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Topic: Expressionism (music)


  
  music - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Music is generally divided into different genres or styles such as classical music, jazz, pop music, country, and so on.
The organ was introduced in the 8th century, and in the 9th century, music using a very primitive form of harmony began to be used in churches, with notation gradually developing towards its present form.
Music enwrapped her, and she could not enter into the distinction that divides young men whom one takes an interest in from young men whom one knows.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /music   (1319 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Expressionism
This phase of expressionism in Germany was marked by the conscious exposition of emotions and a heightened sense of the possibilities for expressive content.
Expressionism meanwhile had become an international movement, and the influence of the Germans is seen in the works of such artists as the Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka, the French artist Georges Rouault, the Lithuanian-born French painter Chaïm Soutine, the Bulgarian-born French painter Jules Pascin, and the American painter Max Weber (see Painting).
Expressionism in music, which crested between the two world wars, gave voice to the anxieties, inner terrors, and cynicism of human life in the 20th century through emotionally intense, musically complex, and carefully structured works.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552391/Expressionism.html   (1128 words)

  
 Classical Music - A short history
The high baroque music of the eighteenth century was dominated by the genius of Bach and Handel.
Later in the century, the Classic style of Haydn and Mozart dominated the music of Western Europe, with the symphony, sonata, and string quartet predominating, and the sonata principle at the core of musical structure.
Wagner's harmonic and timbral idiom was critical for the late romantic efflorescence at the end of the century that led to the so_called end of tonality as it was generally understood in the nineteenth century.
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/musical_history.html   (1000 words)

  
 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. - Book Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In addition to the main entries, the last volume includes a biographical digest that provides brief sketches of hundreds of important figures in each musical category not covered in the major entries.
Music in the Twentieth Century: --presents entries on over 400 prominent musicians and musical groups, as well as musical styles from the United States, Britain, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, and South and Central America.
Entries cover all major genres, techniques, composers, and performers...Recommended for general music information and basic music library collections, including middle school, high school, and public libraries.
www.mesharpe.com /mall/resultsa.asp?Title=Music+in+the+20th+Century   (322 words)

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