Music - Oxford Bibliographies
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...
Early Modern British Metrical Psalmody (1535-1700)
Timothy Duguid
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Early Modern British Metrical Psalmody (1535–1700) Introduction The Book of Psalms has always played an important role in Christian belief and...
Elgar, Edward
Charles Edward McGuire
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Edward Elgar Introduction Edward Elgar was one of the most renowned and important composers at the beginning of the twentieth century and remai...
Exoticism
W. Anthony Sheppard
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Exoticism Introduction In much of the extensive literature on the subject, exoticism is considered a form of representation in which peoples, ...
Fauré, Gabriel
Erick Arenas
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Gabriel Fauré Introduction Gabriel Fauré (b. 1845–d. 1924) was arguably the most influential French composer of the late 19th and early 20th c...
Film Music
James Wierzbicki
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Film Music Introduction The English-language literature on film music dates back to c. 1909, when advice columns on film accompaniment (likely...
Folk Music
Chris Goertzen
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Folk Music Introduction Folk music, a widely used but controversial term, means oral-tradition music by and for peasants/the working class in ...
Franck, César
Brian Hart
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
César Franck Introduction César Franck (b. 1822–d. 1890) was a polarizing figure in 19th-century French music. An organ professor at the Conse...
Fugue
Paul Walker
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Fugue Introduction The word fugue (fuga in Latin, Fuge in German) has been applied to music continuously since the late Middle Ages, and so has...
Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter Von
Patricia Howard
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck Introduction Christoph Willibald Gluck (b. 1714–d. 1787) has a secure place in history as the reformer of...
Hindemith, Paul
Joel Haney
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Paul Hindemith Introduction Paul Hindemith (b. 1895–d. 1963) was one of the most versatile and energetic musicians among the major 20th-centur...
Instruments, Musical
Jennifer C. Post
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Musical Instruments Introduction Musical instruments are devices used to produce musical sound. Instruments also express individual and communit...
Janáček, Leoš
Geoffrey Chew
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Leoš Janáček Introduction Leoš Janáček is arguably the most important 20th-century Czech composer of classical music. Before the Prague succes...
Japan
Bonnie Wade
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Japan Introduction In this entry, the topic of Japanese music encompasses historical repertoires and practices that are usually referred to as ...
Jazz
Matthew W. Butterfield
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Jazz Introduction Jazz emerged as a distinct musical art form in early-20th-century America. Though jazz is thought to have originated primaril...
Keyboard Instruments
Arthur Lawrence
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Keyboard Instruments Introduction Keyboard instruments comprise chordophones (clavichords, harpsichords, pianos, virginals, hurdy gurdies), aer...
Keyboard Music
Bruce Gustafson
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Keyboard Music Introduction Keyboard music can be categorized broadly as music for harpsichord, piano, or organ. Each category represents a fam...
Liszt, Franz
Jonathan Kregor
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Franz Liszt Introduction Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was a central, though controversial, musical figure in the 19th century. Distinguished as a pi...
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