Search results for "Variation (music)" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • 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 ...
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  • a Grand Ballet in 4 Acts-8 Scenes, with music by Léon Minkus. It premiered ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:History ...
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  • Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil and is widely ... developed as a distinctive kind of music at the beginning of the twentieth ...
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  • variety characteristic of earlier soul music; technically demanding, melodic ... The most prominent difference between funk and the soul music from ...
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  • In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...
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  • Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did ...
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  • 8, 1890), a composer, organist, and music teacher of Belgian origin ... recapitulated in the final movement. His music is often contrapuntally complex ...
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  • which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... frets, which are movable (allowing fine variation in tuning) and raised ...
    10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
  • Britten once wrote: “It is cruel, you know, that music should be ... day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts ...
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  • and percussion instruments, and the music usually incorporates a strong ... ranging from the traditional martial music of John Philip Sousa and ...
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  • piano concerto in the history of Western music has its antecedent in the ... century in Italy to describe vocal music with instrumental accompaniment; ...
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  • Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... Moreover, another variant of rumba music and dance was popularized ...
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  • made it popular in Western pop and jazz music. == Description == ... tone coloring, and the ability for its variation. Different fingerings, ...
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  • as well as the creative arts, particularly music. Gandharvas also have symbolic ... other special events to create beautiful music for the gods while the Apsaras ...
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  • revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some rock bands ... an instrument that was associated with folk music and buskers. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • As tempo is identified as the basic pace or movement of the music ... metronome to indicate specific tempi in his music. Prior to that time tempo ...
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  • and pianists, used a working man's music to influence the kings and ... Gershwin's music exudes the power of spring-like hope. Unlike ...
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  • In tournament play, a variation called "three-move restriction ... is the "huffing" rule. In this variation, jumping is not mandatory ...
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  • as street hockey. While this is a similar variation to field hockey, there ... Inline hockey is a variation of roller hockey very similar to ice ...
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