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Arnold Atkinson Cooke (November 4, 1906 - August 13, 2005) was a British composer. He was born at Gomersal, Yorkshire into a family of carpet manufacturers. He was educated at Repton School and at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he read History, but he was already attracted to a career in music. In 1929, having taken a second degree in Music, he studied composition and piano at the Berlin Academy for Music under Paul Hindemith. He later became musical director of the Festival Theatre at Cambridge, and in 1933 was ...

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A clarinet sonata is a sonata for the clarinet, often with piano accompaniment. Clarinet Sonata - Famous Clarinet Sonatas. This list is approximately in chronological order. Max Reger's Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Clarinet Sonata No. 2 (both 1900) and Clarinet Sonata No. 3 (1909) Arnold Bax's Clarinet Sonata (1934) Paul Hindemith's Clarinet Sonata (1939) Leonard Bernstein's Clarinet Sonata (1942) Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No. 1 a ... Including:

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Under the ancient medical theory of the four humours, the four temperaments are personality types or moods ascribed to the imbalance of certain bodily fluids in each person. Also the set of theme and variations for piano and orchestra composed by Paul Hindemith in 1940 where each variation represents one of these four temperaments. Four temperaments - Sanguine. Sanguine indicates the personality of an individual with the temperament of blood - optimistic, cheerful, even-tempered, confid ... Including:

• Four temperaments - Sanguine
• Four temperaments - Choleric
• Four temperaments - Melancholic
• Four temperaments - Phlegmatic
• Four temperaments - Possible Fifth Temperament

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Sir William Turner Walton, OM (March 29, 1902–March 8, 1983) was a British composer whose style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and jazz. As well as concert works he also wrote film music and music for British royal occasions. William Walton - Biography. William Walton - Early Life. Walton was born in Oldham in Lancashire and after singing as a choirboy at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, entered Christ Church, Oxford. He was taught composition by Hugh Al ... Including:

• William Walton - Biography
• William Walton - Early Life
• William Walton - The Sitwells
• William Walton - Later life
• William Walton - Works
• William Walton - Music for Orchestra
• William Walton - Choral Music
• William Walton - Operas
• William Walton - Ballets
• William Walton - Chamber/Instrumental Music
• William Walton - Film Scores

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A wind quintet, also sometimes known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon). The term also applies to a composition for such a group. Unlike the string quartet with its homogeneous blend of color, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre. The modern wind quintet sprang from the ensemble favored in the court of Joseph II in late 18th century Vienna: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, and 2 bassoons. Th ... Including:

• Wind quintet - Wind quintet composers
• Wind quintet - Nineteenth Century
• Wind quintet - Twentieth Century

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Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (born 10 September 1941) is a well-known British conductor and harpsichordist. Hogwood was born in Nottingham. He studied music and classical literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He went on to study performance and conducting under Raymond Leppard and Thurston Dart; later Rafael Puyana and Gustav Leonhardt. The British Council enabled him to study in Prague for a year. In 1967 he founded the Early Music Consort with David Munrow, and in 1973 founded the Academy of Ancient Music, spe ... Including:

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In music, variation is a formal technique where material is altered during repetition; reiteration with changes. Changes may be harmonic, melodic, contrapuntal, rhythmic, and of timbre or orchestration. Variational sections depend upon one type of presentation of material, while developmental sections use many different presentations and combinations of material. Variation form, or theme and variation, is a musical form where a theme is repeated in altered form or accompanied in a different manner. Passacaglias an ... Including:

• Variation music - History of variations
• Variation music - Improvised variations

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The viola (in French, 'alto'; in German 'Bratsche') is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the lighter violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the heavier cello (bass) and double bass. Viola - The form of the viola. The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin but is larger in size and more variable in its proportions. It is increasingly common to see professional violists playing on instrum ... Including:

• Viola - The form of the viola
• Viola - Playing the viola
• Viola - Tuning
• Viola - Viola music
• Viola - Violists
• Viola - The viola in popular music
• Viola - Audio examples

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Weimar Republic refers to the years (1919-1933) in German history. Politically and economically, the nation struggled with the terms and reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1918) that ended World War I, and endured punishing levels of inflation. 1920s Berlin was at the hectic center of the Weimar Culture. The fourteen years of the Weimar were also marked by explosive intellectual productivity. German artists made significant cultural contributions in the fields of literature, art, architecture, music, dance, drama, and the new medium of the motion picture. Political theorist Ernst Bloc ... Including:

• Weimar culture - Notable Cultural Figures of the Weimar Era
• Weimar culture - Art
• Weimar culture - Architecture
• Weimar culture - Literature
• Weimar culture - Music
• Weimar culture - Theater and Film
• Weimar culture - Intellectuals

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