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Falla, Manuel de
Michael Christoforidis
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Manuel De Falla Introduction Manuel de Falla (b. 1876–d. 1946) is recognized as the leading Spanish composer of the 20th century, best known f...
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...
Field, John
Majella Boland
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
John FieldIntroductionThe perception of John Field (b. 1782–d. 1837) as the father of the piano nocturne genre dominates Field historiography. As a po...
Film Music
James Wierzbicki
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Film MusicIntroductionThe English-language literature on film music dates back to c. 1909, when advice columns on film accompaniment (likely for solo ...
Folk Music
Chris Goertzen
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Folk MusicIntroductionFolk music, a widely used but controversial term, means oral-tradition music by and for peasants/the working class in regional c...
Foster, Stephen
Deane L. Root, Codee Spinner
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-04-22
Stephen FosterIntroductionStephen Collins Foster (b. Lawrence, near Pittsburgh, PA, 4 July 1826–d. New York, 13 January 1864) was the first profession...
Franck, César
Brian Hart
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
César FranckIntroductionCésar Franck (b. 1822–d. 1890) was a polarizing figure in 19th-century French music. An organ professor at the Conservatoire, ...
Francophone Caribbean, Music in the
Jerome Camal
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-01-12
Music in the Francophone CaribbeanIntroductionThe Francophone Caribbean is a complex region: while it shares a history of French colonialism, it is al...
French-American Colonial Music
Élisabeth Gallat-Morin
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
French-American Colonial MusicIntroductionFrench colonial possessions included an important part of North America (called New France in the 17th and 1...
Frescobaldi, Girolamo
Christine Jeanneret
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Girolamo Frescobaldi Introduction Even during his lifetime, Girolamo Frescobaldi (b. 1583–d. 1643) was considered a prodigious virtuoso as wel...
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...
Gabrieli, Giovanni
David Bryant
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Giovanni GabrieliIntroductionGiovanni Gabrieli (b. c. 1554/7–d. 1612) is generally regarded as the supreme representative of large-scale Venetian cere...
Gender and Sexuality in Music
Emily Wilbourne
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Gender and Sexuality in MusicIntroductionThe field of gender and sexuality studies emerged in the wake of feminist musicology and work on women in mus...
Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, Carlo
Alexandra Amati-Camperi
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa Introduction Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, Count of Conza, and so on (b. 1566–d. 1613) is perhaps the mos...
Gibbons, Orlando
Richard Turbet
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Orlando GibbonsIntroductionOrlando Gibbons was born into a musical family in Cambridge, and was baptized on Christmas Day, 25 December 1583. His fathe...
Glass, Philip
Ryan Ebright
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Philip GlassIntroductionPhilip Glass (b. 1937) is one of the key American composers and performers associated with musical minimalism, alongside Steve...
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich
Albrecht Gaub
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Mikhail Ivanovich GlinkaIntroductionMikhail Ivanovich Glinka (b. 1804–d. 1857; first name also spelled Michail, Mihail, or Michel; patronymic Ivanovič...
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...
Gounod, Charles
Steven Huebner
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Charles GounodIntroductionCharles François Gounod (b. 17 June 1818–d. 18 October 1893) was recognized as one of the most prominent composers in France...
Granados, Enrique
Teresa Cascudo, Jaume Carbonell-Guberna
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2022-05-26
Enrique GranadosIntroductionEnrique (Enric in Catalan) Granados Campiña (b. 1867–d. 1916), recognized as one of the leading Spanish composers of the B...
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