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  Music of Japan Summary
Noh music consists of solo speech and singing by actors, unison singing by a chorus of seven to ten, and an instrumental ensemble.
Music education policies, a legacy of the Meiji period, include Western music in school curricula, but place traditional musical genres outside the formal education system, to be sustained by an apprentice system.
However, the overwhelming influence of Western music, the impact of cultural policy-making, and the desire for globalization are all detrimental influences on Korean traditional music and musical aesthetics.
www.bookrags.com /Music_of_Japan   (5156 words)

  
 Scotland and the Music Hall, 1850-1914 Journal of Social History - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Music hall and variety were replaced in the public fancy by cinema after 1918.
Throughout their heyday, the music hall and variety industries were centred on London where artistes earned the highest wages and greatest, international exposure.
This is important given Maloney's agreement with previous historians that music hall was based on a sense of inclusiveness and community between performers and their audiences.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_38/ai_n14817131   (874 words)

  
 Photoplay Music
The idea that early films were not accompanied by music is supported by the fact that almost no photoplay music was published before 1913 (films having been shown since the mid 1890s), implying that there may not have been a demand in the early years.
Theater music directors were expected to maintain a library of music, and either use the music suggested in the cue sheet or substitute similar pieces from their collections.
Orchestrators did this by "cross cueing," which means that an important musical line in one instrument would be placed, in small "cue" notes, in the parts for other instruments, so that (for instance) in the absence of the oboe, the clarinet or violin could play the oboe's solos.
www.mont-alto.com /photoplaymusic.html   (3264 words)

  
 Greenwich House Music School History
In 1914, the Music School moved into a brownstone at 44 Barrow Street which rapidly became a center of musical life in Greenwich Village.
In 1949, Mary Simkhovitch, reflected on the importance of the Music School in implementing the philosophy of the settlement house.
It is the policy of Greenwich House Music School not to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientation or physical handicap in its admission of students, educational programs, student activities and employment.
www.gharts.org /ghmusicschool.html   (1049 words)

  
 History
After teaching music from 1900-1904 in Boonville, Indiana, he taught elementary and high school music in Connersville from 1905-1909.
The boys were watching a minstrel show and keeping time to the music with their hands.
When he learned no music teacher could be found to teach at Fairview and Orange, he obtained an emergency permit and returned to teaching from 1956-58.
fayette.k12.in.us /chs/music/history.htm   (421 words)

  
 Music in Egypt - Seven Millennia of Performance
Music is a tricky subject at best, and I must confess that I am neither a theorist nor a musical academe.
The Arab musical tradition as it is known today developed between the AD 7th and 13th Centuries in the courts of Islam.
The music of the Middle East is now coming full-circle as the modern musicians assimilate elements from many of the musical forms that had their beginnings in Arabic music.
www.touregypt.net /music.htm   (2089 words)

  
 MUSIC
In Western music, the instance of church singers improvising with descants[9] is one of the earliest recognized examples of improvisation in Europe.
The musical counterpart of visual variety is referred to by al-Faruqi as “successive combination.” As the ceramic tiles form various arrangements of shapes, combinations of these are explored and multiplied for visual interest.
When famous Egyptian chanteuse Oum Khulthoum would sing, “the musical experience imparted to the listeners (by her and her ensemble) is called tarab.” The intensity of tarab depends primarily on the voice and performance style of the singer, as exemplified by Oum Khulthoum.
www.cacac.org /Christina_Campo_Abdoun_Improvisation_in_Arabic_Music.htm   (4522 words)

  
 1914 Sheet Music — "Sweetheart Dreams" Waltz - 2619
This sheet music song is called “Sweetheart Dreams”, a waltz written by Floyd Thompson and E. Clinton Keithley.
This sheet music was copyrighted and published in 1914 by Frank K. Root and Company.
The sheet music is the older folio size of approximately 10-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches.
www.rubylane.com /shops/nowandthen/item/2619   (204 words)

  
 Music Timeline, 1904-1914
In Europe, several brilliant composers were producing their most memorable works and were presenting them to audiences that were still passionate: the premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring set off a riot in Paris in 1913.
At the same time, the amorphous fl folk music of the South was shaping up into some of the great musical styles of the century; ragtime was already fading by 1914, but blues and jazz were just taking form in Memphis and New Orleans.
It was in these years that American popular music first began to spread abroad.
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 Essentials of Music - Composers
Both used the rich harmonies and new scales that are usually associated with musical impressionism, and both had an interest in the exotic.
While he showed some interest in musical Orientalism (his Sheherazade being a fine example), his real love was the music of Spain, and he created a number of works (Rapsodie espagnole and Boléro being the best known) that have a distinctly Spanish flavor.
In the 1910s and 1920s, Ravel was influenced by the presence in Paris of the Russian Igor Stravinsky and the activities of the Ballets Russes.
www.essentialsofmusic.com /composer/ravel.html   (550 words)

  
 Music downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Music was first sent down a telephone line in 1876
In 1896, Thaddeus Cahill filed a patent on the "art of and apparatus for generating and distributing music electronically" and until 1914 he fed music signals down AT&T's telephone lines with his Telharmoniums apparatus.
Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone line in 1876 - the same year the telephone was invented.
www.didyouknow.cd /music/grey.htm   (158 words)

  
 Music of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japanese music is eclectic, having borrowed instruments, scales and styles from neighboring cultures.
The accompanied recitative of the Noh drama dates from the 14th century and the popular folk music, with the guitarlike shamisen, from the 16th.
From the 1930s on (except during World War II, when it was repressed as music of the enemy), jazz, like classical music has had a strong presence in Japan and is an important market for the music; it's not uncommon for out-of print jazz recordings to be available only in Japan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Japan   (3347 words)

  
 Music
Both women had musical training, an appreciation for the arts and a belief that music had the power to enrich the lives of immigrant children living in South Philadelphia.
The level of musical performance of the Settlement Music School students grew considerably, becoming apparent that the advanced students required a separate professional training facility.
The Curtis Institute of Music was established in 1924 for these students, while the Settlement Music School continued its original mission of bringing musical training to children who could not normally afford lessons.
www.jewisharchives.net /jewishwomen/Music/music.html   (318 words)

  
 Through the Ages
It is a language native to exiles returning to their native land, the best medium for expressing gratitude so intense as to explode in glorias.
"Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it,"
Hear the literal music and the metaphors of life.
www.musicofthesoul.com /through_the_ages.htm   (722 words)

  
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The Mansfield University Music Department is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Students completing the music education degree are granted teacher certification in music K-12 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
The department of music is committed to stimulating a continuous pursuit of knowledge, understanding and skills by students and faculty.
music.mansfield.edu /about.html   (516 words)

  
 1914 in music
See also: 1913 in music, other events of 1914, 1915 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad
"Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei[?] is the first big kayokyoku[?] (pop music) hit in Japan
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1914_in_music.html   (96 words)

  
 Collectible and Antique Music and Musical Instruments on CYBERATTIC.
All original and in very good condition for music from the 1890s or earlier era.Corners are scuffed, thick paper.
Music is oversized and would be great framed.
The H. Gray Company, Inc. of New York published the music.   The cover notes the music is for high or medium in Ab - Low in F. The musi...
www.cyberattic.com /directory/Music_and_Musical_Instruments280.html   (796 words)

  
 Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Music of the 20th Century
The result is that "contemporary" music by composers like Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt is often more appealing to a broad audience than earlier works by composers who claimed to be the authentic voice of the 20th-century in stressing dissonance and fragmentation in their music.
As it related to music, the movement sought "to present the musical soul of the masses, of the great factories, of the railways, of the transatlantic liners, of the battleships, of the automobiles and airplanes.
The German music critic and sociologist, Theodor Adorno (1903-1969), expressed Ives' frustration in a more formal manner: he developed the concept of 'negative dialectic', which, as far as music was concerned, meant that music must be difficult because the undemanding acted as a mass sedative, encouraging people not to think.
www.dolmetsch.com /musictheory40.htm   (10765 words)

  
 Appeal to music lovers, 1914   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The committees of the York Musical Society and the York Symphony Orchestra have been compelled to abandon their usual programmes, because they cannot command either their usual subscriptions or secure a hall because of military occupation, were it possible to give concerts.
There is, however, a widespread feeling that musical activities should not cease, and the members of the Chorus and of the Symphony Orchestra are therefore continuing their weekly rehearsals, the cost of which as in other years are being borne by the members.
In order to meet the expenses for professional vocalists, professional members of the orchestra and other charges, an appeal is being made to the music lovers in York for donations.
www.yso.org.uk /documents/appeal1914.html   (261 words)

  
 Real Audio: MILHAUD: SELECTED SONGS, 1914-1942 Music & Arts CD-1024
This recording--featuring performances by members of the Mills Music Department--is a celebration of Milhaud's thirty-year association with Mills.
For, as Paul Collaer observed, "the entire significance of his music depends on the indispensable presence of melodic line" (Paul Collaer, Darius Milhaud, 34).
It presents the full range of styles characteristic of his vocal music and documents the work of a creative artist whose outstanding compositional craft is fully matched by his versatility.
www.musicandarts.com /CDpages/CD1024.html   (283 words)

  
 Musicdata, Inc., Classical Guitar Music In Print   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The bulk of the book lists music for guitar solo, small groups and school ensembles/orchestras.
Another feature of Classical Guitar Music In Print is the inclusion of a graded scale of difficulty level for many works, as the editor was allowed the opportunity to examine scores.
This grading system is handy for guitarists searching for appropriate recital music or teachers who recommend music for students.
www.voicenet.com /~musicdat/guitar.htm   (380 words)

  
 Tiger Tunes - The Bullfrog Blues
It was recorded on both disc and cylinder a number of times by pioneer recording artist Ada Jones; and it even made it onto a Mira music box disc.
The song was also recorded twice by the popular saxophone sextette, The Six Brown Brothers, first in 1911 as The Bullfrog and the Coon-Medley available on our Wizard of Oz CD and later as the much jazzier Bullfrog Blues.
You can download or play an mp3 of this jazzy version of the classic ragtime number and you can download the sheet music in PDF format which will allow you to save it on disc or print copies for yourself.
www.hungrytigerpress.com /tigertunes/bullfrogblues.shtml   (327 words)

  
 A Descriptive Catalogue of The Music of Charles Ives.
Arranged in 1921 from music composed in 1914, according to Ives.
This is an electronic version of A Descriptive Catalogue of The Music of Charles Ives by James B. Sinclair, published in book form by the Yale University Press in 1999.
This catalogue serves to describe the music manuscripts in the Charles Ives Papers, MSS 14, in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University.
webtext.library.yale.edu /xml2html/Music/ci-s8r.htm   (3628 words)

  
 Illinois Wesleyan: School of Music Milestones
College of Music established as a result of the combining of the Conservatory of Music with the Illinois College of Music.
School of Music accepted as a Full Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
Music Library moved to Presser Hall; Symposium of Contemporary Music established.
titan.iwu.edu:82 /music/aboutus/milestones.shtml   (174 words)

  
 The Music Library at The University of South Carolina
When I first heard the music with original words, I knew that this was a "must" for the Marching Band for the 1968 football season.
We began using the music at first game that season, although many people did not know the music.
Composer and author Reed Smith was head of the Department of English at USC when the song was (self-)published in 1914.
www.sc.edu /library/music/scm_contents.html   (2252 words)

  
 WERS.org :: Program Schedule
The show features a wide range of music, from the classical musical theatre of Gilbert and Sullivan to the newest Tony Award winning musical "Avenue Q" and everything in between.
In addition to our large catalogue of music, we bring you outstanding live performances and interviews from great local theatre companies and Tony Award winning composers.
The music style becomes more contemporary as the show moves into traditional Israeli folk and the latest in Israeli rock.
www.wers.org /music   (785 words)

  
 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2002005967
Watkins's eloquent narrative argues that twentieth-century Modernism was not launched full force with the advent of the Great War but rather was challenged by a new set of alternatives to the prewar avant-garde.
His central focus on music as a cultural marker during the First World War of necessity exposes its relationship to the other arts, national institutions, and international politics.
Proof through the Night concludes with a consideration of the post-Armistice period when, on the classical music front, memory and distance forged a musical response that was frequently more powerful than in wartime.
www.loc.gov /catdir/description/ucal042/2002005967.html   (288 words)

  
 1914 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad and Tobago.
First publication of Orchestration, the classic book by Cecil Forsyth.
The Lilac Domino (libretto by Emmerich von Gatti and Béla Jenbach; music by Charles Cuvillier) Broadway production
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1914_in_music   (563 words)

  
 Music from Antique Networking
Lyric by Bartley Costello and Music by Robert Stolz.
Words and Music by Cliff Hess, Howard Johnson and Milton Ager.
Sheet music is in good condition, slight wear and...
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 New Document
Published by Metropolis Music Co., 145 W. 45th Street, New York.
The sheet music measures about 13-5/8" by 10-1/8" with three pages of music.
The sheet music is in pretty good condition, considering its age.
www.epier.com /iq.asp?1015258   (147 words)

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