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2,000 Years of Music Compiled by and Released in Memory of Dr. Curt Sachs
produced by Curt Sachs, 1881-1959 (Folkways Records, 1962), 1 hour 5 mins
A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of the 2nd century; religious polyphony of the 16th century; German dances and opera; songs of the troubadours; early...
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produced by Curt Sachs, 1881-1959 (Folkways Records, 1962), 1 hour 5 mins
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A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of the 2nd century; religious polyphony of the 16th century; German dances and opera; songs of the troubadours; early music from the Netherlands; madrigals and motets.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Curt Sachs, 1881-1959
Date Published / Released
1962
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Africa and the Blues
written by Gerhard Kubik, 1934- (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1999), 240 page(s)
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written by Gerhard Kubik, 1934- (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1999), 240 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Gerhard Kubik, 1934-
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Topic / Theme
African American Music, Blues
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Bach: Wachet auf!
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; performed by Christopher Herrick, Bach: Wachet auf! (Hyperion, 1996), 20 page(s)
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composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; performed by Christopher Herrick, Bach: Wachet auf! (Hyperion, 1996), 20 page(s)
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Liner note
Performer / Ensemble
Christopher Herrick
Author / Creator
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750, Christopher Herrick
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Hyperion
Person Discussed
Christopher Herrick
Topic / Theme
Pianos, Audio recordings, Song, Organ
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Bliss: A Knot of Riddles, Angels of the Mind and other songs
composed by Sir Arthur Bliss, 1891-1975; conducted by Martyn Brabbins; performed by The Nash Ensemble, Bliss: A Knot of Riddles, Angels of the Mind and other songs (Hyperion, 2000), 48 page(s)
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composed by Sir Arthur Bliss, 1891-1975; conducted by Martyn Brabbins; performed by The Nash Ensemble, Bliss: A Knot of Riddles, Angels of the Mind and other songs (Hyperion, 2000), 48 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1998
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Liner note
Performer / Ensemble
The Nash Ensemble
Contributor
Martyn Brabbins
Author / Creator
Sir Arthur Bliss, 1891-1975, The Nash Ensemble
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Hyperion
Person Discussed
Ivor Gurney, 1890-1937, Aldo Finzi, 1897-1945, Frederick Delius, 1862-1934, Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951, Darius Milhaud, 1892-1974
Topic / Theme
Music criticism, Music arrangement, Song, Mixed Choir
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Brahms and His World
edited by Walter Frisch and Kevin C. Karnes (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009), 480 page(s)
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edited by Walter Frisch and Kevin C. Karnes (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009), 480 page(s)
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Walter Frisch, Kevin C. Karnes
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
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PART I: The Evolution: Debussy, Gautier, and Les Papillons
written by Marie Rolf; edited by Jane Fulcher; in Debussy And His World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001), 111-128
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written by Marie Rolf; edited by Jane Fulcher; in Debussy And His World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001), 111-128
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Jane Fulcher
Author / Creator
Marie Rolf
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Person Discussed
Claude Debussy, 1862-1918, Théophile Gautier
Topic / Theme
Music criticism, Poetry, Lyrics, Performance influences, Music theory
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 1: AfricaPart 2: Issues and Processes in African MusicArt-Composed Music in Nigeria
written by Johnston Akuma-Kalu Njoku; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 22 page(s)
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written by Johnston Akuma-Kalu Njoku; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 22 page(s)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
General reference book, Compendium
Contributor
Ruth M. Stone, 1942-
Author / Creator
Johnston Akuma-Kalu Njoku
Date Published / Released
1997-08-01, 1997
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Person Discussed
George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759, Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979, Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809, Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741, Fela Sowande, 1905-, Ayo Bankole, 1935-1976, Akin Euba, 1935-, Achinivu Kanu Achinivu, J. P. Clarke, 1807-1877, Wilberforce William Chukudinka Echezona, Lazarus Ekwueme, 1936-, Robert A. Kauffman, Okechukwu Ndubuisi, 1939-
Topic / Theme
African American, Yoruba, African, Hausa, Igbo, Brazilian, Nigerian, European, Sierra Leonean, Baptist, Composers, Christianity, World, Bass, double, Clapping, hand, Clarinet, Drum, Rote, Organ, Keyboard, Piano, Saxophone, String orchestra, String quartet, Tape recorder, Trombone, Vocables, Voice, Baritone
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 2 - South America, Mexico, Central America, and the CaribbeanPart 2 Issues and Processes in the Music of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the CaribbeanArt Music
written by Dale A. Olsen, 1941- and Daniel E. Sheehy; edited by Dale A. Olsen, 1941- and Daniel E. Sheehy (Routledge (Publisher), 1998), 7 page(s)
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written by Dale A. Olsen, 1941- and Daniel E. Sheehy; edited by Dale A. Olsen, 1941- and Daniel E. Sheehy (Routledge (Publisher), 1998), 7 page(s)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
General reference book, Compendium
Contributor
Dale A. Olsen, 1941-, Daniel E. Sheehy
Author / Creator
Dale A. Olsen, 1941-, Daniel E. Sheehy
Date Published / Released
1998-10-01, 1998
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Person Discussed
George Gershwin, 1898-1937, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869, Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Roy Harris, 1898-1979, Alberto Williams, 1862-1952, Manuel de Falla, 1876-1946, Antonín Dvořák, 1841-1904, Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907, Silvestre Revueltas, 1899-1940, Bedrich Smetana, 1824-1884, Dale A. Olsen, 1941-, Gerard Béhague, Isabel Aretz, Robert M. Stevenson, 1913-, Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1887-1959
Topic / Theme
African American, African Cuban, Indian, American, Aztec, Mestizo, Yaqui, Brazilian, Italian, Colombian, European, Argentine, Mexican, Amazonian, American Indian, Mapuche, Cultural identity, Performance practice, Music criticism, World, Guitar, Kora, Piano, Voice
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 3 - The United States and CanadaPart 3 Musical Cultures and RegionsOverview of Music in the United States
written by William Kearns; edited by Ellen Koskoff (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 35 page(s)
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written by William Kearns; edited by Ellen Koskoff (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 35 page(s)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
General reference book, Compendium
Contributor
Ellen Koskoff
Author / Creator
William Kearns
Date Published / Released
2000-11, 2000
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Person Discussed
Ole Bull, 1810-1880, Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971, Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Jerome Kern, 1885-1945, Marian Anderson, 1897-1993, W. C. Handy, 1873-1958, Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, John Cage, 1912-1992, Al Jolson, 1886-1950, Benny Goodman, 1909-1986, Roy Rogers, 1911-1998, Arturo Toscanini, 1867-1957, John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932, Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990, Bob Dylan, 1...
Ole Bull, 1810-1880, Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971, Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Jerome Kern, 1885-1945, Marian Anderson, 1897-1993, W. C. Handy, 1873-1958, Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, John Cage, 1912-1992, Al Jolson, 1886-1950, Benny Goodman, 1909-1986, Roy Rogers, 1911-1998, Arturo Toscanini, 1867-1957, John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932, Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990, Bob Dylan, 1941-, Elvis Presley, 1935-1977, Scott Joplin, 1868-1917, George Gershwin, 1898-1937, Cole Porter, 1891-1964, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869, Kurt Weill, 1900-1950, Irving Berlin, 1888-1989, Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979, Sigmund Romberg, 1887-1951, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1948-, George M. Cohan, 1878-1942, Philip Glass, 1937-, Marc Blitzstein, 1905-1964, Jacques Offenbach, 1819-1880, James Hewitt, 1770-1827, John Coolidge Adams, 1947-, Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Alfred Newman, 1901-1970, Barbara Allen, Samuel Barber, 1910-1981, Amy Beach, 1867-1944, James Brown, 1933-2006, Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, Herbert L. Clarke, 1867-1945, Henry Cowell, 1897-1965, Woody Guthrie, 1912-1967, John Harbison, 1938-, Roy Harris, 1898-1979, Robert Johnson, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Bill Monroe, 1911-1996, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, John Newton, 1725-1807, Horatio William Parker, 1863-, Charley Patton, 1891-1934, Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007, Arthur Pryor, 1870-1942, Robert Shaw, 1908-1985, Mamie Smith, Richard Tucker, La Monte Young, 1935-, Antonín Dvořák, 1841-1904, Howard Hanson, 1896-1981, Charles E. Ives, 1874-1954, Peter Mennin, 1923-1983, John Knowles Paine, 1839-1906, Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951, Elliott Carter, 1908-2012, Steve Reich, 1936-, Max Steiner, 1888-1971, Milton Babbitt, 1916-2011, David Del Tredici, 1937-, Arthur Farwell, 1877-1952, Lou Harrison, 1917-2003, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 1939-, Albert Von Tilzer, 1878-1956, Dwight Yoakam, 1956-, Chuck Berry, 1926-2017, Ray Charles, 1930-2004, Frank Sinatra, 1915-1998, Marvin Gaye, 1939-1984, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968, Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018, Muddy Waters, 1913-1983, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, 1899-1993, Bessie Smith, 1894-1937, Joan Baez, 1941-, Willie Nelson, 1933-, Roland Hayes, 1887-, Gene Autry, 1907-1998, Lowell Mason, 1792-1872, Johann Gottfried Herder, 1744-1803, Thomas Moore, 1779-1852, Fats Domino, 1928-2017, Roy Acuff, 1903-1992, Chet Atkins, 1924-2001, William Billings, 1746-1800, Francis James Child, 1825-1896, Perry Como, 1912-2001, James Cook, 1728-1779, Xavier Cugat, 1900-1990, Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872, Jenny Lind, 1820-1887, Luther Whiting Mason, 1818-1896, John McCormack, 1884-1945, Dwight Lyman Moody, 1837-1899, Cecil Sharp, 1859-1924, Chou Wen-Chung, 1923-, King Hank Williams, 1923-1953, Frankie Yankovic, William Bolcom, 1938-, Jimmie Rodgers, 1897-1933, Alexander Reinagle, 1756-1809, Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972, Benjamin Carr, 1768-1836, Ned Rorem, 1923-, Charles K. Harris, 1867-1930, Jelly Roll Morton, 1890-1941, Victor Herbert, 1859-1924, Stephen Collins Foster, 1826-1864, Joseph E. Howard, 1867-1961, Glenn Miller, 1909-1944, Morton Gould, 1913-
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African American, Japanese, Chinese, Cajun, European American, Hispanic American, Hawaiian, Portuguese, African Caribbean, Scottish, Russian, Indian, African, American, American Indian, Anglo-American, Canadian, French, German, German-American, Greek, Hispanic, Hungarian, Hungarian-American, Irish, Irish-American, Italian-American, Japanese-American, Jewish, Jewish-American, Malay, Mexican-America...
African American, Japanese, Chinese, Cajun, European American, Hispanic American, Hawaiian, Portuguese, African Caribbean, Scottish, Russian, Indian, African, American, American Indian, Anglo-American, Canadian, French, German, German-American, Greek, Hispanic, Hungarian, Hungarian-American, Irish, Irish-American, Italian-American, Japanese-American, Jewish, Jewish-American, Malay, Mexican-American, Pueblo, Slovenian, Winnebago, Polish, Cuban, Italian, European, Indonesian, Swedish, Norwegian, Mexican, Czech, Austrian, Chinese-American, Greek American, Asian-American, Chicano, Eastern European, Moravian, New Mexican, Omaha, Scandinavian, Scandinavian American, Baptist, Catholicism, Religious literature, Composers, Religious faiths, Buddhism, Christianity, Protestantism, Islam, Religious movements, Music, Music theory, Awards, World, American Revolution, 1775-1783, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Battle of Stones River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863, Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493, Schleswig-Holstein War, 1864, Yugoslav War Crimes Trials, Hague, Netherlands, 1994-, Accordion, Piano, Balalaika, Banjo, Bass, double, Bass, electric, Cello, Clapper, Clarinet, Conga, Drum, Printing, Tambourine, Violin, Flute, end-blown, Shakuhachi, Big band, Contemporary Band, Symphony orchestra, Guitar, Harmonium, Harp, Lute, Shamisen, Tānbūrā, Bouzouki, Ukulele, Rote, Oboe, Gamelan, Organ, Shell, Keyboard, Piano, Pipe, Rattle, Saxophone, Trumpet, Fiddle, Vocables, Voice, Chorus, Contralto, Marimba, Zither, Koto, Peak, Taiko, Brass band, Polka band
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 8 - EuropePart 3: Music Cultures of EuropeRom (Gypsy) Music
written by Carol Silverman; edited by Timothy Rice, fl. 1981, James Porter, fl. 1969 and Chris Goertzen (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 24 page(s)
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written by Carol Silverman; edited by Timothy Rice, fl. 1981, James Porter, fl. 1969 and Chris Goertzen (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 24 page(s)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
General reference book, Compendium
Contributor
Timothy Rice, fl. 1981, James Porter, fl. 1969, Chris Goertzen
Author / Creator
Carol Silverman
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Person Discussed
Franz Liszt, 1811-1886, Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, Franz Peter Schubert, 1797-1828, Claude Debussy, 1862-1918, Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Zoltán Kodály, 1882-1967, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893, Django Reinhardt, 1910-1953, Anne K. Rasmussen, Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Samuel Baud-Bovy, Donna A. Buchanan, Elsie Ivancich Dunin, 1935-, Robert...
Franz Liszt, 1811-1886, Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, Franz Peter Schubert, 1797-1828, Claude Debussy, 1862-1918, Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Zoltán Kodály, 1882-1967, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893, Django Reinhardt, 1910-1953, Anne K. Rasmussen, Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Samuel Baud-Bovy, Donna A. Buchanan, Elsie Ivancich Dunin, 1935-, Robert Garfias, 1932-, Robert Godfried, André Hajdu, 1932-, Katalin Kovalcsik, Alaina Lemon, Esma Redžepova, 1943-2016, Bálint Sárosi, Paula A. White
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Mandar, Bosnian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Turk, Indian, San, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Jewish, Serbian, Slovenian, Polish, Bulgarian, European, Albanian, Czech, Slovak, Eastern European, Romani, Istrian, Romungre, Slavic, Thracian, Vlach, Western European, Musicians, Christianity, Islam, Weddings, Empire, Performance practice, Music theory, Musical meter and rhythm, Audio r...
Mandar, Bosnian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Turk, Indian, San, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Jewish, Serbian, Slovenian, Polish, Bulgarian, European, Albanian, Czech, Slovak, Eastern European, Romani, Istrian, Romungre, Slavic, Thracian, Vlach, Western European, Musicians, Christianity, Islam, Weddings, Empire, Performance practice, Music theory, Musical meter and rhythm, Audio recordings, Battle of Stones River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863, Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493, Expedition of Bering and Chirikov to Alaska, June-September 1741, Germany Divided into Occupation Zones, June 5, 1945, Accordion, Piano, Bagpipes, Banjo-Guitar, Bass, double, Bass, electric, Cello, Spoons, Clarinet, Drum, Ka, Drum, bass, Tambourine, Dulcimer, hammer, Viola, Violin, Kaval, Guitar, Lute, Tānbūrā, Bouzouki, Ud, Oboe, Organ, Panpipe, Keyboard, Piano, Saxophone, String orchestra, Synthesizer, Trumpet, Vocables, Voice, Chorus, Zither, Cimbalom, Tamburica ensemble, Zurna, Brass band
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