Dance

24 articles related to Dance:

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   Songwriter

   Suavemente: meaning behind Elvis Crespo's merengue hit

   Suavemente means softly or gently in Spanish, and Elvis Crespo turned the word into the hook of one of the best-known…

   May 26, 2021

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   Xylophone

   Danse Macabre: skeletal images in Saint Saens' iconic xylophone

   The concept of the Danse Macabre (literally meaning the Dance of Death) dates back to the Medieval period when European…

   March 22, 2021

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   Orchestra

   Handel's Sarabande: obscure keyboard suite that found its iconic orchestration in Barry Lyndon movie

   The sarabande is a fiery carnival dance that originated in the 16th century in Central America and then spread to Spain…

   February 3, 2021

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   Orchestra

   Gabriel Faure's Pavane as the key to modern revival of early genre

   The pavane—a slow processional dance of Italian origin—was quite common in Europe during the transition period from the…

   November 3, 2020

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   Orchestra

   Capriol Suite: early dances arranged for modern orchestra by Peter Warlock

   The Capriol Suite is one of the most popular works by the 20th century English composer Philip Arnold Heseltine who…

   October 15, 2020

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   Piano

   The avant-garde tango by Horacio Salgán that shocked audiences in the 1950s

   Horacio Salgán was an Argentinean pianist who took the concept of how tango should sound and flipped it on its head by…

   December 22, 2019

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   Orchestra

   The Skaters' Waltz: subtle harmonies of romantic dance music by Emile Waldteufel

   Les Patineurs Valse or the Skaters' Waltz is arguably the most famous of Émile Waldteufel's works. A late Romantic…

   November 24, 2019

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   Classical Guitar

   Dionisio Aguado's guitar method and tripodison guitar stand have been in use for 200 years

   Dionisio Aguado y García was a Spanish composer who laid the foundations of modern performing techniques on classical…

   November 10, 20194 comments

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   Music Theory

   Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras

   From Middle Ages to modernity, Western music has been largely based on diatonic scales that organize seven notes into…

   August 24, 20194 comments

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    Flute

    The early collaboration of flute and viol in the court of Versailles

    In one of his marvelous court paintings, André​ Bouys depicts four prominent composers working on a composition for…

    May 1, 20195 comments

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    Big band

    Great Depression cut short the extraordinary dance life of McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

    Since the very start of the prohibition during the Roaring Twenties, many Americans sought refuge in entertainment…

    January 4, 2019

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    Classical Guitar

    Enrique Granados' dramatic voyage was cut short by a German U-boat

    Pantaléon Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña was one of the greatest pianists and composers of the Romantic period who…

    November 6, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Mariachi tradition and Cuban dances live in the informal hymn of Mexico

    Arturo Márquez was born in 1950, in Alamos, a town deeply immersed in the Sonoran desert. His father played the violin…

    September 17, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Lute fell into obscurity after the death of its greatest maestro

    Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) was one of the most important composers in lute music history. Born into a lute…

    August 20, 2018

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    Violin

    150 composers contributed to La Folia through the centuries

    La Folia is one of the most revered melodies in music history. Originating as a late fifteenth-century Portuguese dance…

    August 18, 2018

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    Double bass

    Cachao: "Even when I am shaving I compose mambos"

    Israel López Valdés (1918–2008), known invariably by the nickname Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer,…

    August 17, 2018

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    Orchestra

    'English Dances' creator was fascinated by jazz in youth

    Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921–2006), British composer and conductor, has an impressive body of work to his name,…

    August 4, 2018

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    Male Vocal

    Dede Efendi: the father of the famous Ottoman waltz

    İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846) is one of the greatest Turkish classical composers. He has created masterpieces in all…

    June 20, 2018

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    Viola

    Indecent Ciaconne dance came from the New World and swept Europe off its feet

    Chaconne or Ciaconne is a fiery dance popularized in Spain in 17th century which later gave birth to a new musical form…

    May 12, 2018

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    Fiddle

    The jig dance tradition: five centuries old and still counting

    Jig is a folk dance that became popular in Scotland and northern England in the 16th century and in Ireland in the 18th…

    May 1, 2018

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    Sport

    Piazzolla's bandoneón played vital part in the worldwide tango music revival

    Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Argentinian composer known for his brilliant tangos, naturally played bandoneón, the most…

    April 27, 2018

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    Hardanger Fiddle

    You can't stay still when you hear the reel

    The Shetland islands, located between Norway and Scotland, has always had their folk music at the crossroads of two…

    April 20, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Folk dances illuminate the heritage of Gaspar Sanz, the Baroque guitar maestro

    Composer, guitarist, organist and priest, Gaspar Sanz studied at the University of Salamanca, where he was later…

    April 11, 2018

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    Flute

    Bourrée: French folk dance from the Bach suite inspired prog-rock flute and the work of Sir Paul McCartney

    Bourrée is a French folk dance typically danced with quick, skipping steps. The dancers sometimes wear wooden clogs to…

    April 2, 2018