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Bach, Johann Sebastian
Stephen A. Crist
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Johann Sebastian Bach Introduction Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of European art mus...
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...
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...
Berlioz, Louis-Hector
Julian Rushton
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Louis-Hector Berlioz Introduction Louis-Hector Berlioz (b. 1803–d. 1869) was the most important French composer of the early- to mid-19th centu...
Bernstein, Leonard
Katherine Baber
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Leonard Bernstein Introduction Leonard Bernstein (b. 1918–d. 1990) was a Renaissance man of the 20th century: composer, conductor, educator, pe...
Brahms, Johannes
George S. Bozarth
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Johannes Brahms Introduction The secondary literature on Johannes Brahms (b. 1833–d. 1897) has long focused on discussion of aspects of his lif...
Brass Instruments
Trevor Herbert
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Brass Instruments Introduction The general heading “brass instruments” is better, if less elegantly, described by the common organological defi...
Brazil
Suzel Ana Reily
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Brazil Introduction Brazil is commonly represented as a land of music. Indeed, the soundscapes of this vast country are rich and enticing, high...
Britten, Benjamin
Heather Wiebe
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Benjamin Britten Introduction Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) was a British composer, performer, and conductor. To some extent, he resisted the av...
Buxtehude, Dieterich
Markus Rathey
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Dieterich Buxtehude Introduction Dieterich Buxtehude (b. c. 1637–d. 1707) was one of the leading German composers in the 17th century. During ...
Byrd, William
Kerry McCarthy
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
William Byrd Introduction William Byrd (b. c. 1540–d. 1623) was the most versatile and prolific of English Renaissance composers. His musical c...
Chamber Music
John Baron
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Chamber Music Introduction Chamber music is music for a small ensemble of solo instruments that is sophisticated and performed in an intimate s...
China
Joseph S.C. Lam
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
China Introduction Chinese music constitutes a tremendously complex and expansive phenomenon; like the renowned Yellow River of China, it flows...
Cold War Music
Peter Schmelz
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Cold War Music Introduction Contemporary music undeniably received attention during the Cold War—roughly the period between 1945 and 1991, fro...
Corelli, Arcangelo
Gregory Barnett
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Arcangelo Corelli Introduction Arcangelo Corelli (b. 1653–d. 1713) composed just six published opuses of instrumental music (trio sonatas, solo...
Counterpoint
Denis Collins
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Counterpoint Introduction Counterpoint is the combination of simultaneously sounding musical lines, each of which is of significance in itself...
Couperin, François
David Tunley
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
François Couperin Introduction François Couperin (b. 1688–d. 1733) was the most famous member of a French dynasty of musical Couperins stretch...
Du Fay, Guillaume
Robert Nosow
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Guillaume Du Fay Introduction Guillaume Du Fay (b. c. 1397–d. 1474) was the most important composer in Europe during the fifty years from 1420...
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