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Prokofiev, Sergey
Simon Morrison
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Sergey Prokofiev Introduction Sergey Prokofiev (b. 1891–d. 1953) composed some of the most beloved works in the Western tradition, including Pe...
Puccini, Giacomo
Helen M. Greenwald
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Giacomo Puccini Introduction Giacomo Puccini (b. 1858–d. 1924) composed twelve operas as well as songs, choral compositions, and instrumental w...
Purcell, Henry
Andrew Woolley
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Henry Purcell Introduction Henry Purcell (b. 1659–d. 1695) is considered a major 17th-century composer and a luminary of English musical histor...
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Charles Dill
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Jean-Philippe Rameau Introduction Jean-Philippe Rameau (b. 1683–d. 1764) was trained as a keyboardist. Most of his early career was as church o...
Ravel, Maurice
Deborah Mawer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Maurice Ravel Introduction Maurice Ravel (b.1875–d.1937) was one of the foremost French composers of the first half of the 20th century. He spa...
Renaissance
Kate van Orden
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Renaissance Introduction In the scholarship of Western art music, the Renaissance is understood to comprise the period from approximately 1430 ...
Schnittke, Alfred
Peter Schmelz
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Alfred Schnittke Introduction Alfred Schnittke (Al’fred Garrievič Šnitke, b. 1934–d. 1998), a composer of Jewish-German ancestry born in Russi...
Schumann, Robert
Laura Tunbridge
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Robert Schumann Introduction The compositions and critical writings of Robert Schumann (b. 1810–d. 1856) brought together musical and literary ...
Schütz, Heinrich
Stephen Rose
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Heinrich Schütz Introduction Heinrich Schütz (b. 1585–d. 1672) was the leading German composer of the first half of the 17th century. He was Ka...
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Pauline Fairclough
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Dmitry Shostakovich Introduction Shostakovich’s music and life have been more tightly interconnected in the public imagination than that of alm...
Sibelius, Jean
Daniel M. Grimley
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Jean Sibelius Introduction Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) was a Finnish composer, noted especially for his orchestral works, songs, and theater mus...
Solo Secular Vocal Music
David Tunley
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Solo Secular Vocal Music Introduction Singing being the most natural and spontaneous form of music making, its universal cultivation knows no b...
Stravinsky, Igor
Mark McFarland
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Igor Stravinsky Introduction Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) is arguably the greatest composer of the 20th century. His worldwide fame began with his...
Suite
Bruce Gustafson
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Suite Introduction The French word “suite” derives from “suivre” (“to follow”); thus, it denotes a succession of constituent parts that can be ...
Sustainability, Music
Catherine Grant
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Music Sustainability Introduction The sustainability of music is an emerging—or rather, reemerging—theme in ethnomusicological research. Early...
Symphony
Nicolas Waldvogel
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Symphony Introduction In its simplest definition, a symphony is an extended orchestral work in several movements. The origins of the genre hav...
Technology, Music
Mark Katz, Brian Jones
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Music Technology Introduction Technology is a broadly applied term that can be taken to mean any practical application of scientific knowledge...
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Eric Saylor
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Ralph Vaughan Williams Introduction Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M. (b. 1872–d. 1958), was the leading English composer of his generation and one ...
Verdi, Giuseppe
Francesco Izzo
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Giuseppe Verdi Introduction Giuseppe Verdi (b. 1813–d. 1901) was the leading opera composer of 19th-century Italy. During his long and sensati...
Vivaldi, Antonio
Nicholas Lockey
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Antonio Vivaldi Introduction Antonio Vivaldi (b. 1678–d. 1741) was a prolific composer and celebrated violinist whose reputation and stylistic ...
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