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  Music Quotes - The Quotations Page
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the heart it enters, even though that heart is not in the least worthy.
Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.
www.quotationspage.com /subjects/music   (636 words)

  
 MUSIC HALL : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Live music was enjoyed outdoors in the pleasure gardens every day for over a century; the most famous was Vauxhall in London (celebrating the Prince of Wales's birthday there in 1799, 20,000 lanterns were lit and 1,200 chickens and 1,680 bottles of port consumed).
Music hall influenced American sentimental ballads and vaudeville, and was itself infl.
A difference in entertainment generally was the attitude to sex, which in music hall songs and comedy was funny; Americans took it too seriously and created a distinction between vaudeville (more or less family entertainment) and burlesque (definitely not).
www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/m/M290.HTM   (238 words)

  
 List of musical events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2006 in music, 2006 in British music, 2006 in Swiss music
1913 in music - Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
1653 in music - Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Pachelbel born
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_musical_events   (631 words)

  
 About Japanese Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
From the 6th century on, music came from Korean and Chinese courts and monasteries and was performed at the Japanese court under the generic name gagaku (court music).
The 8th-century court established a music bureau (gagakuryo) to be in charge of musical duties, both ritual and entertainment.
Formerly part of the gagaku ensemble, the koto was developed as a solo instrument from the 17th century, having its repertoire considerably enhanced by the Ikuta school in the 17th century and the Yamada school in the 18th century.
web-jpn.org /museum/music/about_mu.html   (523 words)

  
 JAPANESE MUSIC
The music of the shamisen is important in puppet theatre and Kabuki theatre which have both been popular in Japan for hundreds of years.
Buddhist chants and court music are the first known sources of Japanese music.
The music of teh Japanese folk ensemble, or hayashi, uses the flute and drums.
www.islandnet.com /~kpotter/mrk/music.htm   (833 words)

  
 Music Cemetery
The Music Cemetery may well be the first burial ground to serve the early settlers in and around Summitville.
The earliest legible stones in the Music are incised 1840, one for a son of Zachariah Robertson and another for Ellen Stanley who died March 2 of that year.
This indicates the very small number of families living near the Music Cemetery in the early 19th century as compared to the number in the early 21st.
www.cemeteries-madison-co-in.com /music_cemetery.htm   (736 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1868   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1865 1866 1867 - 1868 - 1869 1870 1871
1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
Constitution of the State of Florida (1868) (Source)
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 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
David Zinman is in his ninth season as Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, having taken up that post in 1995 after many years as a regular guest conductor there.
The love of music deeply ingrained in a large public, including all forms of music and the promotion of contemporary music, led to the construction of the new Tonhalle.
Hegar’s successor as music director of the orchestra was the internationally renowned Bruckner conductor Volkmar Andreae, who headed the Tonhalle Orchestra for a remarkable 43 years.
carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_3491_ma.html?...   (1040 words)

  
 Essentials of Music - Composers
These were to aid them, he stated, "in giving the 'Joplin Rags' that weird and intoxicating effect intended by the composer." Joplin fought throughout his lifetime to convince the musical world that the ragtime music he wrote was on a level with the great classical works of the European tradition.
Joplin was the son of a former slave, and grew up in a musical family.
Joplin's music soon fell out of style with the development of the newer styles of jazz.
www.essentialsofmusic.com /composer/joplin.html   (662 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 1976 in music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He studied music in Romania and Hungary, and was a teacher at the Budapest Academy of Music until he fled to Vienna (1956) after the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Considered one of the most innovative of contemporary composers, he was a significant figure in the development of minimalism in music.
He is famous for his transcriptions of early contrapuntal music, which have shown the possibilities of the guitar as a concert instrument.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=1976+in+music   (790 words)

  
 50's Music Juneau, AK - Juneau, Alaska 50's Bands, Juneau 50's Bands
Musical memories for all ages from the 40's to today's favorites.
They stay true to the style of music being performed using only authentic instruments of the period, thus complementing the performance to make a genuine musica...
Our music is a pleasing blend of hip retro classics, jazzy standards and standouts -- all served up in our smooth instrumental style perfect for listening and dancing.
www.gigmasters.com /50s/50sMusic_Juneau_AK.asp   (759 words)

  
 Sheet Music Digital - Music Dictionary Letter Q
I already had the music to "Getting Out of Town" but I needed to transpose it.
In philosophy or theology a quodlibet was an exercise in argument or disputation, a scholastic debate, a term in use between about 1377 and 1868.
In music, a quodlibet is a fanciful combination of airs, a fantasia, a medley, a collection of different tunes or fragments of composition brought together as a joke
www.sheetmusicdigital.com /musicdictionaryletterQ.asp   (1324 words)

  
 Civil War Band Music: The American Brass Band Movement, Notes
Moreover, few horns are entirely cylindrical or conical: all are conical at the bell, and all valved models require a cylindrical section where the valves are introduced into the main tubing.
The long established acceptability of the open-hole system for woodwinds may have given Sax the idea of recycling, if not saving, the keyed bugles and ophicleides--a species he helped endanger--by substituting for the brasswind mouthpiece a single reed, as is used on clarinets.
A checklist of sources for original band music in the United States is Frank J. Cipolla, "Annotated Guide for the Study and Performance of Nineteenth Century Band Music in the United States," Journal of Band Research 14, no. 1 (Fall, 1978): 22-40.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/cwmhtml/cwmpresnotes.html   (1292 words)

  
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A digital version of 400 hundred hours of tape of stories and music that were recorded between 30 and 40 years ago is now being archived by the staff of the Noel Wien Library and the UAF Rasmuson Library.
The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada.
(Music by the people and for the people of the islands and forests, mountains, glaciers, and seas of Southeast Alaska and the Yukon.
www.uaf.edu /music/akmusic/plist.html   (487 words)

  
 The Wheelmen - Bicycle Sheet Music Covers
One example of how the bicycle penetrated society can be seen in the illustrations on sheet music, which enjoyed wide and popular distribution before the advent of home and commercial recording and playback technology.
By studying examples of sheet music from the mid-19th century onward, we can see the evolution of the bicycle and the impact it had on society and popular culture.
In the early 1880s the ordinary was popular on sheet music covers, but was replaced shortly thereafter with an ever-growing assortment of safety bicycles.
www.thewheelmen.org /sections/memorabilia/covers/default.asp   (663 words)

  
 Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) Classical Compositions and Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) classical music sheets.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The son of a horn-player and a mother who made a career for herself in opera, as a boy he had direct experience of operatic performance, both in the orchestra pit and on stage.
Church music by Rossini includes the Petite Messe solennelle, originally for twelve solo voices, two pianos and harmonium, but rescored four years later, in 1867, with orchestral accompaniment.
The so-called Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) consist of thirteen volumes of varied music, some vocal, some instrumental, five of the collections designed for the piano, pieces that demonstrate both the well known wit of the composer as well as his continuing technical command of musical resources.
www.naxos.com /composerinfo/887.htm   (822 words)

  
 Music
Includes both printed and manuscript music (mostly in the form of "part books" for individual instruments) selected from the collections of the Music Division of the Library of Congress and the Walter Dignam Collection of the Manchester Historic Association (Manchester, New Hampshire).
The WPA California Folk Music Project is a multi-format ethnographic field collection that includes sound recordings, still photographs, drawings, and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California.
Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.
library.albany.edu /subject/music.html   (5175 words)

  
 A FORTY-FIRST GARLAND OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC COMPOSERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
His film music was primarily written for the Hammer horror movies (examples are Dracula from 1958 and The Hound of the Baskervilles of the year after but there were many more).
Bernard's TV music includes that for Murder Elite (1985), his scores for radio productions those for The Death of Hector, Dog in a Manger (1954), The Duchess of Malfi (1954) and The Dreamers (1955).
His death in 1992 at the early age of 42, was a sad loss to British music.
www.musicweb-international.com /garlands/41.htm   (623 words)

  
 Rosewood Publications: Music for wind and strings
Kuhlau wrote three quintets (Opus 51) for flute and strings; was influenced by the passionate and dramatic music of Beethoven; wrote eight operas, a piano concerto, much piano music, music for flute and piano, music for one, two, three and four flutes, three piano quartets, one string quartet, four sonatas for violin and piano.
Neruda: Czech by birth, made significant contributions to Danish musical life, spent the majority of his adult life in Copenhagen; cellist with the court orchestra from 1864-1876, prominent figure in Copenhagen's chamber music scene.
Founder of the Society for Chamber Music (Kammermusikforeningen) in 1868, performed in several prominent string quartets; also served as conductor for the concerts of the Danish Music Society from 1891-1915.
www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk /wind_strings.html   (604 words)

  
 North to the Future: Musical Reflections on Alaska's History
Native Music in the various parts of Alaska, what it was and what is has become.
Music is a unifying element—bridges built between Native and non-Native cultures Challenges: We have to dig deeper within ourselves than other people.
Alaska Music Trail - founded by Maxim Shapiro in the 1940s and carried on for a total of 25 years by his wife after his death in its 9th year - four concerts by soloists or groups a season presented in eighteen Alaskan towns and several Canadian venues.
www.uaf.edu /music/akmusic/mia.html   (1874 words)

  
 Victorian Music at Three Cats Graphics
Victorian Music CDs are electronically produced instrumental reproductions of songs popular during the 19th Century.
All sheet music used for these CDs is in the public domain.
However, the musical arrangements of these songs are copyrighted by D.S. Irvin and if you are interested in using her arrangements of this music for any reason
www.threecatsgraphics.com /victorian_music.htm   (115 words)

  
 African American Registry for Monday September 11th 2006
Jazz is music and an African American artform.
*On this date we focus on Jazz Music in America and Black cultures’ role in creating and influence its existence.
*Scott Joplin was born on this date in 1868.
www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/category/5/music   (2080 words)

  
 eBay - books 1868, Antiquarian Collectible, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Judaica Milman THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS 3 Vols 1868
1868 Gypsy Childrens bk by Sauvage Frolich illustrated
Glenavy The Church of the Dwarf 1868 - 1968 Irish
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 America's Musical Traditions at Spirit of America Bookstore
Jan 1st: Country music legend Hank Williams died while enroute to a performance in Canton OH, in the back seat of his Cadillac near Oak Hill, West Virginia.
March 5th: Country music performers Patsy Cline, 'Cowboy' Copas, and 'Hawkshaw' Hawkins died in a plane crash near Camden TN.
August 1st: Birth of country music, when Ralph Peer signed Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family to recording contracts for Victor Records.
www.genordell.com /stores/spirit/music.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Pokemon Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
I heard that most of the music is kept in from the original Pocket Monsters.
Filler music I can understand though I think that it shouldn't be done, but why remix?!
I know they've change a lot of the music, but it depends on season to season.
www.animelyrics.com /forum/topic_show.pl?pid=61290   (250 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
See also: 1866 in music, other events of 1867, 1868 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
The Contrabandista or The Law of the Ladrones Lyrics: Francis Cowley Burnand; Music: Arthur Sullivan.
Cox and Box Lyrics: Francis Cowley Burnand; Music: Arthur Sullivan.
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 Faculty of Humanities
The Role of Music in the Karaite Liturgy in Israel.
The Ability to Distinguish between Musical Styles in Relation to Age and Musical Experience.
The Instrumental Music of Josef Tal: Style and Artistic Concepts.
www.biu.ac.il /Academics/phd_eng/music.htm   (169 words)

  
 Music Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The music tradition at Hampton University began in 1868 when the school first opened its doors as Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
For 70 years, the Department of Music has been an
Throughout these years, the department has sustained excellence in Choral and Instrumental music as well as in educating and training performers, music engineers, and teachers of music.
www.hamptonu.edu /arts_edu/music   (68 words)

  
 Berwald, Franz (1796-1868) Classical Compositions and Franz Berwald (1796-1868) classical music sheets.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868) Classical Compositions and Franz Berwald (1796-1868) classical music sheets.
Franz Berwald, descended from a family of Swedish musicians of remoter German origin, was the most important figure in Swedish music of the 19th century.
Of Berwald's four surviving symphonies the third, the Sinfonie singulière, remains the most popular.
www.naxos.com /composerinfo/103.htm   (158 words)

  
 MUSICMATCH Guide: Georges Bizet
Known for one of the world's most popular operas, Carmen, Georges Bizet deserves attention as well for other works of remarkable melodic charm.
Many of his works received cool receptions on their premieres but are now considered central to the repertory of classical music...
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. All Music Guide is a registered Trademark of AEC One Stop Group, Inc.
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 Jesus Cross - Stay Christian's Best Jesus Cross Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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