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Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Aram Xačatryan; Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян, Aram Il'ič Hačaturjan) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. Aram Khachaturian - Life. Khachaturian was born in Tiflis, Georgia, then a part of Imperial Russia (now Tbilisi, Georgia) to a poor Armenian family (the influence of Armenian folk music is prominent in his work). In his youth, he was fascinated by the music he heard around him, but a ... Including:

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Bass clarinets are used to boost the overall sound in small ensembles. They are also used in symphony orchestras to make up for poor/absent low brass sections and as a solo instrument in jazz. They almost universally play the bass part (usually similar or identical to the Tuba part) of a musical piece, though they are sometimes given leading parts as well. They are also used in wind bands and clarinet choirs. The bass clarinet has an appealing, rich, earthy tone quite distinct from other instruments in its range, drawing on and enhancing the qualities of the ...

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The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like standard clarinets, it is usually pitched in B flat (meaning it is a transposing instrument where a written C sounds as B flat), but it plays notes an octave below the "normal" B flat clarinet and an octave above the contrabass clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably A, also exist. Bass clarinet - Description. Most modern instruments are straight-bodied (the body most often being made of grenadilla or African Blackwood), with a s ... Including:

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1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. See 1696. 1903 - Events. January 1 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India January 6 - Mileva Maric married Albert Einstein. February 11 - The Oxnard Strike of 1903 represents the first time in U.S. h ... Including:

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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). 1978 - Events. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the U ... Including:

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A violin sonata is a musical composition for solo violin, often (but not always) accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque. Some violin sonatas, notably those by Mozart, Beethoven, and César Franck, are primarily piano works with the violin playing a lesser role. Violin sonata - List of Violin sonatas. Charles-Valentin Alkan Grand Duo Concertant (sonata) op. 21 in F-sharp minor (ca. 1840) Alexander Ar ... Including:

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June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. June 6 - Events. 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513 - Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.Including:

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20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Impressionism of Claude Debussy, and ranging to such distant sound-worlds as the complete serialism of Pierre Boulez, the simple triadic harmonies of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich, and Philip Glass, the musique concrète of Pierre Schaeffer, the microtonal music adopted by Harry Pa ... Including:

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While the bass clarinet was seldom heard in early jazz compositions, a bass clarinet solo by Omer Simeon can be heard in the 1926 recording "Someday Sweetheart" by Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers. Harry Carney occasionally played bass clarinet in some of Duke Ellington's arrangements, beginning in the late 1930s. Eric Dolphy (1928-1964) was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument, and established much of ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ... Including:

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