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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...
Recitative
John Walter Hill
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Recitative Introduction The English word recitative is a cognate derived from the Italian recitativo, a substantive itself derived from an adj...
Recorder
K. Dawn Grapes
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
RecorderIntroductionThe recorder is a member of the woodwind family distinguished by its seven fingerholes on the front, a thumbhole on the back, and ...
Reich, Steve
Ryan Ebright
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Steve ReichIntroductionSteve Reich (b. 1936) is an American composer who, alongside Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young, is considered an or...
Renaissance
Kate van Orden
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Renaissance Introduction In the scholarship of Western art music, the Renaissance is understood to comprise the period from approximately 1430 ...
Resources for Musical Research
Zdravko Blazekovic
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Resources for Musical ResearchIntroductionAt the time when the Internet provides an instant access to an incalculable amount of information about musi...
Revueltas, Silvestre
Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2022-05-26
Silvestre RevueltasIntroductionThe career of Silvestre Revueltas (b. 1899–d. 1940) as primarily a composer lasted only a decade at the end of his life...
Rodrigo, Joaquin
Walter A. Clark
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-04-21
Joaquin RodrigoIntroductionJoaquín Rodrigo y Vidre (b. 1901–d. 1999) was born in Sagunto, in the province of Valencia, Spain, on 22 November 1901, the...
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Nathan Martin
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Jean-Jacques RousseauIntroductionRecent scholarship has increasingly recognized the central role that Jean-Jacques Rousseau (b. 1712–d. 1778) played i...
Roussel, Albert
Brian Hart
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Albert RousselIntroduction“In expressing my thought clearly, I sought only to serve my art. I hope I have succeeded. That’s the only recompense I desi...
Rumba
Rebecca Bodenheimer
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
RumbaIntroductionAlong with the traditional dance genre son, the African-derived music and dance genre called rumba is widely considered to be the fou...
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Jann Pasler, Sabina Teller Ratner
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Camille Saint-SaënsIntroductionSaint-Saëns played an important role in French musical culture, politics, and society. In many ways, his life story is ...
Salsa
Sean Bellaviti
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
SalsaIntroductionWhile it has broad popular appeal, an instantly recognizable sound, world-famous performers, and is the subject of sundry books, arti...
Satie, Erik
Caroline Potter
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Erik SatieIntroductionErik Satie (b. 1866–d. 1925) was a French composer mostly remembered as the composer of short piano pieces such as the three Gym...
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Dinko Fabris
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Alessandro ScarlattiIntroductionAlessandro Scarlatti (b. 1660–d. 1725) was one of the most celebrated composers of his time, probably the most importa...
Scarlatti, Domenico
Todd Decker
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Domenico ScarlattiIntroductionDomenico Scarlatti (b. 1685–d. 1757) is best known as the composer of around 550 binary-form keyboard sonatas. Scarlatti...
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