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The music of Laos includes the music of the Lao people, a Tai ethnic group, and other ethnic groups living in Laos. The traditional music of Laos has similarities with the traditional music of Thailand and Cambodia, including the names of the instruments and influences and developments. To categorize Lao music, it seems helpful to distinguish ...
Many harmonica histories begin around 1100 B.C. with the sheng, a Chinese instrument featuring a bundle of bamboo tubes attached to a curving pipe. The instrument contains a free reed, a strip of ...
Harmony Twichell. . ( m. 1908) . Charles Edward Ives ( / aɪvz /; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American actuary, businessman, and modernist composer. [1] Ives was amongst the earliest American internationally renowned composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. [2] His music was largely ignored during his early career, and ...
William Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and began composing at the age of five. At Aberystwyth University Mathias was a member of the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers and wrote 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' for them in 1954. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under ...
The English organ: how it evolved through history - Classical ...
The symphonic organ is a style of pipe organ that flourished during the first three decades of the 20th century in town halls and other secular public venues, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has roots in 19th-century Europe, and is a variation of the classical pipe organ. It features expanded capabilities, with many ...
The American Theatre Organ Society ( ATOS) is an American non-profit organization, dedicated to preserving and promoting the theatre pipe organ and its musical art form. [1] ATOS consists of regional member-chapters, and is led by democratically elected leaders. There are currently over 75 local chapters of ATOS, and membership is made up of ...
