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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball Pianist, singer, songwriter Awell-established presence on the Austin, Texas, music scene, pianist-singer Marcia Ball performs a jubilant, heartfelt brand of Louisiana-Texas rhythm and blues, supper club soul, and old-time rock 'n' roll. Part James Booker and part Professor Longhair,... Read more |
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Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg , 1874-1951, Austrian composer, b. Vienna. Before he became a U.S. citizen in 1941 he spelled his name Schönberg. He revolutionized modern music by abandoning tonality and developing a twelve-tone, "serial" technique of composition (see serial music ). Except for periods... Read more |
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Victoria de los Angeles
Victoria de los Angeles , 1923-2005, Spanish soprano, b. Barcelona. After a concert debut in Madrid in 1944, de los Angeles toured Scandinavia, France, England, and South America. Her debut in the United States was made at Carnegie Hall in 1950, and she joined the Metropolitan Opera Company the same... Read more |
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concert
concert in music, public performance of a group of musical compositions. Originally the word referred simply to a group of musicians playing together; concerts by a solo performer are properly called recitals. The earliest recorded public concerts were organized by a London violinist, John... Read more |
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chamber music
chamber music ensemble music for small groups of instruments, with only one player to each part. Its essence is individual treatment of parts and the exclusion of virtuosic elements. Originally played by amateurs in courts and aristocratic circles, it began to be performed by professionals only in... Read more |
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , 1925-, German baritone. Possessed of a sensitive voice capable of a wide variety of range and expression, Fischer-Dieskau is one of the foremost singers of German lieder, being particularly noted for his interpretations of the songs and song cycles of Brahms, Schubert,... Read more |
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Fernando Sor
Fernando Sor Spanish musician Fernando Sor (1778–1839), perhaps more than anyone else, took the guitar from being an instrument of Spanish minstrels and Italian serenaders to being a classical instrument. He has been given only brief mention in standard music histories, but a resurgence of... Read more |
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