbet. However, Manet's composition is derived from Marcantonio ...18 KB (2,830 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- and the cello, but also conducting and composition. Among his teachers were ... He won first prize at the international Music Awards of Prague and Budapest ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- albeit notorious figures in American folk music. After spending time in and ... The topics of Lead Belly's music were equally wide ranging, including ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- harmony is based. Hence, in orchestral composition, the tuba, along with ... popularity in the early days of recorded music, as their sound could more ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- and percussion instruments, and the music usually incorporates a strong ... ranging from the traditional martial music of John Philip Sousa and ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- 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
- Metastasio's lyrics were set to music by virtually every major ... #039;s legacy may lie more in the realm of music than in literature. Although ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- Joachim Hoffmann, who owned a private music school. His talents were ... and applied for the KK Hofballmusikdirektor Music Director of the Royal Court ...18 KB (2,468 words) - 14:59, 1 August 2022
- in the Bible is not the order of their composition, and that the first canonical ... written in stages, so there was no one date of composition. ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- His desire was to bring world peace through his music. that are not often associated with modern music of the early twentieth century ...42 KB (6,502 words) - 00:25, 18 November 2022
- #039;s style, especially in playing the music of the Romantic era. A child ... He served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music in which he famously claimed ... Though Stravinsky once asserted that music was essentially powerless ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- was a major fan of American soul music, and created a distinctive ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the UK Music Hall of Fame. ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- suffering two official denunciations of his music in 1936 and 1948 and the ... wrote primarily in the romantic music idiom, drawing heavily on ...29 KB (4,378 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- seemed to Kandinsky to push the limits of music and melody beyond standard ... The influence of music played an important role in the birth of abstract ...25 KB (3,985 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
- for ideas and inspiration, and much of his music "rose from mountains ... Germany. His father, who gave him his first music lessons, was a double bassist ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- be sung or recited to the accompaniment of music, usually the lyre. Anacreon ... styles more common to the time of their actual composition. ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland ... but grew up in Vienna. He began his formal music training as a pianist, studying ...18 KB (2,787 words) - 21:10, 18 October 2022
- visible brushstrokes, light colors, open composition, emphasis on light in ... this light and send it through the whole composition. It is currently housed ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 05:15, 24 November 2022
- rock and roll, fusion, modern gospel music, and contemporary country ... electric Hawaiian guitar to Western Swing music with his January 1935 Decca ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- composer and lutist of the late Renaissance music as well as a nobleman and ... He had a single-minded devotion to music from an early age, and showed ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- Marie describes the impetus for her composition of the lais. In the prologue ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Biography ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- to making a meaningful contribution to the music and societal world. ... nevertheless, to indulge his fondness for music, and at an early age learnt ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording career spanned ... by fans as a staple in the realm of popular music, and in the music community ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- such as that is low in oxygen. The chemical composition and especially the structure vary strongly between the precursor and the sintered product. ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music where he studied singing ... 1907 he presented five concerts of Russian music in Paris, and in 1908 mounted ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 23:22, 13 August 2023
- As such it can bring a great many modes of music together. It is an instrument ... is that much of the most widely admired music for piano—for example, ...35 KB (5,515 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued ... Soon, he wrote surrealistic poetry and music.Mel Gussow, [http://www.nytimes ...32 KB (4,975 words) - 16:49, 21 November 2022
- later stated that he studied harmony and composition for two years at Washburn ... whatever their status in the world of music. In Europe, they were not ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 22:29, 7 January 2024
- in various refined activities including music and "pure conversation." ... a symbolic influence on Chinese poetry, music, art, and culture. Their ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- quot; (since 2002), which holds annual composition contests. ... and the first centuries B.C.E. saw the composition and redaction of the two ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- Kimchi's composition separates into the main vegetable ingredient ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Korea ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- , known as the "father of American music," was the preeminent ... young boy, Stephen evinced more interest in music than in other subjects. As ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- him as one of the originators of soul music and among the most influential ... against gospel singers performing secular music. Cooke's first pop single ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- believed to have evolved from pre-classical music forms and theatrical arts ... Week/yakshagana.htm Yakshagana-The music of celestial beings]. OurKarnataka ...30 KB (4,418 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. He strove to achieve a uniquely ... he entered the Cadet School of the Guards. Music remained important to him ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- was himself a composer of lieder and choral music, of symphonic poems and other ... priesthood rather than pursue a career in music. He once wrote his mother ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- in 1966 and was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records ... three, and in his teens began singing folk music at local venues. After attending ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- of the world's most renowned classical music composers, known for his ... which spurred complaints that his music was either too Russian or ...33 KB (4,939 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- to allow Bergman not to worry about the composition of a shot until the day ... *Music in Darkness (1948) (Musik i mörker) *A Ship to India (1947 ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- sound where there are no rests in the music. Primarily because of this ... of the Scottish Highland bagpipe and its music was attempted, in Joseph ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- the conservatory included advanced piano, music theory, counterpoint, harmony ... a pas de deux called La Nuit (1920, with music by Anton Rubinstein). This ...14 KB (1,953 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- detail, emphasized dynamic diagonal composition, and were concerned with ... including the cover art for a number of music albums. Among them are influential ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- instrument used in Indian classical music. He became famous not only ... Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West (Continuum, 2006 ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- conductors at the Tanglewood Institute of Music remained his passion until ... stochastic, or otherwise intellectualized music may be, it can always qualify ...27 KB (3,897 words) - 22:15, 20 December 2023
- and celebrated composer of Classical music. His enormous output of more ... clergy in his native Austria. Unlike the music of J.S. Bach and the composers ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
- the wishes of his family in order to pursue music. He studied music in Paris ... skillful employment of Romantic features in music, such as orchestral innovations ...23 KB (3,532 words) - 08:21, 21 January 2024
- quot; "the theory of Oral-Formulaic Composition" and the "Parry ... poems?" Foley, The Theory of Oral Composition, Chapters 1 & 2The ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus' often ... His mother allowed only church-related music in their home, but Mingus ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- were used in Shinto and Buddhist religious music, and during battle in feudal ... repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- the genre of opera, and expanded musical composition in format, quality, and ... For Baroque era composers, music was not primarily an exercise in ...38 KB (5,977 words) - 19:57, 7 May 2024
- grammar, logic, mathematics, astronomy, music, and geometry more than the ... students, such as four years of composition, social studies, mathematics ...13 KB (1,906 words) - 22:22, 30 November 2022
- for most of its 40 years of recording music, but it had two distinct ... lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music, while Maurice sang both ...20 KB (3,173 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- in a variety of genres, including science, music, poetry, and theology. He ... Bede is also known to literature for the composition of a brief poem, known ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- gift of grace, and considerable skill in composition, but critics claim that ... Category:art, music, literature, sports and leisure ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- effect and in authentic performances of Baroque music. the same piece, to suit the nature of the music. However, choice of sticks ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- the organization, rather than the composition, of organisms. William ... === Music === Holism in music can be seen as a gradual layering of ...23 KB (3,318 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- The bulk of Buxtehude's oeuvre consists of vocal music, which ... sources for Buxtehude's vocal music. The former includes several ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 21:17, 15 July 2020
- The precise time of composition of the saga also remains unknown, ... in unimportant details, long after the composition of Landnámabók. ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- language, with international soloists. Past music directors include Karl Rankl ... Early pantomimes were performed as mimes accompanied by music, but ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- xxi-xxviii. This appears to place the composition of the chronicle at no ... eleventh century, as it was used in the composition of [C]. Shortly after ...32 KB (4,981 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- the largest movements in secular medieval music. They were the first poets ... " the unity of image and idea with the music of the words. Although this ...21 KB (3,432 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- historically informed performances of early music, but also because of its ... in Italian, the language used in writing music, whereas the instrument we ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- new musical interests interfered with his music studies at school. He failed ... #039; major creative rival. Although their music was bright and accessible ...21 KB (3,336 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to ... Pachelbel's music was influenced by south German composers such ...46 KB (6,947 words) - 14:51, 1 August 2022
- endurance, flexibility, and body composition. The criteria for physical ... 4. Body composition: Composition refers to the body in terms of lean ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 05:08, 24 November 2022
- in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles ... political establishment and the Hollywood music industry, but also toward ...27 KB (4,049 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- violinist, and impresario of Baroque music. He was regarded as one of ... were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale ...38 KB (5,736 words) - 05:45, 11 August 2023
- and songwriter, an iconic figure in country music, and one of the most influential ... Although not religious in practice, Williams bowed to country music ...23 KB (3,620 words) - 03:08, 28 January 2022
- whose blues and rhythm and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights ... Red Rooster,” another Willie Dixon composition that had earlier been ...30 KB (4,791 words) - 17:26, 30 April 2023
- from which the main elements of the composition rise. There are three ... the degree of relief may vary across a composition, with prominent features ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- helped to elevate jazz from a popular music to a fully developed art form. between soloists and the orchestra set his music apart. Ellington was a consummate ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- matter can be identified by their composition and use of symbols and ... Tibetan art can be identified by the composition of paintings, and ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- 1960s, and with exploding trends in both music and art evolving, dance followed ... Daily was the first modern dance composition to be televised on NBC ...18 KB (2,688 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and ... See Music of China [[Image:Concert China.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[List ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- radio attraction by the mid-1920s, with a music and comedy trio called Clayton ... told the band to "stop da music!" He helped Miranda ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 13:22, 1 August 2022
- wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. His best ... the youngster toward a freer school of composition. His insight into orchestral ...21 KB (3,251 words) - 13:21, 15 December 2022
