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  • A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually over a sounding ...
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  • A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written ...
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  • #REDIRECTString instrument ...
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  • A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written ...
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  • types of ensembles for this music was the string quartet, consisting of two ... It is reputed that Joseph Haydn invented the form of the string quartet ...
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  • His Concerto for Brass Quintet, String Orchestra and Percussion and ... :Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1948) :Symphony (1951) ...
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  • ===String=== * Gakubiwa, lute * Gakuso, zither of Chinese origin * Yamatogoto/Wagon, zither of Japanese origin ===Percussion=== * Shōko, small ...
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  • :Opus 1: String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1881-1882) :Opus 2: Suite ... :Opus 10: String Quartet No. 2 in F major (1884) :Opus 11: Serenade ...
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  • Serenade op. 31 for tenor, horn and a string orchestra. ... which is atypical for only containing string instruments. Other important ...
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  • seh meaning three and تار tar means string. A similar instrument, the ... of the melody are played on the first string (called the baj tar). The ...
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  • such as the Second (1980) and Third (1983) String Quartets and the String Trio ... *String Quartet No. 1 (1966) *Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano "Quasi ...
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  • and brevity: the Six Bagatelles for string quartet (1913), for instance ... (1904) and the Langsamer Satz (1905) for string quartet. ...
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  • A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually over a sounding ...
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  • because the bass bridge's fourth string G is the start of the lower ... The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither ...
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  • === String theory === string theory String Theory is a theory of physics where all "particles" ...
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  • pitted small and large ensembles within a string composition for the diversity ... Corelli worked towards peaceful give and take with his string students ...
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  • works include: chamber music (e.g. four string quartets), operas (e.g. Eine ... *Geheimnis for mixed chorus and string orchestra *Minnelied (T: Heinrich ...
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  • of paper using two pins, a pencil, and a loop of string. The pins are placed vertically at two separate points (which will become the foci of the ellipse ...
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  • also been extended to a variety of other string instruments. The advent of ... manufactured beginning in 1932, by Electro String Instrument Corporation in ...
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  • The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is an alto string instrument played with a bow. Known as the "big fiddle," the viola ...
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  • *String Quartet No. 1 *String Quartet No. 2 *String Quartet No. 3 *Cello Sonata ...
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  • clear signs of this new interest is the String Quartet No. 1 (1908), which ... The Wooden Prince in 1914–1916 and the String Quartet No. 2 in 1915–1917 ...
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  • street effect. The motion of the wind across a string causes a periodic vortex downstream and which causes the string to vibrate. The merest motion ...
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  • place, such as the vibrations of a violin string, they are called standing ... of the wave; examples include waves on a string and electromagnetic waves ...
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  • to do with the correct or formal structure of a string of symbols in a formal language, as, for example, sending a string from a formal language to ...
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  • of the Third Symphony (1918) and the First String Quartet (1920). Both works ... 1940), Second Piano Quartet (1944), Second String Quartet (1951) and Chamber ...
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  • The following year he wrote his String Quartet in B minor, Opus 11 ... #039;s Dover Beach, originally written for string quartet and baritone, the ...
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  • a groove at the base used to pull the string (tsuru). The kyudo archer ... All kyudo archers hold the bow in their left hand and draw the string ...
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  • instruments generate sound by plucking a string rather than striking one ... light construction and relatively little string tension. This design persisted ...
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  • ** String Quartet in G minor (1887–88, rev. 1897) ** String Quartet in F minor (1890) ** String Quartet in E flat (1897–98 ...
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  • and dark energy, and the formulation of string cosmology and astroparticle ... and physical cosmology, including string cosmology and astroparticle ...
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  • Beginning his career in the string quartet of Joseph Lanner, Strauss ... eventually left in order to join a popular string quartet formed by his later ...
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  • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (for string orchestra), the Violin Concerto ... "A Time There Was" and Third String Quartet (1975), which drew ...
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  • Quartet, which premiered Debussy's String Quartet. ... (one or two violins, violin and cello, string quartet) and orchestra (Poème ...
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  • In general string instruments tend to be tuned in sharp keys (such ... notes have more strings or a thicker string associated with them. ...
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  • singing, his powerful use of the 12-string guitar, and the rich songbook ... and equally powerful strumming of his 12-string guitar were his trademarks ...
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  • a "chordophone" as rope or string are used to activate the ... Most instruments known as "chordophones" are defined as ...
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  • Their string of crimes hit a hiccup in Sylvania, Ohio, where they were caught in the midst of a bank robbery, and Floyd was sentenced to fifteen ...
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  • on a combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments (most often the ... The most common instruments are acoustic string instruments. Historically ...
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  • following instruments: guitar or banjo, string bass or tuba, piano, and drums. ... sections of these bands substitute the string bass for the tuba and the ...
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  • The double bass, also known as the standup bass, is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra ...
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  • for his orchestral music, he composed two string quartets and other works ... Park woods (played by the strings). The string harmony uses shifting chord ...
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  • *1953 - String Dustin'*1954 - A Session with Chet Atkins ... *1969 - The Nashville String Band *1969 - Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops ...
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  • weddings and bar mitzvahs (Schuman played string bass in the band). In 1925 ... several new works including his Third String Quartet on a commission from ...
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  • The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths which has become one of the most popular and most used instrument ...
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  • modern physics. There are now indications that string theory and its descendants may provide a model of the electron and other fundamental particles ...
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  • four. Seven-, eight-, ten-, and twelve-string versions also exist. The ... Susa. There is evidence that a four string, guitar-like instrument called ...
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  • fibers are spun into filaments, thread, string or rope. Some are components ... * Production of rope, string, and so forth. * Data communications by ...
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  • into mats, the pulp and fibers made into string and paper, and the cattail ... and the pulp and fibers made into string and paper. Native American ...
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  • of quarks, but for the long-distance string-like behavior discovered ... to fit quantum gravity, including string theory, loop quantum gravity ...
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  • the types of often distinguished are: string instruments, woodwind instruments ... *String instruments generate a sound when the string is plucked, strummed ...
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  • *Crisantemi (String Quartet, 1890, "Alla memoria di Amadeo di ... *Minuetto n.1 (String Quartet, published about 1892, "A.S.A.R ...
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  • second movement of Samuel Barber's first String Quartet is an "Adagio." Such movements may start to lead a life of their own, and become ...
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  • An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from the ...
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  • *Serenade for string orchestra, Op.20 (revised version of Three Pieces ... *Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra ...
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  • more intimate compositions for guitar and string instruments, particularly ... (the so-called right-hand techniques for string players), the two issues ...
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  • the new "Nashville Sound"—a string orchestra and legato harmonized ... as a country music artist and earned a string of Top-10 hits on the country ...
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  • the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet." ... training, and eventually wrote his first string quartets and his first opera ...
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  • a spiral seashell and asked for a string to be run through it. When he reached Camicus, King Cocalus, knowing Daedalus would be able to solve ...
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  • way to facilitate the quick changing of a string's pitch to be able to ... neck, capable of raising the pitch of a string by either one or two half ...
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  • composition. Dvořák composed his String Quintet No. 2 in 1875, and ... two of his most famous chamber works, the String Quartet No. 12 in F (the ...
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  • A string of blues hits soon followed. Reed's simple, straightforward ... | 1963 || Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues |- |-bgcolor=" ...
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  • along with some of the works for solo string instruments. His late piano and two-piano music places him as a successor to Brahms in the central ...
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  • tangents which remain in contact with the string. In a piano, the strings ... piano design: the hammers must strike the string but not continue to touch ...
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  • symphonies, concerti, piano sonatas, string quartets and other chamber ... first and second symphonies, the first six string quartets, the first two piano ...
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  • and wrote a set of transcriptions for string trio of fugues from Bach ... 29 (Hammerklavier) piano sonata (1818) and String Quartet No. 13 (string quartet ...
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  • pages, challenging Morton Feldman's String Quartet II for longest chamber ... *Il Tessuto d’Arabeschi (flute and string quartet) *Fantasiettina ...
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  • Blossoms in 1919 and Sissy in 1932, a string quartet, songs and a number ... 1043. w/ Efrem Zimbalist (vn #2), and a string quartet. rec. 1915. ...
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  • courses or registers. This was the first book on string technique written by an Englishman. ==Books and Compositions== * Medulla Musicke, (The ...
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  • praised him as the “Paganini of the five-string banjo." The next year ... * Scruggs, Earl. Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo. New York: Peer ...
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  • by suona, jinghu, other kinds of string instruments, and percussion ... Sizhu ensembles use flutes and bowed or plucked string instruments ...
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  • quot; sound of the time, with its smooth, string-laden, pop-influenced styles ... In the 1970s, he enjoyed a string of hit duets with a protege, Susan ...
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  • A kantele (ˈkɑntele, from Finnish) or kannel (ˈkɑnːe) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related to ...
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  • Some theories, such as string theory and M-theory, postulate that ... * String theory * Tesseract * Time ==Notes== == References == ...
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  • while composing works such as the string sextet Transfigured Night ... his most revolutionary compositions, the String Quartet No. 2, whose final ...
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  • some original works, including the First String Quartet in 1926. Pound’s ... * String Quartets ==References== * Antheil, George. Bad Boy of Music ...
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  • is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument ... the huqin (胡|胡]]琴) family of bowed string instruments, and the Western ...
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  • The Coasters are a rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll vocal group that had a string of memorable hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin ...
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  • from 1915 to 1923 and played in the Rebner string quartet in 1921 in which ... wrote this piece for solo viola and string orchestra to mark the event ...
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  • ===Late 1960s: string of hits=== As a solo artist, Campbell had moderate success regionally with his first single "Turn Around, Look at Me ...
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  • to nine symphonies, various sonatas, string quartets, and other works ... a "quintet-overture" (D.8), a string quartet (D.2), a second pianoforte ...
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  • " He never treats the Jesus Prayer as a string of syllables whose "surface" or overt verbal meaning is secondary or unimportant. He considers ...
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  • as a difficult star and his long string of commercial failures took ... By 1972 Brando had a string of 11 straight commercial film failures ...
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  • them exclusively on the Russian seven string guitar, often tuned a tone ... "40%" | Fret numbers (bass to tenor string) |- ...
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  • he arranged Bedřich Smetana's String Quartet No. 1, From My Life ... * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos.1-2; Budapest String ...
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  • argument word or words brings about the string conditions that a reduction ... *Harris, Zellig S. 1962. String Analysis of Sentence Structure. Mouton. ...
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  • considered to be his symphonies and string quartets, fifteen of each; ... Shostakovich composed the first of his string quartets. His chamber works ...
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  • Wampum is a string of shell beads often woven into belts and formerly used for ceremonial and treaty purposes by some American indigenous people ...
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  • George II ordered Handel to remove the string parts.date=September 2015 social occasions. Together with the string quartet, the ensemble and ...
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  • A third major effort in theoretical particle physics is string theory. String theorists attempt to construct a unified description of quantum ...
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  • clarinetists usually use windings of string instead of a ligature.) The ... * Clarinet, piano and another instrument (for example, string instrument ...
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  • as demonstrated in early works such as the String Octet, the Overture to A ... of his parents' salon. Twelve string symphonies were produced ...
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  • The melodic instruments include string instruments, (musical bows ... ground. To the end of the pole, attach a string and on the other end of the ...
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  • a strong rhythm section, usually including string bass and drums, medium to ... more loosely tied wind, brass, and later, string and/or vocal sections in ...
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  • *On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet (1909) ... *String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (1908) *Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins ...
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  • status for one album. It was followed by a string of several more platinum ... copies. In the late 1980s, he had a string of hits, including "No ...
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  • * String mires: Flat or concave peatlands with a string-like pattern of hummocks (hence the name), found principally in northern Scandinavia ...
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  • a number of concerti and chamber music including a string quintet in C major which was once thought to have been written by his brother Joseph Haydn. ...
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  • opposed to the double bass, which was called "string bass." It was not uncommon for players to double on both instruments. ...
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  • himself on a Russian guitar—a seven string acoustic guitar favored by the Russian bards. Soon he was giving concerts. He only employed a few ...
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  • looks strange on paper, for instance a single string player versus a large group of brass instruments, can be made to sound, in San Marco, in perfect ...
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  • in the soprano or alto registers. For string players, tremolo is a point ... *String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 (1772) Joseph Martin Kraus ...
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  • == Anthropic principle in string theory == String theory predicts a large number of possible universes, called ...
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  • question. Speculative theories such as string theory predict 10 or 26 dimensions ... Causal sets, loop quantum gravity, string theory, and black hole thermodynamics ...
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  • Haegeum, a string instrument, resembles a violin. [Jangu] and [buk] are drums. Craftsmen make Changgu with a hollow wooden body and two leather ...
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  • The nock serves to keep the arrow in place on the string as the bow is being drawn. Nocks may be simple slots cut in the back of the arrow, or ...
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  • Piano, including the movement later arranged for String Orchestra as Mother and Child (1943) * Danzas de Panama (Dances of Panama) Made up of ...
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  • (Ivan the Terrible) and the second string quartet. However, the Soviet ... *String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50 *Symphonic Song, Op. 57 ...
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  • playing, the bachi is often used to strike both string and skin, creating a highly percussive sound. In kouta ("short song") and occasionally ...
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  • Thus was born Impressionism in music. String Quartet in G Minor and the ... Debussy wrote in smaller, more accessible forms. The String Quartet ...
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  • tissue it creates. Sullivan underwent a long string of operations in attempts to fix her eyesight. Doctors in Tewksbury had made a few attempts to clean ...
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  • opponents scoreless several times during a string of 25 consecutive victories ... the Washington Redskins, where he broke a string of 14 losing seasons. ...
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  • Steppes of Central Asia and the second of two string quartets (in D Major), in which the composer's strong lyricism is represented in the popular ...
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  • Kodály's death, the Kodály Quartet, a string quartet named in Kodály's honour, was formed. ==Selected compositions== * Concerto for ...
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  • country," characterized by a "slapping string bass, twanging lead guitar [and] acoustic rhythm guitar - with plenty of echo." ...
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  • Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) was an American roots rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 70s with a string of successful ...
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  • bending in beams, the 1D vibration of a tense string, approximations to the fluid flow around surfaces (in aeronautics), and the free surface boundary ...
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  • in the reaction. For instance, the string 2H2O + 3CH4 represents a mixture containing two molecules of H2O for every three molecules of CH4. ...
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  • credited with the characteristic Tubb sound of one-string lead guitar picking. From about 1943 to 1948, Short featured clean, clear riffs throughout Tubb ...
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  • desires was to perform with a classical string section. He was a devoted fan of European classical music. Contemporaries reported that he was ...
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  • were the entire backing track, with session string players being rather common. K. C. Boyle, [https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/without ...
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  • Harp (ca. 1923), was what he dubbed "string piano"—rather than ... major chamber pieces, the Mosaic Quartet (String Quartet No. 3) (1935), is ...
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  • *1160 Saint Rosalia is buried with a string of prayer beads ... Although counting the prayers on a string of beads is customary, the ...
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  • the core of this repertoire, including the three string quartets, a clarinet quintet, two string sextets, the C minor piano quartet op. 60, a piano quintet ...
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  • Finch, KC and the Sunshine Band had a string of disco-definitive, top ... Drums, Drum machine, horn section, string section, orchestral solo ...
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  • including some church music, a number of string quartets, and some orchestral ... Donizetti composed about 75 operas, 16 symphonies, 19 string quartets ...
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  • depend on the type of wave. Waves on a string have an amplitude expressed in terms of distance (meters); sound waves, as pressure (in pascals ...
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  • at James Mundell's academy, followed by a string of private tutors before being sent by his father at the age of 13 to the city's University ...
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  • which are propositions. Sentences are a string of written signs or audible sounds uttered. The question arises whether there is some kind of ...
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  • would come to be known as a "string piano" technique. When the United States entered the war in 1917, he enlisted into a United States ...
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  • arc volcanoes. Although each will appear as a string of volcanic islands, island arcs are formed by the subduction of converging tectonic plates ...
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  • returned to the ring, earning an impressive string of victories at the age of 31. Walcott beat top heavyweights such as Joe Baksi, Lee Q. Murray, Curtis ...
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  • Specialized pitch pipes are also sold for string players, such as violinists ... and many other instruments, notably string instruments, to give the ...
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  • or added and the leaves are usually bound with string in a small bundle and dried. Some other herbs and spices that are often used include cilantro, ...
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  • #039; lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter. A string of major hits followed, some of which became anthems of the Civil Rights Movement and played ...
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  • between music and physics, for example string theory, means that this view ... * String instruments generate a sound when the string is plucked, ...
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  • formulas, mentions the veena (plucked string instrument) as an accompaniment ... variety of delightfully primitive- looking string instruments, including the ...
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  • in small groups of people using a Russian (seven string) guitar; rarely if ever would they be accompanied by other musicians or singers. Those who would ...
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  • young kittens, are known for their love of string play. Many cats cannot resist a dangling piece of string, or a piece of rope drawn randomly ...
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  • are predicted by the standard model and string theory, but an analogous ... Alternative ideas for dark energy have come from string theory, brane ...
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  • dwarf bean, green bean, kidney bean, navy bean, string bean, etc.). Lysine is often used as a dietary supplement. == Biosynthesis == ...
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  • in Mathura. The rudra veena, an ancient string instrument, is used in instrumental ... Hindustani classical music. The veena, a string instrument, was traditionally ...
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  • Forsythia sticks are used to bow a Korean string instrument called ajaeng. Forsythias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera ...
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  • A String Quartet in C Minor was discovered decades after Bruckner's death, but it appears that it is only of interest as a student composition ...
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  • In the mid 1950s, Leiber and Stoller created a string of ground-breaking, humorous hits for The Coasters, including "Young Blood," ...
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  • so on. Nevertheless, he continued to ask Bryan a string of questions regarding Jonah and the whale, Joshua's making the sun stand still, and the ...
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  • The walls of the fort have a smooth design, articulated by heavy string-courses along the upper section. They open at two major gates, the Delhi ...
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  • papier-mâché, tubing, dyed nets, and dangling string. Returning to New York City in 1965, she began working in the materials that would become ...
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  • * String Quartet (1931) * Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1932) ===Piano=== * Poem (1925) * Poem (1926) * Waltz-Etude (1926) * Andantino (1926) ...
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  • three movements, a practice seen first in string quartets and symphonies, ... The four-movement layout was by this point standard for the string ...
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  • beauty of her dancing, her bourees like a string of pearls, as the ballet writer Cyril Beaumont put it. For the rest of her life, she toured the ...
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  • This does a better job in explaining bowed string vibration over Helmholtz ... * "The Small Motion at the Nodes of a Vibrating String," ...
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  • radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead ...
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  • * The wampum is a string or belt made of white whelk-shell beads and black or purple sewant beads. The wampum is used for ceremonies, to record ...
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  • journal, the United States against a string of charges brought against ... the Works of James Fenimore Cooper. Shoe String Printing, 1978. ISBN 978 ...
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  • * Andante Festivo for string orchestra (1925/1930) ===Other works=== ... * Voces intimae Op.56, string quartet (1909) * Jääkärimarssi (1915) ...
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  • (duet) with Ali Akbar Khan, who played the string instrument sarod.Lavezzoli ... quick and short deviations of the playing string and his sound creation through ...
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  • writings on music mention the drum (nor the string instrument, sitar). Another common historical narrative portrays the tabla as being thousands of years ...
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  • is measured as 10 newtons when suspended by a string in a vacuum. Suppose that when the rock is lowered by the string into water, it displaces water ...
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  • system or set of subject headings) or a string formatted in accordance with a formal notation (e.g., "2000-12-31" as the standard expression ...
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  • rock-and-roll recording to include a string orchestra. "This Magic Moment," "Save The Last Dance For Me," and "I Count ...
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  • worldwide. In 1971, Sticky Fingers began a string of eight consecutive studio ... using open tunings, most prominently a 5-string open-G tuning, as heard on ...
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  • a Roman North Africa did not last however, and a string of incompetent military leaders left the region open to invasion from the Germanic barbarian ...
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  • similar to a banjo), and riti or riiti (a one-string bowed instrument similar to a violin), in addition to vocal music. The well known Senegalese Fula ...
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  • the ball up and down as if it were a yo-yo on a string. ==External links== All links retrieved December 9, 2023. *[http://www.ecxoc.com/chick/ ...
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  • orchestra evolved, the woodwind, brass and string compliments also had four ... tenons are wrapped either in cork or waxed string to provide a tight air seal ...
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  • in competition with Kentucky Fried Chicken. A string of Minnie Pearl fried chicken outlets thus opened in white neighborhoods, with Mahalia Jackson ...
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  • her future husband Ike Turner, Tina had a string of hits in the 1960s and ... Ike and Tina Turner recorded a string of hits in the 1960s, including ...
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  • learned to read Braille. He also played in a local string band there. Around this time, Davis broke his left wrist from a fall suffered when he ...
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  • antique natural pearl jewelry and “The Boss’s String of Pearls,” a necklace of 49 large pearls which Mikimoto himself selected over a period of ...
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  • were found to be under-reporting profits from a string of vending machines located throughout the eastern United States. While the amount stolen from ...
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  • vihuela and the guitar), adding a fifth string to it, and set the foundations ... century the favored guitar became the six string single-coursed guitar which ...
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  • #039; by Stephen Hough, the Quintet for Piccolo and String Quartet by Graham Waterhouse, and Malambo for piccolo, double bass, and piano by Miguel del ...
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  • they sometimes played in an impromptu string quartet. Mozart's six ... the solo concerto, chamber music including string quartet and string quintet ...
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  • is of great significance. Brahmā also holds a string of rosary beads that he uses to keep track of time. He is usually pictured sitting upon a lotus ...
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  • Quintet, once in the late 1930s with the Budapest String Quartet and once in the middle 1950s with the Boston Symphony Orchestra String Quartet; he also ...
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  • Monofilament line is a thin string made from a single fiber. Most fishing line is made from monofilament because of its strength, availability ...
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  • and four standalone suites scored for a string quartet or a typical French ... techniques employed very infrequently. The string ensemble is typical for the ...
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  • as the model in designing the various wind and string instruments that make up the modern orchestra. However, neither hand-made nor factory-made instruments ...
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  • are connected along their top edges to a long string or thread. They commonly hang on a diagonal line from high to low between two objects (e.g. ...
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  • written for the piano but later arranged for string orchestra). His smaller scale pieces are the most successful musically. The Piano Concerto, though ...
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  • present, and its use in samba popularized the 7-string variation, because of the highly sophisticated counterpoint lines used in the genre in the lower ...
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  • A string of prestigious academic appointments soon followed. In 1898 he was appointed external examiner in Victoria University, Manchester, England; ...
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  • to a large codebook which linked a random string of characters or numbers to a word or phrase. For example, “UQJHSE” could be the code for ...
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  • Thus, the complex link string is reduced to, [Wikipedia]. This contributes to a clean, easy-to-read text or document. When the cursor hovers over ...
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  • Her string of successes came to a halt with her last MGM release, the unsuccessful Jupiter's Darling (1955). Now a freelancer, Williams ...
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  • hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably ... 039;-lanterns, scarecrows, witches, orange string-lights; inflatable decorations ...
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  • to court a wider audience by using pop-sounding, string-laced arrangements, a style that would come to be known as the Nashville sound. ...
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  • which could be played like a regular six-string electric guitar but which ... These trebly, jangly tones (often using 12-string guitars) or highly distorted ...
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  • cuatro, and ukulele, and the number of string pairs on a mandolin. * Typically there are four movements in a classical symphony or string ...
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  • skilled horseman. He reportedly possessed a string of fine ponies, most probably obtained from the Crow or other enemies. When Lone Horn, Si Tanka's ...
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  • Amongst the missing works are some string sextets and a full-scale orchestral symphony, quite different from the Symphony for piano solo in ...
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  • to music. The later piano music and string quartets, especially, showed the way to a completely unexplored musical universe. The writer, critic ...
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  • Panizzi held a string of posts at the British Museum Library: first Assistant Librarian (1831-1837), then Keeper of Printed Books (1837-1856 ...
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  • formed Jaclyn Stable that owned and raced a string of thoroughbred race horses. Paley purchased Major League Baseball's New York Yankees ...
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  • Indian film music framework the harmonies and string arrangements intrinsic to Western classical music. S. Venkatraman. "Film music: the ...
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  • of China, playing the dizi as well as the four-string fiddle sihu in local song and dance groups, folksongs and stilt dances. He also introduced errentai ...
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  • in the mid to late 1960s, with a string of Mayfield compositions that included "Keep On Pushin'," "People Get Ready," ...
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  • of France and the Low Countries. This string-pulling provoked resentment ... Italian component of which had suffered a string of defeats at the hands of ...
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  • centre of the Isle of Arran. Named the 'String road', this route traverses bleak and difficult terrain to allow traffic to cross from east ...
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  • A string of records released from 1965 (“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”) through 1968 (“Say It Loud, I’m Black and Proud) served to define ...
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  • of their work, or it not being canonical to string theory, in what amounts to intellectual censorship. Archive Freedom, [http://www.archivefreedom ...
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  • pennant with a 21-11, 2.69 record, and began a string of five consecutive seasons leading the National League (NL) in wins. In the World Series, he won ...
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  • embrasures, machicolations and string courses. Four gates provide access on its four sides, one Khizri gate" opening to the river. ...
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  • his first work without keyboards: his "String Quartet No. 1" was written for the Orion String Quartet and performed by them at 2004's ...
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  • sound that would be featured on an unprecedented string of 34 chart singles, 15 of which made the top 40, with sales of over 100 million worldwide. ...
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  • with a single keyboard and only one string for each note) for his seventh birthday, which they moved into the attic and he went there to play ...
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  • musician. At first joruri was accompanied by a four-string biwa (Japanese lute); after the introduction of the three-stringed, plucked samisen (or shamisen ...
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  • when it was written only for plucked string instruments (pizzicato) resulting ... 'bajo-sexto', a lower-pitched 12-string guitar. Duranguense polka ...
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  • were 16 straight wins (1912); a string of 56 scoreless innings, and a 36-7 (1.09 earned run average) mark in 1913; five wins, three of them shutouts ...
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  • voice or increasingly via an encoded message string that the central station decodes. These may connect to the regular phone system on the system ...
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  • career focused along secular lines. He had a string of R&B hits, including "Cry to Me," "If You Need Me (Call Me)," "Tonight ...
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  • he has met Odysseus who has said that whoever can string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe-heads in a row will be able to marry Penelope ...
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  • arranger Larry Harlow. The Fania team released a string of successful singles, performing live after forming the Fania All Stars in 1971. One of their ...
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  • * Woit, Peter. Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2006. ISBN 0465092756 ...
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  • was particularly precocious, and wrote two string quartets, a string octet and orchestral music before even leaving his teens. Chopin focused ...
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  • of his thrilling live performances and a string of smash hits. In spite of ... Brown followed this success with a string of singles that, along with ...
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  • * Sheep gut was the original source for natural gut string used in racquets, such as for tennis. Today, synthetic strings are much more common ...
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  • detail: a botanical specimen, a string of prayer beads, or a crystal carafe. The Concert of Angels-Nativity panel is known as one of the great ...
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  • * Serenade in C for String Orchestra, Op. 48 – 1880 :The first movement ... * String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 – 1871 * Variations on ...
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  • " that is, they sometimes shoot a string of goals that is markedly ... this is an unlikely outcome, and that a string of several heads (or making ...
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  • aerial passers-by. It may prove necessary to string nets or wires above the surface. A pond usually includes a pump and filtration system to keep the ...
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  • He was named to ten All-American rosters that year, first string on six of them, including those of Look and the American Football Coach's ...
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  • form of a closed curve such as a loop of string which is able to encompass ... the complete solution of the problem of a string vibrating transversely; in ...
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  • num=504 Sousa: The Fifth String] * [http://www.oldfashionedamericanhumor.com/the-feast-of-the-monkeys.html The Feast of the Monkeys] ...
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  • about the consequences of certain string manipulation rules. For example, in the "game" of Euclidean geometry (which is seen as consisting ...
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  • chanted to the accompaniment of a samisen (three-string Japanese guitar), often with drums and flutes added; and Confucian themes of right and wrong. ...
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  • Lyric Suite (seemingly a big influence on the String Quartet No. 3 of Béla Bartók), Three Pieces for Orchestra, and the Chamber Concerto for violin ...
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  • young pop group—originally a old-timey "string band" in Los Angeles—into collaboration from many famous bluegrass and country-western ...
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  • brass bass had been replaced by John Kirby’s string bass, a key element in the formation of a lighter, yet equally powerful and swinging sound. It ...
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  • famous with Microcom's MNP systems. A string of MNP standards came out ... really possible for the modem to know if a string is a command or data. When ...
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  • Gershwin, in which he sang the names of a whole string of Russian composers at breakneck speed, seemingly without taking a breath. ...
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  • and praise-worthy extension...a circular string of chapels, by virtue of ... praiseworthy extensions," the "string of chapels," and "luminous ...
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  • front is open but tied at the bottom with a simple string knot, exposing the wrestler’s chest. According to legend, on one occasion a wrestler defeated ...
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  • The string in France has reached breaking point. A mass breakthrough--which in any case is beyond our means--is unnecessary. Within our reach ...
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  • During this time he composed his best operas, string quartets, piano ... The string quartet in E minor From My Life is an autobiographical ...
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  • sexual relations. In the early 1950s, he had a string of memorable Broadway productions, with one of these, Picnic, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. With ...
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  • the wave moves. By contrast, the waves on a string are transverse waves, meaning that the vibrations are perpendicular to the direction in which ...
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  • at the time. These instruments included string and brass ensembles, Indian ... Beginning with the use of a string quartet (arranged by George Martin ...
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  • in a vast but almost empty desert. The string of oases leading from Siwa to Kufra and Borku were cultivated by the Senussites, and trade with ...
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  • * Lullaby (1929), a meditative piece for string quartet * Second Rhapsody (1932), for piano and orchestra, based on the score for a musical sequence ...
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  • *The Incredible String Band *The Corrs *The Waterboys ==References== *Matteo, Stephen. Dylan: The Life and Music of America's Folk-Rock Icon ...
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  • U.S.A." Her success continued with another string of top tens, such as "We Missed You," "Will Your Lawyer Talk to God," "I ...
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  • goats and new vegetation. As a result, the string tree (Acalypha rubrinervis ... of New Zealand flax for rope and string. St Helena's economy ...
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  • sales, successful play productions and a string of film adaptations, backed ... of the Empire. He left behind a long string of angry former hosts, and ...
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  • his son as an assistant. On his end of the string he attached a key and tied ... lightning which appears to break up into a string of short, bright sections ...
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  • *String Quartet in F (1903) *Schéhérazade (orchestral song cycle, 1903) *Sonatine (piano, 1903-1905) *Miroirs (Mirrors) ** III. Une barque sur ...
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  • infantry units were largely responsible for the string of British success on Long Island and across New Jersey in 1776. So impressed with this notion ...
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  • songs. There are numerous Polynesian string bands which play at restaurants, hotels, and concerts that combine modern electronics with traditional ...
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