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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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