folk music
folk music Music deriving from, and expressive of, a particular national, ethnic, or regional culture; it is nearly always vocal. Its main theme tends to be the history of a people, so that folk songs are usually narrative. Their origin is almost always peasant. The musical structure is the simple repetition of a tune (with or without chorus), sometimes with a freedom of rhythm that adheres more to the natural metre of the word than to the more formal requirements of composition.
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Why George Frideric Handel Still Matters
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/14/2009; ; 567 words
; ...Edition 04-14-2009 Why George Frideric Handel Still Matters Time 10:00...stadiums in the 1700s, surely George Frideric Handel would have played in them...opera singing) MONTAGNE: George Frideric Handel died 250 years ago today...
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Georgian splendour; George Frideric Handel.(A wonderful year for lovers of Handel's music)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...himself working for his old boss again when the elector of Hanover became King George I. By 1727 Handel was so well entrenched in London that, as George Frideric Handel, he became a naturalised British citizen (which required an act of Parliament...
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The madness of George Frideric Handel
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/2/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the most notorious caricature of Handel, entitled The Charming Brute...friendship. David Hunter, a Handel specialist and curator at the...Houston, is more sympathetic. George Frideric Handel, celebrated not only for his...
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Handel Redux - A Mirror of Modern-day Culture.(George Frideric Handel)
Magazine article from: World and I; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...authority and institutions, most of Handel's operas disappeared from the...redoubt in the 1720s and '30s, George Frideric Handel, today most remembered for his...the realm of opera, however, Handel's fame was fleeting. His works...
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George Frideric Handel Arias.(Sound recording review)
Magazine article from: Czech Music; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; George Frideric Handel Arias (Alcina, Hercules, Agrippina...years after the release of her album of Handel's Italian cantatas. In the cantatas...bonus. Comparing this with her previous Handel CD, Kozena seems to have developed her...
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George Frideric Handel.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; George Frideric Handel. La Resurrezione. Nancy Argenta; Maria...Challenge Classics CC 72120, 2003. Of Handel's many oratorios, only two are both...unusually large-scale composition for Handel, requiring significant instrumental...
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George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt
Magazine article from: Strings; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt. King's College...need of a holiday-time alternative to Handel's great and omnipresent Messiah, a...collaborative effort that brings to light Handel's varied greatnesses like few other...
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Antonio Vivaldi. Gloria. George Frideric Handel.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2002; ; 587 words
; Antonio Vivaldi. Gloria. George Frideric Handel. Gloria; Dixit Dominus. Monte...filler, this lovely disc offers Handel's recently discovered setting...places it near the beginning of Handel's career. The work itself is...
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Henry Purcell.(Henry Purcell: King Arthur)(George Frideric Handel: Teseo)(Video recording review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...2005. 2054508. $44.99. George Frideric Handel. Teseo. DVD. Lautten Compagney...wondering what composers such as Handel and Purcell would make of our...choice of subtitles and audio. Handel's third opera for London, Teseo...
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The Angeles Chorale to Perform George Frideric Handel's Messiah on December 15th with Members of the American Youth Symphony.
Business Wire; 11/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...authentic performance of Messiah by George Frideric Handel on Saturday, December 15, 2007...having worked with preeminent Handel musicologists Jens Peter Larsen...said Neuen. "In doing so, Handel embraced the stylistic writing...
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Handel, George Frideric
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
George Frideric Handel Born: February 23, 1685 Halle...writer of music) and organist George Frideric Handel were the high point of the entire...dramatic insight. The young musician George Frideric Handel was born on February 23, 1685...
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Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC (1685 – 1759) HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC (1685 – 1759), German...London, 1959. Lang, Paul Henry. George Frideric Handel. New York, 1966. Smith, Ruth...
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George Frideric Handel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
George Frideric Handel , 1685-1759, English composer...He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Handel's musical style exemplifies the...Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel (1760); biographies by H. Weinstock...
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George II (Great Britain) (1683–1760; Ruled 1727–1760)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...lead his troops into battle. George displayed great courage under...victory. It was celebrated by George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) in Dettingen Te Deum. As a young man George had also participated in 1708...
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Music: Musical Societies
Book article from: American Eras
...English-born composer and organist George K. Jackson in February 1815 to...in the city to perform works by George Frideric Handel and various other composers...Augustus Peabody, John Dodd, George Cushing, and Matthew Parker...
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