Search results for "Composition (music)" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- who became the leading exponent of ragtime music. Ragtime combined African ... In an era when African-American music was known largely through demeaning ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- – January 1, 1997) was a country and folk music singer-songwriter, performer ... He emerged in the late sixties among the renaissance in country music ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- world many works which expanded symphonic music into compositional forms ... faith." For Bruckner, like Bach, music served the purpose of praising ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- operas, oratorios, symphonies, chamber music, and concertos. Dvořák ... melodies into his symphonic and chamber music. Among his most widely recognized ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- Although he started by composing religious music, his operas have secular ... Italy, into a family with a long history of music. Only five years old when ...15 KB (2,301 words) - 18:54, 21 May 2024
- for his knowledge of the orchestral music of German operas, the libretto ... of each section and movement of a composition, and receiving from each ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- journalism, literature, and musical composition; Pulitzer fellowships ... include the creation of awards in poetry, music and photography, and the ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- in the entertainment arts, for example, in music, theater and dance. ... Improvisation is an important aspect of music in general. Musical ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- and/or instruments in a polychoral composition. In typical eighteenth ... performance, or for rehearsing a cappella music. While Eastern Orthodox churches ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- . Many of Machaut's poems are without music, and Machaut stated clearly ... Machaut's principles of poetry, music and rhetoric. ...12 KB (1,975 words) - 20:06, 20 June 2024
- in 1874, Verdi responded with the composition of his "Messa da ... homage. The composer had instructed that no music be played at his funeral; ...21 KB (3,371 words) - 14:28, 22 May 2024
- of a tonal center or atonality. This music which turned away from the ... not interest him, Scriabin failed his composition class and did not graduate ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- (later anthologised on Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1) which showcased ... not sell in significant numbers, and his music was still regarded as too ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- recording label of him performing his own music as well as works from the ... apparent. Further inspiration included the music of Mily Balakirev, Mussorgsky ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 10:00, 26 January 2023
- over 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
