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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 ...

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• 20th century classical music - Romantic style
• 20th century classical music - Modernism
• 20th century classical music - The Second Viennese School atonality and serialism
• 20th century classical music - Free dissonance and experimentalism
• 20th century classical music - Neoclassicism
• 20th century classical music - Post-modern music
• 20th century classical music - Post-modernity's birth
• 20th century classical music - Minimalism
• 20th century classical music - Electronic music
• 20th century classical music - Jazz-influenced composition
• 20th century classical music - Other

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Boyd Rice (born 1955) is an American experimental sound artist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON. Boyd Rice - Early sound experiments. As a teenager, Rice started creating noise in 1975 out of an interest in tape machines and bubblegum pop with female vocalists such as Little Peggy March and Ginny Arnel. Originally creating recordings for his own listening, he started to do performances, and eventually press records. ...

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• Boyd Rice - Early sound experiments
• Boyd Rice - NON
• Boyd Rice - Techniques and implementations
• Boyd Rice - Crowd control
• Boyd Rice - Re/Search Books
• Boyd Rice - Kinship with LaVey
• Boyd Rice - Social Darwinism
• Boyd Rice - Accusations of Nazism
• Boyd Rice - Various contributions
• Boyd Rice - After LaVey
• Boyd Rice - Homelife
• Boyd Rice - Discography
• Boyd Rice - Films
• Boyd Rice - Performance
• Boyd Rice - Print works

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Blood Axis is the name under which journalist and author Michael Moynihan composes and releases music. Moynihan formed Blood Axis in 1989 after touring Japan at the request of experimental music pioneer, Boyd Rice. Moynihan had previously founded Coup de Grace, a multimedia project that produced live performances and cassettes and also released booklets of images and texts, the last of which ...

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• Blood Axis - Discography
• Blood Axis - Reviews

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Viggo Peter Mortensen (born October 20, 1958 in New York City) is an American theater and movie actor, a published poet, musician, photographer and painter. His Danish father and half Norwegian American mother met in Norway. He has a son, Henry Blake, with his ex-wife Christine "Exene" Cervenka of the band X. He is best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He was a last-minute replacement for the role, and wouldn't have taken the part if it hadn't been for his son's enthusi ...

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• Viggo Mortensen - Artwork Music and Poetry

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Mills was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary at Benicia in 1852. In 1865, missionaries Cyrus and Susan Tolman Mills purchased the seminary, and in 1871 they relocated it to a new campus in the East Bay foothills in Oakland, into a long, four-story building with a high central observatory--now known as Mills Hall. The mansarded structure, which provided homes for faculty and students as well as classrooms and dining halls, long was considered the most beautiful educational building in the state, and is now a California Historical Landmark ( ...

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Mills College, Mills College - History, Mills College - Academics, Mills College - Famous alumnae and alumni, Mills College - Points of interest, Mills College - External link

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The station has for its entire life mainly broadcast classical music, opera, "highbrow" drama, including most BBC Radio Shakespeare productions, and jazz. The station plays a central role in classical music in the UK, broadcasting concerts, promoting young musicians, and commissioning compositions. The Proms are promoted, and broadcast, by Radio 3. Radio 3 is renowned for its quality and quantity of chamber music output, tending to play pieces in their entirety rather than small parts of pieces. A number of broadcasts are experimental; for instance one play in the late seventies consisted mainly of sound effects, recorded binaur ...

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BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 3 - History, BBC Radio 3 - Programming, BBC Radio 3 - The Radio 3 debate, BBC Radio 3 - Online developments

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Musical notation - Figured bass. Figured bass notation originated in baroque basso continuo parts. It is also used extensively in accordion notation, and for jazz. For continuo and jazz parts, it implies improvisation by the performer; for accordion, it is used to notate the bass button to be used. Musical notation - Shape note. The shape note system is found in some church hymnals, sheet music, and song books, especially in the American south. Instead of the customary elliptic ...

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Musical notation, Musical notation - Origins, Musical notation - Standard notation described, Musical notation - Elements of the staff, Musical notation - Development of music notation, Musical notation - Symbols used in modern musical notation, Musical notation - Effects, Musical notation - Other notation systems, Musical notation - Figured bass, Musical notation - Shape note, Musical notation - Popular music, Musical notation - Letter notation, Musical notation - Solfege, Musical notation - Numbered notation, Musical notation - Cipher notation, Musical notation - Braille music, Musical notation - Integer notation, Musical notation - Tablature, Musical notation - Klavar notation, Musical notation - Graphic notation, Musical notation - Parsons code, Musical notation - Systems not based on the standard 12-tone scale, Musical notation - Alternative Music Notations that Use Chromatic Staves, Musical notation - Source

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Musical notation - Figured bass. Main article: Figured bass Figured bass notation originated in baroque basso continuo parts. It is also used extensively in accordion notation, and for jazz. For continuo and jazz parts, it implies improvisation by the performer; for accordion, it is used to notate the bass button to be used. Musical notation - Shape note< ...

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Musical notation, Musical notation - Origins, Musical notation - Standard notation described, Musical notation - Elements of the staff, Musical notation - Development of music notation, Musical notation - Symbols used in modern musical notation, Musical notation - Effects, Musical notation - Other notation systems, Musical notation - Figured bass, Musical notation - Shape note, Musical notation - Popular music, Musical notation - Letter notation, Musical notation - ABC Notation, Musical notation - Solfege, Musical notation - Numbered notation, Musical notation - Cipher notation, Musical notation - Braille music, Musical notation - Integer notation, Musical notation - Tablature, Musical notation - Klavar notation, Musical notation - Drum Set Notation, Musical notation - Graphic notation, Musical notation - Parsons code, Musical notation - Systems not based on the standard 12-tone scale, Musical notation - Alternative Music Notations that Use Chromatic Staves, Musical notation - Source

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Negativland - Early history. Negativland started in Concord, California in 1979 around the core founding members of Lyons and Hosler (who was in high school at the time) and released an eponymous debut in 1980. A number of releases followed in the early 1980s, but it wasn't until after the release of their breakthrough sample and cut-up sonic barrage Escape From Noise in 1987 t ...

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Negativland, Negativland - Overview, Negativland - History, Negativland - Early history, Negativland - The U2 record incident, Negativland - Chumbawamba, Negativland - Recent developments, Negativland - Discography, Negativland - Albums, Negativland - Singles/EPs, Negativland - Bootlegs

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The word "minimalism" was first used in relation to music in 1968 by Michael Nyman in a review of Cornelius Cardew's piece The Great Digest. Nyman later expanded his definition of minimalism in music in his 1974 book Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond. Tom Johnson, one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist, also claims to have been first to use the word as new music critic for the Village Voice. He describes "minimalism" (1989, p. 5): "The idea of minimalism is much larger than most people realize. I ...

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Minimalist music, Minimalist music - Brief history, Minimalist music - Minimalist style in music, Minimalist music - Critical reception of minimalism, Minimalist music - Criticisms of minimalism, Minimalist music - Critical supporters of minimalism, Minimalist music - Minimalist composers, Minimalist music - Rock bands influenced by minimalism, Minimalist music - Sources

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The first recordings released by many punk rock bands were released in 7" EP format, mainly because the short song nature of the genre that resulted made it difficult to create sufficient material to fill an LP. Many such bands also were unsigned, or signed to a minor record label that did not have the funds to release a full length album, particularly by newly formed bands. As many record stores would not sell demo tapes, the 7" EP became a standard release for punk rock bands, who could sell them nationwide at a cheap price, and thus be he ...

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Extended play, Extended play - The 7 EP in punk rock

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The origins of nu metal can be pinpointed to the Lollapalooza music festival in the 1990's which increased the exposure of bands who performed brands of metal and metal-influenced alternative music that had little to do with traditional genre approaches (see Alternative metal). The funk influence of Primus and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the hip hop crossover of Rage Against the Machine and Fishbone, the industrial metal of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry, and the aggressive experimental rock of Tool have been mentioned numerous times as influences who toured on the festival by nu metal bands who gained mass-media ex ...

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Nu metal, Nu metal - Definition, Nu metal - History, Nu metal - Sounds constructs and lyrics, Nu metal - Guitar, Nu metal - Bass, Nu metal - Drums, Nu metal - Lyrical themes, Nu metal - Vocals, Nu metal - List of nu-metal bands

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Techno was primarily developed in basement studios by "The Belleville Three", a cadre of African-American men who were attending college, at the time, near Detroit, Michigan. The budding musicians – former high school friends and mixtape traders Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson – found inspiration in Midnight Funk Association, an eclectic, 5-hour, late-night radio program hosted on various Detroit radio stations including WCHB, WGPR, and WJLB-FM from 1977 through the mid-1980s by DJ Charles "The Electrifying Mojo" Johnson. Mojo's show featured heavy doses of electronic sounds from the likes of George Clinton, Kraft ...

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Techno music, Techno music - History, Techno music - Musicology, Techno music - Substyles and related genres, Techno music - Important artists, Techno music - Online Radio, Techno music - Bibliography

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Animal Collective grew out of the roots of childhood friendships in Baltimore County. Panda Bear and Deakin had met in the second grade and became good friends. Panda went away to Pennsylvania for high school, while Deakin attended the Park School where Avey Tare and recent Philadelphia transplant Geologist went. Avey, Geologist and Deakin were in an Indie Rock band called Automine with other schoolmates. Deakin introduced Panda to Avey and Geologist. The four of them played music in different variations and often solo, sw ...

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Animal Collective, Animal Collective - History, Animal Collective - Names, Animal Collective - Discography, Animal Collective - Albums, Animal Collective - EPs, Animal Collective - Singles, Animal Collective - Splits, Animal Collective - Related

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The spirit of neofolk contains parallels to the ideals of American and British folk movements of the 1960s. The basis of this music is built upon principles against commercialization and popular culture. However the themes of neofolk and folk music are drastically different. A majority of artists within the neofolk genre focus on archaic symbols of culture, myths and beliefs. Local traditions and indigenous beliefs tend to be portrayed heavily as well as esoteric and historical topics. Homages and tributes to controversial figures such as Fr ...

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Neofolk, Neofolk - History, Neofolk - Culture, Neofolk - Heathenry, Neofolk - Related terms, Neofolk - Apocalyptic folk, Neofolk - Folk Noir, Neofolk - Related genres, Neofolk - Reference, Neofolk - Artists

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Pitchfork was created in Minneapolis in late 1995 by life-long music obsessive Ryan Schreiber, then just out of high school. Influenced by local fanzines and college radio station KUOM - and undeterred by his previous lack of writing or publishing experience - he aimed to provide the then-fledgling Internet with its first regularly updated resource for underground music. At first bearing the name Turntable, the site was originally updated just once a month with interviews and reviews. In the summer of 1996, the name was changed to Pitc ...

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Pitchfork Media, Pitchfork Media - History, Pitchfork Media - Wide reach, Pitchfork Media - 10.0 Ratings

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His name at birth is sometimes given as Lewis Allen Firbank, but this is misinformation he himself once provided an interviewer; he was born Lewis Allen Reed. Born into a Jewish family (originally Rabinowitz) in New York, Reed as a child was a fan of rock and rhythm and blues, playing in several high school rock bands. His first recording was a doo wop-style single as a member of The Shades. Reed attended Syracuse University and graduated with a degree in English. Delmore Schwartz, then in the last years of his life, taught at Syracus ...

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Lou Reed, Lou Reed - Career, Lou Reed - Discography, Lou Reed - With The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed - Solo, Lou Reed - Collaborations, Lou Reed - Appears on, Lou Reed - Singles

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The spirit of neofolk contains parallels to the ideals of American and British folk movements of the 1960s. The basis of this music is built upon principles against commercialization and popular culture. However the themes of neofolk and folk music are drastically different. A majority of artists within the neofolk genre focus on archaic symbols of culture, myths and beliefs. Local traditions and indigenous beliefs tend to be portrayed heavily as well as esoteric and historical topics. Homages and tributes to controversial figures such as Fr ...

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Neofolk, Neofolk - History, Neofolk - Culture, Neofolk - Heathenry, Neofolk - Related terms, Neofolk - Apocalyptic folk, Neofolk - Folk Noir, Neofolk - Related genres, Neofolk - Reference, Neofolk - Internal links, Neofolk - Artists

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Mission of Burma owed its origins to a short-lived Boston rock group called Moving Parts, which included Miller (a recent transplant from Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Conley (from Darien, Connecticut via the University of Rochester), keyboardist Erik Lindgren and drummer Bobby Bear. While the members were all friendly, Conley and Miller were pulling the group in a different direction than Lindgren. When Moving Parts broke up amicably in December 1978, Miller and Conley began practicing and auditioning drummers, quickly selecting native Bostonian Presco ...

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Mission of Burma, Mission of Burma - History, Mission of Burma - Discography

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Since it (usually) has metal strings, the sound of the violin can be sensed with either magnetic or piezoelectric pickups. Magnetic pickups generally may have a less sharp sound and less feedback. Magnetic setups similar to those used on electric guitars are few, but one unusual violin system is using the strings as a linear active pickup element.[1] Generally, piezo pickups are more common because of very cheap piezo materials available. They are used to detect physical vibrations, sometimes in or on the body, but more commonly in the bridge. Some piezo setups have a separate pickup (or two! ...

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Electric violin, Electric violin - Pickups, Electric violin - Genres, Electric violin - Tape-bow violin

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