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Encyclopedia - Singing: Encyclopedia - Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, often constrasted with speech. Air is expelled with the diaphragm as with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music
Voice instrumental music is the term used for compositions and improvisations for the human voice. This kind of music treats the human vo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melodrama: Encyclopedia Ii - Melodrama - Current Use
In most current usage, the sensationalistic plots of these original melodramas have swallowed up the other senses of the word. Melodrama ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigone Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Antigone Opera - The Play / The Words
Orff used the German translation of Sophocles' play by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843). The original play was written in 442 BC and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - Voice Instrumentals In Jazz And Popular Music
The most common types of voice improvisation in the Western world are found in jazz which knows it as scat singing and vocalese. Louis Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of German Expressions In English: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of German Expressions In English - German Terms Commonly Used In Academic Contexts In English
German terms frequently appear in several academic disciplines in English, notably in history, psychology, philosophy, music and the phys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devil Doll: Encyclopedia Ii - Devil Doll - History
The first work of Devil Doll was The Mark of the Beast, recorded in Tivoli Studios, Ljubljana in the last half of 1987. Among the sound t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - Various Folk Traditions
A form of Voice improvisation known as Thillana is a very important feature of Carnatic music from South India. Tuvinian throat singing o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigone Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Antigone Opera - The Music
With this work Orff drew a line in his musical output, setting up a demarcation between pre-Antigone and post-Antigone style. Hölderlin'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - Various Folk Traditions
A form of Voice improvisation known as Thillana is a very important feature of Carnatic music from South India. Tuvinian throat singing o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - European Classical - Voice Instrumental Music
In Classical music, especially, since the music of Arnold Schoenberg, Carl Orff and Wagnerian composers, the role of voice instrumental m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of German Expressions In English: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of German Expressions In English - German Terms Commonly Used In English
Words in this category will be recognized by most English speakers and are commonly used in English. A few, such as delicatessen and hint...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devil Doll: Encyclopedia Ii - Devil Doll - Mr. Doctor
Mr. Doctor is the enigmatic and mysterious leader of and creative drive behind Devil Doll. He is extremely secretive about his identity, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of German Expressions In English: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of German Expressions In English - Music
For terms used in music, see above. List of German expressions in English - Meanings of German band names. Böhse Onkelz = (correct Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - Ancient Voice Music
Its use may even be older, considering that contemporary music and classic European music developed as a derivative of its parents, the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - Voice Instrumental In 20th Century Classical Music
In 20th century classical music, one of the most prominent voice instrumental composers was the German composer Carl Orff. He composed vo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voice Instrumental Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Voice Instrumental Music - Voice Transmutation In Experimental Classical Music
The French composer Pierre Boulez makes use of voice transmutation which he calls as centre and absence. In this the voice is used as an ...   » Read the article