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Cage, John
Rob Haskins
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
John Cage Introduction In his teens and twenties, John Cage (b. 1912–d. 1992) was interested in music, visual art, and literature. Once he beg...
Canada
Mary I. Ingraham
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
CanadaIntroductionThe earliest documented musical encounters between indigenous peoples of what is now known as Canada and early European explorers da...
Cantus Firmus
Michael Alan Anderson, Aaron James
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
Cantus FirmusIntroductionA cantus firmus is a preexistent melody that forms the basis of a larger musical work. Source melodies in the cantus firmus t...
Canzonetta
Emiliano Ricciardi
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Canzonetta Introduction The canzonetta is a genre of secular vocal music that flourished in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The first ...
Carter, Elliott
John Link
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Elliott CarterIntroductionElliott Carter (b. 1908–d. 2012) was one of the leading composers in the United States from the mid-20th century until his d...
Castrato, The
Patricia Howard
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
The Castrato Introduction Although the practice of castrating boys and men, for ritual, medical, or punitive reasons, extends back to prehisto...
Cello
Sophie Benn
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-06-23
CelloIntroductionAn instrument with remarkable stylistic range and timbral affordances, the violoncello (referred to in this Bibliography by its commo...
Central Asia
Peter K. Marsh
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Central Asia Introduction Central Asia, the core of the historic Silk Road, is commonly understood to consist of six nations: Afghanistan, Taj...
Chaconne and Passacaglia
Alexander Silbiger
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Chaconne and PassacagliaIntroductionIn 1803 Cherubini’s opéra-ballet Anacréon, ou L’amour fugitif was given its first performance at the Paris Opèra. ...
Chamber Music
John Baron
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Chamber MusicIntroductionChamber music is music for a small ensemble of solo instruments that is sophisticated and performed in an intimate setting. T...
Chausson, Ernest
Brian Hart
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Ernest ChaussonIntroductionAmédée-Ernest Chausson (b. 1855–d. 1899) was born in Paris to a wealthy contractor and his wife. Although he obtained a law...
Chávez, Carlos
Jacqueline Avila
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Carlos ChávezIntroductionCarlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (b. 1899–d. 1978) was one of Mexico’s leading composers, conductors, administrators,...
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...
Christian Hymnody
C. Michael Hawn, Geoffrey C. Moore
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Christian HymnodyIntroductionThe Christian church throughout history has, with few exceptions, been a singing body of believers. Congregational singin...
Classical Era
Bertil van Boer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Classical Era Introduction Perhaps the shortest and yet most prolific period in music history is the Classical Era. Traditionally, it has been...
Clementi, Muzio
Luca Lévi Sala
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Muzio ClementiIntroductionMutius Philippus Vincentius Franciscus Xaverius Clementi (b. 1752–d. 1832) was an Italian composer, a pianist virtuoso and c...
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...
Concerto
Joseph T. Orchard
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
ConcertoIntroductionThe term concerto has been applied to music works since the early 16th century, first appearing in treatises almost a century late...
Conductors and Conducting
Raymond Holden
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Conductors and ConductingIntroductionFundamental to any discussion concerning this literature is Richard Wagner’s highly influential article Über das ...
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