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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Noel O'Regan
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Giovanni Pierluigi Da PalestrinaIntroductionThe composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was already being recognized as an iconic figure during his ...
Parton, Dolly
Philip Vandermeer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Dolly PartonIntroductionDolly Rebecca Parton, born 19 January 1946 in Locust Ridge (Sevier County), Tennessee, is an internationally renowned composer...
Peking Opera (Beijing Opera, jingju)
Stella Zhizhi Li
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-03-27
Peking Opera (Beijing Opera, jingju)IntroductionPeking Opera (jingju 京剧), a major genre of classical Chinese theater (xiqu 戏曲), emerged in the late 18...
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Andrea F. Bohlman
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Krzysztof PendereckiIntroductionKrzysztof Penderecki (1933–) was one of the most celebrated and, at times, controversial composers from Poland in the ...
Performance Practice in Western Art Music
Mary Cyr
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Performance Practice in Western Art MusicIntroductionPerformance practice (or performing practice, from the German word Aufführungspraxis) is a field ...
Philosophy of Music
Theodore Gracyk
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Philosophy of MusicIntroductionNarrowly construed, philosophy of music encompasses all theorizing about music that arises within philosophy. More broa...
Ponce, Manuel
Jorge Barrón Corvera
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Manuel PonceIntroductionManuel María Ponce Cuéllar (b. Fresnillo, Zacatecas, 8 December 1882–d. Mexico City, 24 April 1948) is one of Mexico’s foremos...
Popular Song in the Age of Louis XIV
John Romey
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Popular Song in the Age of Louis XIVIntroductionAcross early modern Europe popular tunes functioned as canvases for new texts and they served thereby ...
Post-Colonialism
Olivia Bloechl
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Post-ColonialismIntroductionPost-colonialism (postcolonialism) is a form of critical thought that investigates the cultural history of colonialism and...
Poulenc, Francis
Carl Schmidt
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Francis PoulencIntroductionFrancis Poulenc (b. 7 January 1899–d. 30 January 1963) is the most frequently performed, recorded, and studied member of th...
Printing and Publishing of Music
Catherine Massip, Stanley Boorman
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2022-01-12
Printing and Publishing of MusicIntroductionThis article covers the dissemination of musical scores by technical means. The function of both printing ...
Program Music
Jonathan Kregor, Rebecca Schreiber
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Program MusicIntroductionStudies of program music explore ways in which extra-musical material is expressed and interpreted through music. Conceptions...
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 PucciniIntroductionGiacomo Puccini (b. 1858–d. 1924) composed twelve operas as well as songs, choral compositions, and instrumental works. He ...
Puerto Rico, Music of
Marysol Quevedo
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Music of Puerto RicoIntroductionThis entry focuses on scholarship on music from Puerto Rico of all genres and time periods. Over the last four decades...
Purcell, Henry
Andrew Woolley
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Henry PurcellIntroductionHenry Purcell (b. 1659?–d. 1695) is considered a major 17th-century composer and a luminary of English musical history. It is...
Queer Musicology
Lloyd Whitesell
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Queer MusicologyIntroductionQueer musicology is a field dedicated to the study of sexual and gender diversity as it relates to music. This may focus o...
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Charles Dill
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Jean-Philippe RameauIntroductionJean-Philippe Rameau (b. 1683–d. 1764) was trained as a keyboardist. Most of his early career was as a church organist...
Rap/Hip-Hop
Cheryl L. Keyes
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-06-26
Rap/Hip-HopIntroductionRap evolved as a vernacular term used among African Americans to define a stylized way of speaking. Over the years, black radio...
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...
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