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- Philosophy | Religion | History | Biography | Politics | Social Sciences ... Physical Sciences | Life Sciences | Art, Music, Literature, Sports ...1 KB (162 words) - 15:02, 27 June 2021
- – May 15, 1609) was an Italian composer of vocal music who lived during ... were and that remain popular for their ease of singing and performing. Croce ...6 KB (867 words) - 20:36, 29 August 2021
- 1586) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle ... his goals and slowly expanded his world of relationships and issues. ...6 KB (961 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- The chromatic scale is the scale that contains all twelve pitches ... All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ...5 KB (783 words) - 21:50, 10 December 2023
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... While most authorities stress the African roots of calypso, in his ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- – June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was ... He was born in Paris; however, biographical details of his life are ...5 KB (748 words) - 03:56, 24 November 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
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin ... piano or by the horn section. The presence of vocals, especially a catchy ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related ... The kantele has a long history in Finnish balladry and is experiencing ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- Bach and is often considered to be one of the most important composers ... going to Venice from 1609-1613 to study music with Giovanni Gabrieli. He ...6 KB (981 words) - 08:32, 21 January 2024
- an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians ... He used his extensive knowledge of counterpoint in composing toccatas ...8 KB (1,195 words) - 16:30, 14 November 2021
- as the most significant English composer of his time. Blow's dramatic ... in Nottinghamshire. He became a chorister of the Chapel Royal, and distinguished ...6 KB (993 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999), was a Hall of Fame country music singer and ... In 1954, Snow influenced the directors of the Grand Ole Opry to allow ...7 KB (1,094 words) - 16:10, 22 January 2024
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... For example, the University of Virginia Library provides access to ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- in the percussion family. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths ... Xylophone can refer to western style concert xylophones or to one ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- 12, 1674) was an Italian composer and one of the most celebrated masters ... He made significant contributions to the advancement of dramatic musical ...7 KB (995 words) - 20:11, 26 May 2021
- composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost ... Morley was one of the first composers of madrigals to utilize the ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- in Moscow, Russia, which gives performances of ballet and opera. The theater ... ==Significance of the Name== The name comes from the Russian word, ...6 KB (876 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... In music history serenades have been composed for ensembles of many ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- A madrigal is a setting for two or more voices of a secular text, ... Its rise started with the Primo libro di Madrigali of Philippe Verdelot ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022