Encyclopedia - Music

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'ud Abbado, Claudio accordion Acuff, Roy (Claxton) Adès, Thomas Adams, John (Coolidge) Adderley, Cannonball Adler, Guido Adler, Larry Aeolian harp Albéniz, Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albinoni, Tomaso (Giovanni) aleatory music alto Amati family Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Leroy Anderson, Marian anthem Apollo Theatre

Argerich, Martha aria Arlen, Harold Armstrong, Louis Arne, Thomas Augustine Ars Antiqua Ars Nova Art Ensemble of Chicago Atkins, Chet atonality aulos Böhm, Karl Bülow, Hans (Guido), baron von Babbitt, Milton (Byron) Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bacharach, Burt Baez, Joan (Chandos)

bagpipe Baker, Chet Balakirev, Mily (Alekseyevich) balalaika ballad opera band banjo Barber, Samuel barbershop quartet Barenboim, Daniel baritone Barnet, Charlie Barraqué, Jean Bartók, Béla Basie, Count bass bassoon Bax, Sir Arnold (Edward Trevor) Beach Boys Beach, Amy Marcy

Beatles Bebey, Francis bebop Bechet, Sidney Beecham, Sir Thomas Beethoven, Ludwig van Beiderbecke, (Leon) Bix Belafonte, Harry bell Bellini, Vincenzo Bennett, Tony Berg, Alban (Maria Johannes) Berio, Luciano Berlin, Irving Berlioz, (Louis-) Hector Bernstein, Leonard Berry, Chuck Billings, William Bing, Sir Rudolf Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (Paul)

Bizet, Georges Björling, Jussi Blake, Eubie Blakey, Art Blanton, Jimmy Bliss, Sir Arthur (Edward Drummond) Blitzstein, Marc Bloch, Ernest Blow, John bluegrass blues Boccherini, Luigi (Rodolfo) Boehm, Theobald Boieldieu, (François-) Adrien Boito, Arrigo Bolshoi Bolton, Guy (Reginald) Bononcini, Giovanni Borodin, Aleksandr (Porfiryevich) Boulanger, Nadia (-Juliette)

Boulez, Pierre bouzouki Bowie, David Brahms, Johannes brass instrument Brel, Jacques British Invasion Britten of Aldeburgh, (Edward) Benjamin Britten, Baron Brown, Clifford Brown, James Brubeck, Dave Bruch, Max (Karl August) Bruckner, (Josef) Anton bugle Bull, John Bull, Ole (Bornemann) Burgundian school Burney, Charles Busoni, Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Buxtehude, Dietrich

Byrd, William Byrne, David Byzantine chant Cabezón, Antonio de Caccini, Giulio Caesar, Irving Cage, John Cahn, Sammy Callas, Maria Calloway, Cab calypso canon cantata Cantor, Eddie cantus firmus carillon Carissimi, Giacomo Carmichael, Hoagy Carnegie Hall carol

Carter Family Carter, Benny Carter, Elliott (Cook, Jr.) Caruso, Enrico Casals, Pablo (Carlos Salvador Defilló) Cash, Johnny castrato catch Cavaillé-Coll, Aristide Cavalli, (Pier) Francesco cello Chávez (y Ramírez), Carlos (Antonio de Padua) Chabrier, (Alexis-) Emmanuel Chaliapin, Feodor (Ivanovich) chamber music change ringing chanson Charles, Ray Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Chausson, (Amédée-) Ernest

Cherubini, Luigi (Carlo Zanobi Salvadore Maria) Chess, Leonard choir Chopin, Frédéric (François) chorale chord Christian, Charlie chromaticism Chrysander, (Karl Franz) Friedrich church mode Cimarosa, Domenico clarinet clavichord clef Clementi, Muzio Cliburn, Van Cline, Patsy Cobain, Kurt Cohan, George M(ichael) Cole, Nat King

Coleman, (Randolph Denard) Ornette Coltrane, John (William) concertina concerto concerto grosso conducting conservatory consonance and dissonance continuo Cooke, Sam(uel) Copland, Aaron Corelli, Arcangelo cornet Cotton Club counterpoint countertenor country music Couperin, François Cowell, Henry (Dixon) Crawford Seeger, Ruth

Creston, Paul Cristofori, Bartolomeo Crosby, Bing Crumb, George (Henry) Cruz, Celia Curtis Institute of Music cymbal Czerny, Karl Da Ponte, Lorenzo Dallapiccola, Luigi Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, Miles (Dewey) Davis, Sir Colin (Rex) Debussy, (Achille-) Claude Delibes, (Clément Philibert) Léo Delius, Frederick (Theodore Albert) Dibdin, Charles Dietz, Howard disco Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl

divertimento Dixieland Dixon, Willie doctrine of the affections Dolmetsch, (Eugène) Arnold Domingo, Plácido Donaldson, Walter Donizetti, (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Dorsey, Thomas A(ndrew) Dorsey, Tommy double bass Dowland, John drum Dufay, Guillaume Dukas, Paul (-Abraham) Duke, Vernon dulcimer Dunstable, John Duparc, (Marie-Eugène-) Henri Dussek, Jan Ladislav

Dvorák, Antonín (Leopold) Dylan, Bob Eckstine, Billy Eldridge, (David) Roy electronic music Elgar, Sir Edward (William) Ellington, Duke Elman, Mischa Emmett, Daniel Decatur English horn ethnomusicology euphonium eurythmics Evans, Bill Falla, Manuel de fantasia Farinelli Farrar, Geraldine Fauré, Gabriel (-Urbain) Ferguson, Maynard

Fiedler, Arthur Fields, Dorothy Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Fitzgerald, Ella Five, The flügelhorn Flagstad, Kirsten (Marie) flamenco Flatt, Lester (Raymond) flute folk music Ford, Tennessee Ernie formes fixes Foster, Stephen (Collins) Franck, César(-Auguste) Franklin, Aretha (Louise) Franz, Robert French horn Frescobaldi, Girolamo Friml, (Charles) Rudolf

Frizzell, Lefty fugue Furtwängler, (Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin) Wilhelm Gabrieli, Andrea and Giovanni gagaku Galway, Sir James gamelan Garner, Erroll (Louis) Gay, John Gaye, Marvin (Pentz) Gershwin, George Gershwin, Ira Gesualdo, Carlo, prince of Venosa Getz, Stan Gibbons, Orlando Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck) Gillespie, Dizzy Gilmore, Patrick (Sarsfield) Giulini, Carlo Maria Glass, Philip

Glazunov, Aleksandr (Konstantinovich) Glinka, Mikhail (Ivanovich) glockenspiel Gluck, Christoph Willibald Goodman, Benny Gordon, Dexter (Keith) gospel music Gottschalk, Louis Moreau Gould, Glenn (Herbert) Gounod, Charles (François) Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grammy Awards Granados (y Campiña), Enrique Grand Ole Opry Grateful Dead Gregorian chant Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) Griffes, Charles T(omlinson) Grove, Sir George Guarneri, Andrea

Guido d'Arezzo guitar Guthrie, Woody Haggard, Merle (Ronald) Haitink, Bernard (Johann Hermann) Haley, Bill Hammerstein, Oscar, II Hampton, Lionel Hancock, Herbie Handel, George Frideric Handy, W(illiam) C(hristopher) Hanson, Howard (Harold) Harburg, E(dgar) Y(ipsel) harmonica harmonium harmony harp harpsichord Harris, Roy Hart, Lorenz (Milton)

Hassler, Hans Leo Hauptmann, Moritz Hawkins, Coleman (Randolph) Haydn, (Franz) Joseph heavy metal Heifetz, Jascha Henderson, Fletcher (Hamilton, Jr.) Hendrix, Jimi Henze, Hans Werner Herbert, Victor (August) Herman, Jerry Herman, Woody Herrmann, Bernard hexachord Hindemith, Paul Hines, Earl (Kenneth) Hodges, Johnny Holiday, Billie Holland, Brian and Eddie Holly, Buddy

Holst, Gustav(us Theodore von) Honegger, Arthur Hornbostel, Erich (Moritz) von Horne, Lena (Calhoun) Horne, Marilyn Horowitz, Vladimir Hovhaness, Alan Hummel, Johann Nepomuk Humperdinck, Engelbert hurdy-gurdy Hurok, Sol(omon Isiaevich) Hutchinson Family Idelsohn, Abraham (Zevi) Impressionism improvisation incidental music Indy, (Paul-Marie-Theodore-) Vincent d' interval Isaac, Heinrich Ives, Burl

Ives, Charles E(dward) Jackson, Mahalia Jackson, Michael (Joseph) James, Harry (Haag) Janácek, Leoš (Eugen) Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile Jarrett, Keith jazz Joachim, Joseph Jobim, Antonio Carlos John, Sir Elton (Hercules) Johnson, James P(rice) Johnson, Robert Jolson, Al Jones, George (Glenn) Jones, Quincy Jones, Spike Joplin, Janis (Lyn) Joplin, Scott Josquin des Prez

Köchel, Ludwig (Alois Ferdinand) von Kander, John Karajan, Herbert von karaoke Kay, Ulysses (Simpson) Kenton, Stan(ley Newcombe) Kern, Jerome (David) key key signature Khachaturian, Aram (Ilyich) King, B.B. kithara Kleiber, Erich Klemperer, Otto klezmer music Kodály, Zoltán Korngold, Erich Wolfgang koto Koussevitzky, Serge Kreisler, Fritz

Krenek, Ernst Krupa, Gene La Scala Landini, Francesco Landowska, Wanda (Louise) Lane, Burton Lassus, Orlande de Lawes, Henry Lawes, William Leadbelly Lee, Peggy Lehár, Franz (Christian) Leiber, Jerry leitmotiv Lennon, John (Winston) Lenya, Lotte Leoncavallo, Ruggero Lerner, Alan Jay Leschetizky, Theodor Levine, James

Lewis, Jerry Lee lied Ligeti, György (Sándor) Lightfoot, Gordon Lind, Jenny Liszt, Franz Little Richard Lloyd Webber, Andrew Loesser, Frank (Henry) Loewe, Frederick Lomax, John Lombardo, Guy (Albert) Lully, Jean-Baptiste Lunceford, Jimmie lute Lutoslawski, Witold Lynn, Loretta lyre Ma, Yo-Yo MacDowell, Edward (Alexander)

Machaut, Guillaume de Macon, Dave Madonna madrigal Mahler, Gustav Mancini, Henry mandolin march Marenzio, Luca mariachi marimba Marley, Bob Marsalis, Wynton Martinu, Bohuslav (Jan) Mascagni, Pietro Massenet, Jules (-Émile-Frédéric) Mayfield, Curtis mbira McCartney, Sir (James) Paul McCormack, John

McHugh, Jimmy McRae, Carmen meistersinger Melba, Dame Nellie Melchior, Lauritz (Lebrecht Hommel) melody Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy), (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Menotti, Gian Carlo Menuhin, Yehudi, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon Mercer, Johnny Merman, Ethel Messiaen, Olivier (-Eugène-Prosper-Charles) Metastasio, Pietro Metropolitan Opera Meyerbeer, Giacomo Milhaud, Darius Miller, (Alton) Glenn Mingus, Charles minnesinger minstrel

Mitchell, Joni mode Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) modulation Monk, Meredith (Jane) Monk, Thelonious (Sphere) monody monophony Monroe, Bill Montand, Yves Monteverdi, Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Montgomery, Wes Moore, Thomas Morley, Thomas Morrison, Jim Morton, Jelly Roll motet Motown Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mulligan, Gerry

Musgrave, Thea music music box musica ficta musical musical notation musicology Mussorgsky, Modest (Petrovich) Navarro, Fats Nelson, Willie Nielsen, Carl (August) Nilsson, Birgit nocturne Nono, Luigi Norman, Jessye North, Alex Notre-Dame school oboe Obrecht, Jakob Ockeghem, Johannes

Offenbach, Jacques Oistrakh, David (Fyodorovich) Oliver, King opera operetta oratorio Orbison, Roy orchestra orchestration Orff, Carl organ organum Ormandy, Eugene ornamentation overtone overture Ozawa, Seiji Pärt, Arvo p'ansori Pachelbel, Johann

Paderewski, Ignacy (Jan) Paganini, Niccolò Paisiello, Giovanni Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da panpipe Parker, Charlie Partch, Harry Passion Paul, Les Pavarotti, Luciano Pedrell, Felipe Penderecki, Krzysztof Perahia, Murray percussion instrument Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista Perlman, Itzhak Peterson, Oscar (Emmanuel) Piaf, Edith piano Piazzolla, Astor

pipa pitch player piano Pleyel, Ignace Joseph Pollini, Maurizio popular music Porter, Cole (Albert) Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) Powell, Bud prelude Presley, Elvis (Aaron) Previn, André (George) Price, (Mary Violet) Leontyne Prince Prokofiev, Sergey (Sergeyevich) Puccini, Giacomo (Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puente, Tito punk Purcell, Henry Rachmaninoff, Sergey (Vassilyevich)

raga ragtime Rainey, Ma Rameau, Jean-Philippe Rampal, Jean-Pierre (-Louis) rap Ravel, (Joseph-) Maurice recitative recorder reed instrument Reger, (Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) reggae Reich, Steve Reiner, Fritz Reinhardt, Django requiem mass Respighi, Ottorino rhythm and blues (R&B) rhythm and metre Rich, Buddy

Richter, Sviatoslav (Teofilovich) Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay (Andreyevich) Roach, Max(well) Robeson, Paul (Bustill) Robinson, Smokey rock music Rodgers, Jimmie Rodgers, Richard Rodrigo, Joaquín Rolling Stones Rollins, Sonny Romberg, Sigmund rondo Rose, Fred Rossini, Gioacchino (Antonio) Rostropovich, Mstislav (Leopoldovich) Rota, Nino Roussel, Albert (-Charles-Paul-Marie) Rubinstein, Anton (Grigoryevich) Rubinstein, Artur

Rushing, Jimmy Russell, Lillian Sachs, Curt Saint-Saëns, (Charles) Camille Salieri, Antonio salsa Sarasate (y Navascuéz), Pablo (Martín Melitón) de Satie, Erik Sax, Adolphe saxophone scale Scarlatti, (Giuseppe) Domenico Scarlatti, (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Schütz, Heinrich Scheidt, Samuel Schein, Johann Hermann Schenker, Heinrich scherzo Schnabel, Artur Schnittke, Alfred (Garriyevich)

Schoenberg, Arnold (Franz Walter) Schröder-Devrient, Wilhelmine Schubert, Franz (Peter) Schuller, Gunther (Alexander) Schuman, William (Howard) Schumann, Clara Schumann, Robert (Alexander) Schwarzkopf, Dame (Olga Maria) Elisabeth (Friederike) score Scriabin, Aleksandr (Nikolayevich) Scribe, (Augustin) Eugène Seeger, Pete(r) Segovia, Andrés serialism Serkin, Rudolf Sessions, Roger (Huntington) shakuhachi Shankar, Ravi shape-note singing Shaw, Artie

shawm Shepp, Archie (Vernon) Shorter, Wayne Shostakovich, Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) Sibelius, Jean Sills, Beverly Silver, Horace Simon, Paul (Frederic) Sinatra, Frank singspiel sitar Six, Les Slonimsky, Nicolas Smetana, Bedrich Smith, Bessie Smith, Kate Smyth, Dame Ethel (Mary) solmization Solti, Sir Georg sonata

sonata form Sondheim, Stephen (Joshua) song soprano soul music Sousa, John Philip sousaphone spiritual Spohr, Louis Springsteen, Bruce (Frederick Joseph) Stamitz, Johann (Wenzel Anton) Stanley brothers steel drum Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steinway Stern, Isaac Still, William Grant Stockhausen, Karlheinz Stokowski, Leopold (Anthony) Stradivari, Antonio

Strauss, Johann (Baptist) Strauss, Richard (Georg) Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich) Strayhorn, Billy string quartet stringed instrument Styne, Jule suite Sullivan, Sir Arthur (Seymour) Supremes Sutherland, Dame Joan Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon swing symphonic poem symphony synthesizer Szell, George Szymanowski, Karol (Maciej) tabla Takemitsu Toru

Tallis, Thomas tambourine Tatum, Art(hur) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri (Janette) Teagarden, Jack Tebaldi, Renata techno Telemann, Georg Philipp tenor Theodorakis, Mikis Thomson, Virgil Tibbett, Lawrence timbre timpani Tin Pan Alley Tippett, Sir Michael (Kemp) tonality Tormé, Mel(vin Howard) Toscanini, Arturo

Tower, Joan Trapp family Travis, Merle (Robert) trio sonata Tristano, Lennie trombone trumpet tuba Tubb, Ernest (Dale) tuning and temperament ukulele Van Heusen, Jimmy Varèse, Edgard (-Victor-Achille-Charles) variation Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan, Sarah (Lois) Verdi, Giuseppe (Fortunato Francesco) vibraphone Victoria, Tomás Luis de Villa-Lobos, Heitor

viol viola violin virginal Vivaldi, Antonio (Lucio) Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard Waller, Fats Walter, Bruno Walton, Sir William (Turner) Warren, Harry Washington, Dinah Waters, Muddy Watson, Doc Watts, André Watts, Isaac Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Webern, Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webster, Ben(jamin Francis) Weelkes, Thomas Weill, Kurt (Julian)

Weingartner, (Paul) Felix, lord von Münzberg Weisgall, Hugo (David) Wells, Kitty Whiteman, Paul Wilbye, John Williams, Hank Williams, Joe Williams, John (Towner) Williams, Mary Lou Wills, Bob Wilson, Teddy Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wonder, Stevie Woodstock woodwind instrument world music Wurlitzer, (Franz) Rudolph Wynette, Tammy Xenakis, Iannis xylophone

Youmans, Vincent (Millie) Young, Lester (Willis) Young, Neil Zarlino, Gioseffo zarzuela zither Zorn, John Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe zydeco