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  FILM

  Symphonic scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold established new standards in the film industry

  Austria, USA, Film Score,

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  ORCHESTRA

  The symbiosis of music and architecture in mathematical glissandi by Iannis Xenakis

  France, Greece,

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  Organ

  Organ symphonies by Louis Vierne, an eminent maestro of Notre Dame de Paris

  France, Organ Symphony, Romantic,

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  ORCHESTRA

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

  France, Dance, Waltz, Romantic,

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  Percussion

  First ever composition for solo percussion by Edgard Varèse ionized Zappa to choose a career in music

  France, USA,

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  ORCHESTRA

  Abdelazer: Purcell's suite for the failed play gained popularity thanks to Britten's arrangement for children

  England, Suite, Baroque,

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  PIANO

  Ferruccio Busoni as a great piano transcriber of Bach's keyboard music

  Germany, Italy, Fugue, Toccata, Baroque, Romantic,

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  Nature Sounds

  Cantus Arcticus: bird calls arranged for orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara were taped in Northern Finland

  Finland, Concerto,

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  Music Theory

  Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras

  Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Dance, Fantasia, Film Score, Motet, Overture, Prelude, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic,

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  TECHNOLOGIES

  Pianola: the reproducing piano as the first Hi-Fi player and preservation capsule for recitals on piano rolls

  USA, Serenade,

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  Classical Guitar

  Serenata Española by Joaquim Malats: the piano piece that conquered guitar world

  France, Spain, Serenade, Romantic,

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  SYNTHESIZER

  The analog synthesizers of Isao Tomita programming fresh sound for all-time classics

  Japan, Ambient, Concerto, Suite,

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  , 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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  CHOIR

  Gershwin's Summertime: the most recorded song draws inspiration from Ukrainian lullaby and African American spiritual

  Ukraine, USA, Folk, Jazz, Opera, Popular Song, Rock,

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  , 1930s, 1960s, 2010s 3 comments
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  Nature Sounds

  Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer

  Austria, England, Italy, Children's song, Concerto, Soundscapes, Baroque,

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  Koto

  Michio Miyagi & Renée Chemet: near century-old collaboration of koto and violin linking Japanese traditions with Western classic

  Japan, Folk,

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  PIANO

  Gymnopédies: the ambient genre predicted by piano gems of late Romanticism

  England, France, Ambient, Romantic,

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  CHOIR

  5 African states adopted the liberation song by Enoch Sontonga as the national anthem

  Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Anthem, Romantic,

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  ORCHESTRA

  Traditions of 3 countries woven into the music of neglected Asian composer Chiang Wen-Yeh

  China, Japan, Taiwan, Folk, Suite,

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  ORCHESTRA

  The multicultural heritage of Granville Bantock from Celtic folk music to Eastern philosophy of Omar Khayyám

  England, Scotland, Symphony,

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  , Romantic
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  Classical Guitar

  The major chapter of guitar history introduced by María Luisa Anido

  Argentina, Spain, Etude, Prelude,

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  , Romantic
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  Erhu

  The Erhu fiddle melody recorded by blind Abing spread worldwide revealing composition methods of Chinese folk music

  China, Folk,

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  Game

  Nobuo Uematsu refreshed prog rock concepts for his epic Final Fantasy score

  Japan, Game Score,

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  KORA

  African bard Foday Musa Suso represents griot culture by mixing kora music with Western minimalism and jazz

  Gambia, Ghana, USA, Folk, World Music,

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  CHOIR

  Māori singing tradition arranged for Rotorua choir by Alfred Hill

  Australia, New Zealand, Folk, 1920s, 1930s,

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  Violin

  Ma Sicong sentenced to exile after seeking Chinese harmony for his violin

  China, USA, Suite,

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  FLUTE

  Japanese traditions meet Western avant-garde in reflective tunes of Toshio Hosokawa

  Japan, Folk, Suite,

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  ORCHESTRA

  Only 3 Mantras survived from Sanskrit opera Avatara by John Foulds

  England, India, Interlude, Mantra, Opera,

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  , Indian Classical
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  Erhu

  The renaissance of Chinese Erhu fiddle led by Liu Tianhua

  China, Folk,

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  ORCHESTRA

  The attractive sounds of Nordic Romanticism of Wilhelm Stenhammar

  Sweden, Overture, Romantic,

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  Contemporary Composer

  The path to Earth's orbit for Errollyn Wallen's music

  Belize, United Kingdom,

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