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6 days ago · Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Learn about the history of music and about theories of musical meaning since the 19th century.
- Music Summary
music, Art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental...
- Musical Composition
musical composition, the act of conceiving a piece of music,...
- Japanese Music
Japanese music, the art concerned with combining vocal or...
- Chinese Music
Chinese music, art form of organized vocal and instrumental...
- Symphony
From the mid-16th century, symphonia (and related spellings)...
- Aleatory
aleatory music, (aleatory from Latin alea, “dice”),...
- Choral Music
choral music, music sung by a choir with two or more voices...
- Drum
Giant frame drums were used in the temples of ancient Sumer,...
- African Music
The cultures of the “Green Sahara” left behind a vast...
- Music Summary
5 days ago · The 20th century saw a revolution in music listening as the radio gained popularity worldwide and new media and technologies were developed to record, edit and distribute music. Music performances became increasingly visual with the broadcast and recording of performances.
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May 21, 2024 · Twentieth-Century Chamber Music by James McCalla Features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ...
- Catherine Langholff
- 2019
4 days ago · The music of the Romantic era, from roughly the first decade of the 19th century to the early 20th century, was characterized by increased attention to an extended melodic line, as well as expressive and emotional elements, paralleling romanticism in other art forms.
5 days ago · Neoclassical music written by composers in the first half of the 20th century aimed to restore the link to musical tradition following a wave of musical experimentation at the beginning of the 20th century. The composers did not want to ignore developments in music after the Classical Period but wanted to reintroduce a clear form, a tonal ...
- Peter Hann
3 days ago · After the Industrial Revolution, true folk music began to disappear, and the popular music of the Victorian era and the early 20th century was that of the music hall and vaudeville, with its upper reaches dominated by waltz music and operettas. In the United States, minstrel shows performed the compositions of songwriters such as Stephen Foster.
May 11, 2024 · Historically, electronic music is one aspect of the larger development of 20th-century music strongly characterized by a search for new technical resources and modes of expression.
