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16 hours ago · Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted.
16 hours ago · "Just the Way You Are" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. It is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010). The song was written by Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton and Needlz and produced by the former three, under their alias, the Smeezingtons along with Needlz.
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16 hours ago · American composer Amy Beach (1867–1944) was commissioned by the Board of Lady Managers of the fair to compose a choral work (Festival Jubilate, op. 17) for the opening of the Woman's Building. Sousa's Band played concerts in the south bandstand on the Great Plaza, 25 May to 28 June 1893.
- 690 acres (280 hectares)
- Historical Expo
- Universal exposition
- World's Columbian Exposition
16 hours ago · Rock Stylistic origins Rock and roll blues electric blues rhythm and blues soul jazz American folk and western rockabilly folk country Cultural origins 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, US, UK Typical instruments Guitar bass drums keyboards piano Derivative forms New wave post-progressive progressive pop Subgenres Acid rock alternative rock arena rock art rock beat music Christian rock death rock ...
- 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
- Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
16 hours ago · October 3 – Jerzy Żurawlew (93), pianist, conductor, teacher, and founder of the International Chopin Piano Competition. October 25 – Virgil Fox (68), organist (cancer) October 27 – Steve Peregrin Took (31), bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex later a solo artist/frontman (asphyxiation)
16 hours ago · Overview and definition "Modernism" is a cultural movement that impacts both the arts and the broader zeitgeist.It is commonly described as a system of thought and behavior marked by self-consciousness or self-reference, prevalent within the avant-garde of various arts and disciplines.
