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Variation Form
Judith Ofcarcik, Gillian Robertson
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Variation FormIntroductionFor centuries, variations have garnered the attention of Western composers and amassed popularity among virtuosi and audienc...
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Eric Saylor
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsIntroductionRalph Vaughan Williams, O.M. (b. 1872–d. 1958), was the leading English composer of his generation and one of the fo...
Verdi, Giuseppe
Francesco Izzo
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Giuseppe VerdiIntroductionGiuseppe Verdi (b. 1813–d. 1901) was the leading opera composer of 19th-century Italy. During his long and sensationally suc...
Victoria, Tomás Luis de
Owen Rees
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Tomás Luis de Victoria Introduction Thome [Tomás] Luis de Victoria (b. c. 1548–d. 1611) is the best-known Spanish composer of the Renaissance....
Video Game Music
William Gibbons
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Video Game MusicIntroductionOver the past half-century, video games have transformed from a niche hobby for technology-minded enthusiasts into a multi...
Viol
Rebekah Ahrendt, Catherine Slowik
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-11-29
ViolIntroductionThe viol is a five-, six-, or seven-string instrument made of wood and most commonly played with a bow, though it may also be plucked ...
Viotti, Giovanni Battista
Warwick Lister
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Giovanni Battista ViottiIntroductionGiovanni Battista Viotti (b. 1755–d. 1824), the son of a blacksmith, was born in the village of Fontanetto Po, not...
Virtuosity/Virtuoso
David VanderHamm
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Virtuosity/VirtuosoIntroductionThe terms virtuosity and virtuoso are both widely used in scholarly and popular literature to describe individual excel...
Vivaldi, Antonio
Nicholas Lockey
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Antonio Vivaldi Introduction Antonio Vivaldi (b. 1678–d. 1741) was a prolific composer and celebrated violinist whose reputation and stylistic...
von Weber, Carl Maria
Joseph E. Morgan
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
Carl Maria von WeberIntroductionWith a career that began at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, just as a concept of a unified German identity was emergin...
Wagner, Richard
Thomas S. Grey
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Richard Wagner Introduction Richard Wagner (b. 1813–d. 1883) was one of the most significant composers of the 19th century—or any era for that...
Webern, Anton
Thomas Ahrend, Stefan Münnich
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
Anton WebernIntroductionAnton Webern (b. 1883–d. 1945) is one of the most significant composers in the history of 20th-century music. Born in Vienna a...
West Asia
Eliot Bates
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
West Asia Introduction There is no single accepted way to define the boundaries of a region referred to alternatively as West Asia, the Middle ...
Western European Music Criticism, c. 1700-1970
Katharine Ellis
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Western European Music Criticism, c. 1700–1970IntroductionMusic criticism is understood within this article as a journalistic response to an event, pu...
Women in Music
Heather Hadlock
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Women in Music Introduction Our current understanding of women in music began to take shape within the context of second-wave feminist activism...
Woodwind Instruments
Albert R. Rice
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Woodwind InstrumentsIntroductionWoodwind instruments are wind instruments made of wood or metal and include the recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, basso...
Yuasa, Jōji
Luciana Galliano
Subject: Music »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
Jōji YuasaIntroductionJōji Yuasa is an internationally renowned Japanese composer among the protagonists of the postwar musical avant-garde. He is a f...
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