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Liedekens, 15th- and 16th-Century Dutch Polyphonic Songs
Sienna M. Wood
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Liedekens, 15th- and 16th-Century Dutch Polyphonic SongsIntroductionComprising present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, the Low Countries...
Ligeti, György
Amy Bauer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
György LigetiIntroductionGyörgy Sándor Ligeti (b. 1923–d. 2006) is arguably the most influential composer of the late 20th century. Over the course of...
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...
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio
Fulvia Morabito
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2022-01-12
Pietro Antonio LocatelliIntroductionPietro Antonio Locatelli (b. Bergamo, 1695–d. Amsterdam, 1764) was an Italian composer and a virtuoso violinist. H...
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Bruce Gustafson
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Jean-Baptiste Lully Introduction Jean-Baptiste Lully (b. 1632–d. 1687) is justifiably considered the founder of French opera, creating a style...
Lusophone Africa, Music and
Abigail Rehard
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Music and Lusophone AfricaIntroductionThe Portuguese-speaking African countries, otherwise known as Lusophone Africa, are geographically scattered acr...
Lute, Vihuela, and Early Guitar
John Griffiths, Paul Kieffer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Lute, Vihuela, and Early GuitarIntroductionLutes, guitars, and vihuelas were the principal plucked instruments in use in Europe until around 1800. Anc...
Luther, Martin
Alexander Fisher
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Martin LutherIntroductionMore than any other theologian or religious reformer, Martin Luther (b. 1483–d. 1546) shaped the course of modern Western mus...
Machaut, Guillaume de
Lawrence Earp
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Guillaume de MachautIntroductionGuillaume de Machaut (b. c. 1300–d. 1377) was the leading poet and composer of the period from about 1340 to 1375 in F...
Madrigal
Edmond Strainchamps
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
MadrigalIntroductionMadrigal is the name of a musical genre for voices that set mostly secular poetry in two epochs: the first occurred during the 14t...
Mahler, Gustav
James L. Zychowicz
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Gustav MahlerIntroductionGustav Mahler (b. 1860–d. 1911) is known for the Lieder and symphonies he composed, which may be seen to bring the 19th-centu...
Makeba, Miriam
Yair Hashachar
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Miriam MakebaIntroductionAn iconic singer and an anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba (b. 1932–d. 2008) was one of the most influential figures in t...
Mass
Anne Schnoebelen
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
MassIntroductionThe term “Mass” commonly indicates the Eucharistic service rooted in early Christian and medieval liturgies, and its expansion within ...
Massenet, Jules
Lesley Wright
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
Jules MassenetIntroductionBetween 1867 and 1912, Jules Massenet (Émile Frédéric) (b. 1842–d. 1912) completed some twenty-five operas that dominated th...
Medieval Music
Mary Wolinski, James Borders
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Medieval MusicIntroductionMedieval music generally refers to western European music between the late 8th and early 15th centuries, although topics con...
Medievalism and Music
James Cook, Karen Cook
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
Medievalism and MusicIntroductionMedievalism, broadly construed, concerns the cultural and intellectual afterlife of the Middle Ages. It has a long tr...
Mendelssohn, Felix
R. Larry Todd
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Felix Mendelssohn Introduction Of Western classical composers, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (b.1809–d. 1847) has occupied a most unusual positio...
Messiaen, Olivier
Nigel Simeone
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Olivier Messiaen Introduction Olivier Messiaen (b. 1908–d. 1992) was one of the true originals of 20th-century music: a composer whose innovati...
Mexico
Alejandro L. Madrid
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Mexico Introduction The systematic study of music was born out of the European projects of nation building at the end of the 19th century. The...
Milhaud, Darius
Erin K. Maher
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Darius MilhaudIntroductionDarius Milhaud (b. 1892–d. 1974) was a composer who traveled widely and absorbed a variety of compositional influences while...
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