Search results for "Music composition" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Fioravanti at 18 months, began studying music theory at two, the piano ... of the old school of Italy. Having learned music from his grandfather whom ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- Canon Muzzillo. As he had shown talent for music, Jommelli was enrolled in ... of admission, his first known church music, a five-voice fugue a cappella ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions ... victim to a number of quacks. The only music he heard in his youthful ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- an American composer of European classical music. He is widely regarded as ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- a crucial figure in the history of music. His work bridged the "old ... he followed an inventive approach to music composition. While his inventions ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- contributions to Protestant Church music in the second half of the ... this time he was trained by his father in music on the keyboard and organ ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 19:22, 26 November 2023
- Swing refers to both a special quality of jazz music (and some related ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- 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
