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  Composer
However, a person may be called a composer without creating music in documentary form, since not all musical genres rely on written notation.
The level of distinction between composers and other musicians also varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music.
The term "composer" is often used specifically to mean a composer in the Western tradition of classical music.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/composer.html   (321 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Index
List of countries and territories by reserves of foreign exchange and gold
List of unclassified languages according to the Ethnologue
List of Church of Ireland Archbishops of Armagh
encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /ndx/page_658.html   (393 words)

  
 Classical Composers @ I Write The Music.com
Orchestras are defying the slump in classical CD sales by launching their own record labels.
After being inactive for over a decade, she has released an album of songs composed for classical-string quartet.
It would be nice for everybody to have a Strad, muses Neil Gershenfeld, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Laboratory.
www.iwritethemusic.com /classicalcomposers.html   (767 words)

  
 African American Studies Teacher Toolkit: Library List
Footsteps: African American Heritage Grades 4 and up "Each issue explores a new topic from Blacks and the Military to the Harlem Renaissance.
Imagine a scrapbook compiled collectively and intimately by African Americans from the first recorded birth of a fl child in Jamestown, through the Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction and right up to our own time, amply illustrated with compelling images, literature, personal recollections, art works, cartoons and ephemera, and you might begin to picture this book.
Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the 'American Dream.
www.creativefolk.com /toolkit/library.html   (4506 words)

  
 Austrian Real Estate - Guide to purchasing real estate in Austria.
The nine Austrian states are divided into districts known as Bezirke.
Amsterdam Concerts - Listing to Schedule of live concerts in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Housing - Exclusive listing for housing in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
www.austrianrealestate.com   (2916 words)

  
 Susquehanna University - Blough-Weis Library - December 2000 Newsletter
With funds from income to date, the Library has made significant purchases of books, videos and CD-ROMs in support of the Humanities curriculum, in areas such as Asian and African history, English and American literature, Jewish Studies, reformation studies, cultural studies, and contemporary Mennonite and Amish religion.
The full impact of the grant and the long-term benefits to students and faculty at Susquehanna University are yet to be realized.
Contains 185 multi-part entries on composers of African descent: classical, popular, and vernacular.
www.susqu.edu /Library/LibraryRec/newsletters/Dec00.htm   (2192 words)

  
 Ellington on the Web - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Links"
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899 - 1974) Pianist, Bandleader, Composer
Peter MacHare's List of Ellington Musicians, with their dates in the band.
IMDb database, lists movies and tv shows in which he acted, composed for, or recorded for.
www.ellingtonweb.ca /Main.htm   (6032 words)

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