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  Music Cognition Handbook: A Glossary of Concepts
In musical terms, critical bands are roughly a minor third in size in the vicinity of middle C and above.
A term used in architectural acoustics to denote the time interval which elapses between the arrival of the direct sound and the arrival of the first reflection from the nearest wall or ceiling.
A musical term denoting an interval of pitch between two pitches whose frequencies are related in the approximate ratio of 2:1.
www.music-cog.ohio-state.edu /Music838/glossary.html   (12133 words)

  
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Musical styles are defined, including types of popular, rock, country, jazz, rhythm and blues, and folk music.
Both famous and obscure figures are included, and a lengthy alphabetical list of songs arranged by year and title is impressive--but although the text itself is indexed, the list of songs is not.
The focus is on popular music from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Tin Pan Alley period (1865-1890).
www.music.indiana.edu /tech_s/mla/wgpms/wgpms.pop   (1296 words)

  
 Popular Music and Society: Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The subtlety of how Connell and Gibson explore the interaction of "fixity" and "fluidity" in popular music bespeaks the breadth of their reading in the secondary literatures on music, place, and identity as well as the depth of their perceptions, which carefully explore all sides of their topic.
Popular music is "a sphere in which people struggle over reality and their place in it, a sphere in which people are continuously working with and within already existing relations of power, to make sense of and improve their lives," Lawrence Grossberg explains (4-5).
A typical sentence from the book: "Music tourism plays both economic and cultural roles in reshaping particular geographies, boosting development, and incorporating--or excluding--the local musical industry, and is therefore to be both welcomed and rejected by the communities themselves" (250).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_1_28/ai_n9507899   (1266 words)

  
 Music therapy definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
Music therapy: The use of music in therapy; the therapeutic use of music.
There are many different definitions of music therapy ranging from the trivial (a form of distraction that uses music as an aid to relaxation) to the lofty (the prescribed use of music to restore, maintain, and improve emotional, physical, physiological, and spiritual health and well-being).
Music therapy facilitates the creative process of moving toward wholeness in the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual self in areas such as: independence, freedom to change, adaptability, balance and integration.
www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25789   (319 words)

  
 List of popular music terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of popular music terms, not including musical genres; each term is followed by the corresponding classical term, if any.
Note: Many of these terms are both a technique and a genre or style, as genres are often named after the techniques used (swung note and swing), though sometimes the connection is in name only (downbeat and down beat).
This page was last modified 21:20, 6 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_popular_music_terms   (98 words)

  
 Category:Popular music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Popular music contains a variety of genres are intended for mass consumption and propagated over the radio and similar media.
For more information, see the article about Popular music.
This page was last modified 07:08, 15 November 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Popular_music   (65 words)

  
 Music
The result is a list of the biographical resources that have an entry for that person.
Use the term 'folk music' (or just the word 'music') as the first search term and the name of the country (or region) as the second term.
Gelman Library (as well as the music libraries at Catholic University and at American University) are rich in sheet music and musical scores.
www.gwu.edu /gelman/guides/arts/music.html   (2294 words)

  
 Music
There are descriptions and photos of native musical instruments and an extensive collection of artist biographies (mostly Puerto Ricans) from all genres, each with a discography, photo, and sample audio clips of their music.
To promote the study of American popular music, the center maintains a number of research collections and sponsors a variety of projects and publications.
A.pdf list of all works in the archive is available; users may also browse by composer or genre (barbarshop, hymns, etc.) or search by title, number of voices, and other categories.
www.library.ucsb.edu /subjects/music/music.html   (5510 words)

  
 LIST OF MUSICAL TOPICS FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related Changes in the sidebar and on the bottom of the page.
This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see an article that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page accordingly.
Do note, however, that there is already a list_of_musical_instruments, a list_of_musical_instruments_by_Hornbostel-Sachs_number, a list_of_musical_ensembles, and similar lists exist at composer, musician, record_producers, arranger, list_of_genres_of_music, list_of_record_labels, and list_of_songs_by_name.
www.whereintheworldisbush.com /List_of_musical_topics   (159 words)

  
 Talk:List of songwriters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Furthermore, because this list is "not limited to popular music", one could include a heck of a lot of classical composers.
I do think we should have both lists, and anybody that is on the list of singer-songwriters should be on this list as well, but not vice versa.
Something that worked well at List of famous Canadians to end a similar much more sordid debacle (luckily DW isn't involved here) is to limit each genre to say, ten or twelve of the most influential songwriters in each.
www.termsdefined.net /ta/talk:list-of-songwriters.html   (1495 words)

  
 Links to Tens of Thousands of Legal Music Downloads
At Fingertips, my emphasis is on quality music, and whatever trouble I may have with the record industry at large, I also have a whole lot of trouble with the idea that anyone with an instrument who wants to upload music to the web is worth listening to.
Music has existed in human culture for tens of thousands of years, as long as we've been able to sing or play primitive drums.
Allowing musicians to sell their music directly to fans, via direct sales of compact discs that the bands pay to have manufactured themselves, as well as live performances advertised through file downloads, is the greatest threat to the record labels' continued existence.
www.goingware.com /tips/legal-downloads.html#law   (8634 words)

  
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In 1991 the Working Group on Popular Music Sources, under the aegis of the Music Library Association Bibliographic Control Committee, was given the charge of preparing an annotated guide to sources for authority work in cataloging popular music.
They were expected to catalog different types of pop music, some very unfamiliar, and needed to know what reference sources would aid them in establishing personal and group names as well as subject access terms.
The Working Group on Popular Music Sources has produced this annotated guide with chapters devoted to jazz, country and folk music, theater music, blues, and a chapter listing sources for miscellaneous popular music.
www.music.indiana.edu /tech_s/mla/wgpms/wgpms.htm   (470 words)

  
 Popular Music Mailing List
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www.crm-broker.com /mailing_list/business/list_popular_music.htm   (146 words)

  
 Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is especially strong in music spawned by military conflicts from the War of 1812 through World War I. Minstrel music is also well-represented.
Music published before 1923 and in the public domain is digitized.
CAIRSS is a bibliographic database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.
library.uww.edu /SUBJECT/music.htm   (1331 words)

  
 20th Century Composers - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But over the last 100 years, ideological changes and technical advances have affected not only the way that music is enjoyed but also the way that it is composed.
A pioneer in the field of experimental music, the German composer and theorist was among the first to work with electronics and tape loops.
Somber and sinister, Ravel's "Le Gibet" is the musical expression of a hanged man. Pianist Sarah Cahill transforms printed notes into a compelling and ghastly image of finality and loss.
www.epitonic.com /genres/20thcenturycomposers.html   (610 words)

  
 MP3 Music Downloads - Buy MP3 Music Online - Digital Music Downloads
Once again, we've scanned the horizon for the latest music and are proud to deliver the finest in energizing emo, syrup-drenched rhymes, and garage rock.
Music giant responds to PR nightmare and litigation by vowing to halt production of CDs containing controversial antipiracy technology.
The result was an ability for Whodini to appeal to the R&B crowd that was becoming increasingly disenfranchised by rap's shift into hardcore antics.
www.mp3.com   (430 words)

  
 Lycos 50 with Dean... 2005 Top Radio Hosts
Over the past year, Stern's popularity with web users has tripled, and if web search activity is any indication, David Lee Roth will pull in bigger audience numbers than Adam Corolla who will replace Stern on the west coast once he departs.
While Sean Hannity experienced the biggest gain in online popularity last year, he slips 44 percent this year, falling from number five to number eleven.
Of the three newcomers to last year's list, only Tom Leykis remains, while Al Franken and Lionel drop off the list completely.
50.lycos.com   (587 words)

  
 Turn Left: Liberal Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Here is a listing of musical artists which have liberal-oriented lyrics, or have worked for liberal causes, or have expressed liberal sentiments in interviews, etc. This list is the combined effort of myself and Turn Left readers.
Unless liberalism is wholly defined by opposition to censorship then including this band on a list of "liberal" musicians is almost offensive to the philosophy at the core ofl iberalism.
Besides playing great music and serving as a reflection of how good Bob Marley really was, I think that someone who has an a album called Equal Rights, and Legalize It should be recognized, along with his music for his contribution to society.
www.cjnetworks.com /~cubsfan/music.html   (5076 words)

  
 KEY TERMS IN POPULAR MUSIC AND CULTURE by Fassett, Kaffe, Swiss, Thomas, Horner, Bruce, Trickett, Shirley, SWISS, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
KEY TERMS IN POPULAR MUSIC AND CULTURE by Fassett, Kaffe, Swiss, Thomas, Horner, Bruce, Trickett, Shirley, SWISS, THOMAS (BOTH DRAKE UNIVERSITY, USA), JONES, CHRIS CJ, WELLS, RENEé M., WALLS, RENEE M. You can always remove it later.
This work presents 18 essays by scholars in the field of popular music studies.
They collectively address the question: 'What are we talking about when we talk about popular music?' Each essay maps the perspectives of the ongoing debates on the meaning of popular music and culture.
www.studentbookworld.com /BookDetail/0631212647.html   (111 words)

  
 Popular Music Events that are a Part of A New America: The 1940s and the Arts Festival
Popular Music Events that are a Part of A New America: The 1940s and the Arts Festival
Through music and anecdotes, the bassist and other musicians share memories of singers they performed with in the 1940s.
From January through June, the Kennedy Center celebrates the rich spectrum of music, dance, theater, film, and fashion produced by the many remarkable American artists who struggled, created, and triumphed during this turbulent and exhilarating era.
www.kennedy-center.org /programs/festivals/04-05/forties/popular.html   (1351 words)

  
 Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Book Description: Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture presents eighteen original essays by leading scholars in the field of popular music studies.
These essays combine to form a valuable overview of the state of popular music discourse at the end of the twentieth century.
They will prove invaluable both to those new to the study of popular music and those already well-versed in popular music and cultural studies.
isbn.nu /0631212647   (362 words)

  
 Music Page for 200X @ Theatre with Anatoly
Maybe you should see WWWilde pages where I try to find the music and art components of the "The Importance of Being Earnest" I am about to direct (Fall Y2K).
Music is the last part and I review again the history of arts...
On the use of music in shows, see Sound page in Dangerous Liaisons (Spring 2002), or Sound in Film-North.
www.vtheatre.net /200/music.html   (370 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Pet Sounds [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Popular in: California Institute of Technology (#4), Iowa State University (#13).
Brian Wilson's gift to 20th-century music elevated this pop album into a beguiling musical and emotional cogency that still operates outside pop culture's fickle space-time continuum--and limited critical lexicon.
The music is wonderful, no band ever did harmonies better than the Beach Boys.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005ASHM?v=glance   (1751 words)

  
 Musicroom.com - Sheet Music for Musicians
Nyman is one of the most commercially successful composers of the 20th century and his music has struck a chord with audiences the world over.
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I can say with confidence that your service is not only the best for sheet music on the Web, but also one of the best online purchasing sites around.
www.musicroom.com /index.ihtml   (363 words)

  
 Music Glossaries
Dictionary of Musical Forms Limited list of definitions such as aria, sonata, and symphony.
Rhythm and Meter in Tonal Music: A Glossary of Terms.
A collection of terms related to folk music, plus some mini-biographies, musicology terms, trivia, and miscellaneous facts and figures.
www.chipublib.org /008subject/001artmusic/glossaries/Glossaries.html   (191 words)

  
 WWW VL Classical Music: Full Alphabetic Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is an unannotated alphabetically sorted list of every item listed in the classical music department of the WWW Virtual Library.
Disclaimer: except for entries created and/or directly stored on this system, the webmaster of this site and the ISP (Georgetown Preparatory School) are not responsible for content of the links provided.
Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama; an annual music festival held in a delightful South Wales country church
www.gprep.org /classical/catalog.html   (749 words)

  
 JSTOR: The Music Collection - Title List
The Music Collection contains the complete back runs of thirty-two titles dedicated to scholarly research and theory in the field of music.
Every title in the Music Collection is also available in the Arts and Sciences III Collection.
A list of Music titles that are also included in other collections is included below.
www.jstor.org /about/music.list.html   (183 words)

  
 SHOUTcast | Free internet radio!
Thousands of broadcasters around the world are waiting for you to tune in and listen.
Be sure to select your connection speed and then what kind of music you're looking for over on the right hand side for optimal listening pleasure.
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www.shoutcast.com   (488 words)

  
 Free Music Download, MP3 Music, Music Chat, Music Video, Music CD, ARTISTdirect Network
A companion piece to the luminous Workingman's Dead, American Beauty is an even stronger document of the Grateful Dead's return to their musical roots.
Sporting a more full-bodied and intricate sound than its predecessor thanks to the addition of subtle electric textures, the record is also more representative of the group as a collective unit.
It remains the Dead's studio masterpiece --never again would they be so musically focused or so emotionally direct.
ubl.artistdirect.com   (391 words)

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