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SITAR
Humid Kolkata air sways with Nikhil Banerjee's sitar
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
Vihuela
The first known collection for the vihuela inspired early guitar repertoire
Spain
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Fantasia
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Renaissance
Manuscript
Rich music collection of the Trecento times recovered from Florentine palimpsest
France
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Italy
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Madrigal
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Mass
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Motet
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Medieval
SONGWRITER
Suavemente: meaning of Elvis Crespo's best song
Puerto Rico
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USA
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Dance
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Latin
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1990s
SONGWRITER
I Wanna Be Sedated: pure classical harmony cementing the Ramones' hit in punk rock history
USA
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Rock
,
1970s
Sarangi
The Hindustani maestro who arranged the Sārangī fiddle for a classical solo
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
Poetry
The Ektara: traditional music instrument of the Bauls, wandering minstrels from Bengal
Bangladesh
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India
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Folk
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World Music
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Indian Classical
PIANO
Lodovico Giustini wrote the first ever piano sonatas for the instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori
Italy
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Sonata
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Baroque
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Classical
1 comment
PIANO
Je te veux: Satie's love song refashioned as piano piece
France
,
Romantic
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20st Century Classical
MEDITATION
Navkar Mantra: meaning and concept behind the most essential Jains chant
India
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Mantra
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Raga
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Band
The low-end sound of Morphine trio cut short by Mark Sandman's tragic death while on a stage
USA
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Alternative Rock
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1980s
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TECHNOLOGIES
Gauhar Jaan: India's first-ever recorded musician
Armenia
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India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
1 comment
SONGWRITER
La Cucaracha: the song about a stoned legless cockroach as a ridicule against Mexican dictator
Mexico
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Spain
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Ballade
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Folk
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1960s
1 comment
ORCHESTRA
Ombra mai fu: Handel's best-known melody of failed Serse opera
England
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Opera
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Baroque
Percussion
First ever composition for solo percussion by Edgard Varèse ionized Zappa to choose a career in music
France
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USA
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20st Century Classical
1 comment
PIANO
Ferruccio Busoni as a great piano transcriber of Bach's keyboard music
Germany
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Italy
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Fugue
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Baroque
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Romantic
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20st Century Classical
1 comment
FILM
Accordion for Amélie was discovered by a lucky accident
France
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Film Score
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2000s
ORCHESTRA
Walks along Moldau river ended in the greatest symphonic poem of all time
Czech Republic
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Symphonic poem
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Romantic
PIANO
Suite bergamasque: did Debussy record his best-known piano piece?
France
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Suite
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Romantic
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Band
Tinariwen: 40 years of nomadic desert music driven by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's guitar
Algeria
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Savoy Truffle: cautionary song about chocolate by the quiet Beatle
England
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Rock
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1960s
ORCHESTRA
The perfect union of Italian and French styles by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
France
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Prelude
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Baroque
Music Theory
Subtonic and leading-tone in cadences
PIANO
Fantasiestucke: three famous piano opuses by Robert Schumann
Germany
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Fantasia
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Piano trio
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Romantic
Collaboration
Shakespearean characters expressed through atonality in atypical guitar sonata by Hans Werner Henze
England
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Germany
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Sonata
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20st Century Classical
PIANO
Für Elise: 2 versions of Beethoven's best-known piano piece
Austria
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Bagatelle
,
Romantic
ORCHESTRA
Grosse Fuge: Armageddon or the birth of atonality featured in Beethoven’s last major work
Austria
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Fugue
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Romantic
1 comment
SITAR
The sitar virtuoso who introduced Indian classic to the British parliament
India
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Raga
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Indian Classical
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MEDITATION
Om Namo Narayanaya: meaning and purpose of popular Vishnu mantra
India
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Mantra
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Indian Classical
ORCHESTRA
Hermann of Reichenau: disabled monk who boosted art and science 1000 years ago
Germany
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Anthem
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Chant
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Medieval
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