Search results for "Musical composition" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Commenting on the art of composing, he remarked, "A composition ... finding private tutors in classical composition. One of his teachers was ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- word of Russian. Although he had almost no musical education, Khachaturian ... I wanted to write the kind of composition in which the public would ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- to changes in tempo, timbre, and other musical parameters. ... tonality than the home key, and the composition may continue naturally ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- the melodic and harmonic lines of a composition for emphasis and expression. ... a theoretical book, The Craft of Musical Composition, in which he ranks ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- German opera and continuing the excellent musical direction of modern symphonies ... of each section and movement of a composition, and receiving from each ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- of the cathedral there. Soon Dufay's musical gifts were noticed by the ... in Ferrara, some of the most important musical patrons of the Renaissance ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 2023
- given the lack of abrupt shifts in musical thinking during the fifteenth ... the parts are derived canonically from one musical line. ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- The circumstances surrounding the composition of Messiah stand as ... was permitted to take lessons in musical composition and keyboard techniques ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- ) is a type of counterpoint or contrapuntal composition. It begins ... or even fully natural mode of musical composition. Nevertheless, the ...30 KB (4,799 words) - 07:12, 15 April 2024
- Ragtime is an American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity ... a syncopated melody in the right hand. A composition in this style is called ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- to do the same. His most popular composition is the Romanian Rhapsody ... … a piece deserves to be called a musical composition only if it has a line ...17 KB (2,378 words) - 12:09, 11 August 2021
- in the music's conception and composition according to the norms ... The Mass, as a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- notational systems. Frescobaldi offered musical rewards in the intrinsic ... his characteristically sporadic style of composition, and the receding hairline ...5 KB (689 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- difficult to decide between playing and composition. Certainly other professionals ... Meyerbeer left Paris for Berlin in 1842 to take the post of Court ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 20:19, 14 December 2023
- This simpler melodic and harmonic composition allowed an emphasis on ... relative. He clearly received an excellent musical education, probably at a ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- in Madrid, piano with José Tragó, and composition with Felipe Pedrell. In ... The narrative of his well-know composition El amor brujo deals with ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- conventions to create an original American musical style recognized as a precursor ... Joplin emerged as a ground-breaking musical innovator. Joplin (along ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- 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
- interests in music led him to assemble a musical entourage consisting of ... was as a result of this meeting that the Musical Offering (BWV 1079) was ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 19:22, 26 November 2023
- the study of piano, piano pedagogy, and composition at the Franz Liszt Academy ... and was often seen as a modernist in his musical taste; he and his compatriot ...5 KB (713 words) - 07:07, 15 April 2024
- to the piano. One of the most talented musical child prodigies of all time ... Conservatory, where he studied organ and composition, the latter under Fromental ...18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- quality of jazz music (and some related musical genres) and a specific period ... more detailed and organized type of musical composition and musical notation ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- Ives took an open-minded approach to musical theory, encouraging his ... and to a large degree continued the musical experimentation begun by ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- is opposed to "successive composition," where voices were ... These musical innovations appeared in a greater context of societal ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- incorporated more freedom into their musical composition and begun to blend ... with a wider usage of African musical composition and instrument mixed ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- publication—some motets (a polyphonic composition usually in three parts ... The Gonzaga family was under the musical guidance of a Flemish composer ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- values which combined his prodigious musical talent and his growing personal ... he withdrew into private study and composition for the remainder of his ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is an integer musical notation used ... and by further extension most subsequent musical styles. ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- but never took formal lessons in composition. Nonetheless, he began ... 039;s commentary on trends in modern musical composition at the time (the mid ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- the term applies to a form of large-scale musical 'argument', and ... by the time of Bach and Handel, such a composition drew apart from the sonata ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- His musical setting of the Finnish saga “Kalevala” is a particularly ... Sibelius used each one to work out a musical idea and/or to further develop ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin. The ... of Music, he studied piano and composition as well. At 20 years of ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- into a poor family and thus denied the musical education considered mandatory ... fell into despair, vowing to give up musical composition forever. Merelli intervened ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- 10, 1965) was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher ... constraints imposed by a prewritten musical composition. ...28 KB (4,110 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- conductors outside of the Austro-Hungarian musical sphere to recognize and ... He studied in the Cologne conservatory, learning piano and composition ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- which generates a stability to the musical composition. Chord composition ... as “the common practice” in musical composition in the Western music ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... be obvious from listening. Authoritative musical information about a piece ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of ... reading ability, and having a trained musical ear. A strong foundation ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 22:58, 14 May 2020
- Carl Maria von Weber's work, especially in musical theatre, greatly ... of Holstein; later he held a number of musical directorships, and in 1787 ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- Ugly Woman." Their first hit composition was "Hard Times, ... of Smokey Joe's Cafe, a 1995 Broadway musical based on their work. The ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- wider context of presenting that opera or musical drama as a symbol of the ... Italy, was a child prodigy from a highly musical family, not unusual for ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- his childhood family was extremely musical, and frequently sang together ... would have no chance to obtain any serious musical training. It was for this ...31 KB (4,893 words) - 21:50, 6 May 2024
- ) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and ... the Russian Empire. He displayed unusual musical abilities by the age of ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- a childbirth—and probably also his first musical serenade, Endimione, on ... if he would devote his talents to musical drama. In La Romanina's ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- deep faith, Dvořák often attributed his musical talents as being "a ... Dvořák's parents recognized his musical talent early, and he received ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ... believed that the preservation of the musical heritage of his native England ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- His musical innovations and expertise influenced a wide range of musicians ... music, helping spark his interest in musical composition. He also spent several ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- pieces fit this description, with some musical romanticism producing strong ... becoming more prevalent and as a result musical style underwent changes ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- In the history of Western musical tradition, the evolution of symphony ... of four proportionate groups of similar musical instruments, generally appearing ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- their own color). The use of folklore for musical motifs was guided by the ... family, Rimsky-Korsakov showed musical ability from an early age ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
