Search results for "European music" - New World Encyclopedia
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- emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ... He also sought to bring contemporary European music to his homeland, specifically ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- In music, syncopation is a stress on a normally unstressed beat, or ... which is used in Son montuno Cuban dance music. Timing can vary, but it ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 18:11, 24 October 2022
- 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 ... to fuse Hungarian folk music with the European music tradition. Due to the ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- 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
- was an Argentinian master composer of European classical music as well ... integrating existing folk melodies into his music, but was far more elemental ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- performer of his own romantic piano music pieces. Though he only lived ... first to introduce American themes into European classical music, the first ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, ... In 1913 the United States was exposed to Cubism and modern European ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- 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
- and audiences through the illustrious music for the piano. ... the more conservative traditions in European music of his time. He had little ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. An ordained priest of the ... and a tremendous contribution to dramatic music; the further development ...7 KB (995 words) - 20:11, 26 May 2021
- occasionally reminiscent of Italian folk music. More generally, his music ... produced some of the most wonderful guitar music ever played, including “Guitar ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 to 1600, and encompassing works such as new pedagogy ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- in present-day Bratislava, Slovakia. His music reflects the transition from ... Hummel, the expressiveness of his piano music showed the attributes of ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... from the regular, straight beats of European music. ===The African ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ... The song was a danzón, descended from European social dances like the English ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- these horns were used in the liturgical music tradition at the Temple of ... akin to today's automobile horn). European predecessors and relatives ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 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
- 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
- development of the Romantic opera in German music and influenced the early ... Italian Opera which had dominated the European music scene since the eighteenth ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- 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
- revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some rock bands ... an instrument that was associated with folk music and buskers. ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- both in English and in other languages. European poets such as the Symbolists ... do a good job."T.S. Eliot, "The Music of Poetry," 1942. Likewise ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- particularly for his waltzes, a form of music he was instrumental in popularizing ... orchestra, specializing in light, danceable music including waltzes, quadrilles ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 2022
- Gospel music is a genre of mostly American music characterized by ... and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... of Paris. Eventually he found the European music scene too supercilious ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 13:20, 30 December 2022
- 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
- The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was a project ... Edward W. Guo, known as Feldmahler, an 18-year-old Canadian music ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 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
- existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. Having trained ... its culture, an as-yet untouched field in European scholarship. In 1784, with ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... quot;rumba rhythm" was popular in European music beginning in the 1500s ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 2022
- from polka, waltzes and other European music. Later periods saw considerable ... vernacular traditions. African American music and all aspects of African ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- to introduce Newtonian ideas to the European public. He also published ... lively intelligence made an impression in European intellectual circles. Voltaire ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- 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
- Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music who was known as an educator ... age of nineteen, and to this he owed his European reputation. From Paris, ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- his later career was largely devoted to gospel music. After serving ... records. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990. He ...12 KB (1,774 words) - 06:08, 27 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
- pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- artist, has had a major impact on the music business. A Grammy Award ... Beginning his career as a gospel music artist and preacher, after ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 01:00, 4 February 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
- the most important field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century ... movement. Lomax's research into folk music roots, systematized in a ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- new sounds. Known as the "bad boy in music" because of his aesthetic ... injured Leo Ornstein, playing Chopin on a European tour. His recitals often ...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
- in Babylonia. A rich tradition of cantorial music flourished in later centuries ... in 70 C.E., a consensus developed that all music and singing would be banned ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- of flamboyant French feeling by composing music that is characterized by ... with the can-can, a physically demanding music hall dance, performed by ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... movement of the 1930s, notably in the folk music of Pete Seeger (1919-2014 ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 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
- Tharp's work encompasses choreography with classical music, jazz ... Times They Are a-Changin, which places the music of Bob Dylan in the context ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He ... meeting important contributors to American music, promoting his vision of ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as one of ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
