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Adams, John
Alice Cotter
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
John AdamsIntroductionAmerican composer John Coolidge Adams (b. 1947, Worcester, MA) has created some of the most provocative artistic statements of o...
Afghanistan, Music in
Mark Slobin
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Music in AfghanistanIntroductionThe literature on the musics of the peoples of Afghanistan is recent and small. Due to the cross-regional setting, Afg...
Air de Cour
Michael Bane
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-01-11
Air de CourIntroductionThe air de cour (courtly song) is a genre of secular vocal music produced in France during the late 16th and first half of the ...
Albéniz, Isaac
Walter A. Clark
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Isaac AlbénizIntroductionIsaac Albéniz y Pascual (b. 29 May 1860–d. 18 May 1909) was born and flourished during a period of simultaneous imperial decl...
American Minstrel Music
Thomas Riis
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
American Minstrel MusicIntroductionThe American minstrel show began as a distinct category of theatrical entertainment in the northern and western par...
American Music Theory, 1955–2017
David Forrest, Severine Neff, John Reef
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
American Music Theory, 1955–2017IntroductionSince ancient Greece, the discipline of music theory has offered explanations for the nature of musical ph...
Analysis
David Damschroder
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
AnalysisIntroductionActive engagement with music often triggers a curiosity to know how compositions work and what distinguishes various styles and ge...
Anikulapo-Kuti, Fela
Alaba Ilesanmi
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Fela Anikulapo-KutiIntroductionAn astute dissident activist, political force, and iconoclast, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (b. 1938–d. 1997), popularly called ...
Armstrong, Louis
William Bauer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
Louis ArmstrongIntroductionA towering figure in cultural history, Louis Armstrong transformed music and society. His contributions as jazz trumpeter a...
Asia, Southeast
Christi-Anne Castro
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Southeast Asia Introduction Southeast Asia is comprised of ten countries. Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam are part of the mainl...
Babbitt, Milton
Zachary Bernstein
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-01-12
Milton BabbittIntroductionMilton Babbitt (b. 1916–d. 2011) was one of 20th-century America’s leading composers and a foundational figure in contempora...
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Darrell Berg
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Introduction The life and works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (b. 1714–d. 1788) occupy a peculiar position in music hi...
Bach, Johann Christian
Paul Corneilson
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Johann Christian BachIntroductionJohann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1685–d. 1750), was one of the originators of the...
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Stephen A. Crist, Derek Stauff
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Johann Sebastian BachIntroductionJohann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of European art music. Durin...
Ballet Music
Matilda Ann Butkas Ertz
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
Ballet MusicIntroductionResearch on ballet music has seen steady growth in recent decades within the field of musicology and in interdisciplinary work...
Barber, Samuel
Jeffrey Wright
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Samuel Barber Introduction Samuel Barber, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, knew from an early age that he wanted to compose music. ...
Baroque Music
Tim Carter
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Baroque Music Introduction “Baroque” is a style-period in music conventionally identified as the 17th century and the first half of the 18th, i...
Bartók, Béla
Lynn Hooker, Peter Laki, Alexis Witt
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Béla BartókIntroductionBéla Bartók (b. 1881–d. 1945) was one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century, particularly from outside th...
Beatles, The
Ian Inglis
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Beatles Introduction The Beatles (John Lennon, 1940–1980, rhythm guitar and vocals; Paul McCartney, 1942–, bass guitar and vocals; George Harr...
Beethoven, Ludwig van
John D. Wilson
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
Ludwig van BeethovenIntroductionFew if any other composers in the history of European art music have inspired more words on paper than Ludwig van Beet...
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