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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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Promenade Concerts
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Concert of Europe
Concert of Europe term used in the 19th cent. to designate a loose agreement by the major European powers to act together on European questions of common interest. The concert emerged after the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) and included the Quadruple Alliance powers of Great Britain, Austria,... Read more |
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Dietrich Buxtehude
Dietrich Buxtehude , c.1637-1707, Danish composer and organist. From 1668 until his death he was organist at Lübeck, where he established a famous series of evening concerts that attracted musicians from all over northern Germany. On one occasion J. S. Bach walked about 200 miles (320 km) to... Read more |
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Adolf von Henselt
Adolf von Henselt , 1814-89, German pianist and composer. One of the most brilliant performers of his time, he gave up his concert career in 1838 to become court pianist and teacher in St. Petersburg. He composed a concerto, salon pieces, and studies for the piano.... Read more |
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Otto Nicolai
Otto Nicolai , 1810-49, German composer. His opera Il Templario (1840), after Scott's Ivanhoe, was successful, but his masterpiece was the comic opera The Merry Wives of Windsor (1849). He founded (1842) the Philharmonic Concerts, Vienna, for the purpose of presenting adequate performances of... Read more |
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Judy Mowatt
Judy Mowatt 1952(?)– Reggae singer, songwriter Moved Toward Reggae Backed Marley in Final Concerts Produced Own Albums Selected discography Sources “Judy Mowatt Read more |
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Andres Segovia
Andrés Segovia , 1893-1987, Spanish guitarist. Segovia studied at the Granada Musical Institute. He is famous for his transcriptions of early contrapuntal music, which have shown the possibilities of the guitar as a concert instrument. Through concerts and recordings he was largely... Read more |
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Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor Pianist For the Record… Selected discography Sources Old sounds become refreshing and new again in the capable hands of London-based pianist Joanna MacGregor. Highly respected as a classical musician, she is equally at home in the mixing studio as in the grand... Read more |
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Promenade Concerts
Promenade Concerts. London's leading concert series. The Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts were established by impresario Robert Newman...Albert Hall, becoming the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on Wood's death in 1944. William Glock's tenure... |
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promenade concerts
promenade concerts Annual concert series organized by the BBC in the Royal Albert Hall, London...standing room is available in the gallery and the stalls. Such concerts originated in Paris in 1833, and from 1838 were given at Drury... |
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Kings Concert Rooms
King's Concert Rooms, London, see SCALA THEATRE. |
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Concert Party
Concert Party, see PIERROT TROUPES and REVUE. |
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musical institutions and venues
...for a series of summer concerts which were given annually...important venue for concert performances.A number of...as did the Antient Concerts Society (1834–63...1981 as the National Concert Hall). It was succeeded...inaugurated a series of ... |
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Anderson, Marian
...with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. She later toured in concert in many European and South American capitals. Her foreign...depth of racism in America. Her open‐air Lincoln Memorial concert that Easter, arranged by Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of... |
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Edinburgh
...seasons every year, the law being evaded by the device of charging not for the play but for an introductory concert. In 1747 a concert hall in the Canongate opened as a theatre which in 1756 saw the first performance of John Home's Douglas... |
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Ford, John T(hompson)
...company in 1850 to become business manager and press agent for a concert ensemble. In 1854 he assumed management of Baltimore's famed...Academy of Music in Philadelphia, which is still the main concert hall there. He was generally acknowledged as one of the most... |
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Thomas, Theodore
...devoted to the German masters and masterworks, he called his concerts “sermons in tones.” His melioristic fervor endeared him to...the community, not opera.” Thanks partly to Thomas, the concert orchestra became an American specialty, in contradistinction... |
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Versailles
...Le Misanthrope. The theatre was then used occasionally for concerts and in 1855 for a banquet in honour of Queen Victoria. In...entertainment was given. The theatre is still occasionally used for concerts, operas, and plays.A theatre built by Mlle Montansier in... |
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concert
...London. Thereafter concerts became an accepted...several provincial cities concert socs. were formed...incl. the Promenade Concerts, so called because...the ‘Gentlemen's Concerts’). The Concert Spirituel was founded in... |
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Promenade Concerts
...Musard was the leader). Later concerts on similar lines were promoted...1941) and the majority of concerts has been given by BBCSO. After...Several orchs. take part, each concert is broadcast, and several are...their own series of promenade concerts. |
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Ancient Concert
Ancient Concert (Concert of Ancient Music). Important London...Another name was ‘King's Concert’ or, in Victorian times, ‘Queen's Concert’. (Sometimes confused with...1726–92.) From 1804 the concerts were given in Hanover Sq... |
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Concert Spirituel
Concert Spirituel (Fr. ‘Sacred concert’). Series of concerts founded in Paris in 1725 by A. D. Philidor, the...works with Fr. texts were permitted. Twenty-four concerts a year were given during periods, e.g. Lent, when... |
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Gentlemens Concerts
Gentlemen's Concerts. Series of concerts in Manchester begun as gathering of amateur flautists c.1770. Concert hall built 1777. Gave enterprising...by foundation of Hallé's own concerts and orch. 1858. Survived until... |
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promenade concert
promenade concert a concert of classical music at which a part of the audience stands...sold at a reduced price. The most famous series of such concerts is the annual BBC Promenade Concerts (known as the Proms), instituted by Sir Henry Wood... |
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concert overture
concert overture. An independent one-movement orch. work to open a concert, but not the ov. to an opera. Many concert ovs. are in sonata form, others are practically symphonic-poems, e.g. one of the first of the genre, Mendelssohn... |
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Concert of Ancient Music
Concert of Ancient Music, also known as ‘Ancient Concert’, or ‘King's Concert’. London series under royal and aristocratic management, 1776–1849, with attempts at revival in 1867 and 1870. No mus. less than 20 years old in programmes... |
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National Gallery Concerts
National Gallery Concerts. Famous series of weekday lunchtime concerts given in Nat. Gallery, London, during World War...10 Oct. 1939 to 10 Apr. 1946 (a total of 1,698 concerts). Est. by Dame Myra Hess, who herself played many... |
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concert band
concert band. An Amer. band, comprising woodwind, brass, and perc., similar to the Brit. military band. Schoenberg's Theme and Variations Op.43a (1943) is for concert band, so is Hindemith's Sym. in B♭ (1951). |
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concert
concert • noun a concert at Woolsey Hall featuring a pianist from Estoniasynonyms: musical...production, presentation; recital; informal gig. phrase: in concert we must take stronger action in concert with our European alliessynonyms... |
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hall
hall • noun 1. concerts held in the main hallsynonyms: auditorium, assembly room, chamber; assembly hall, conference hall, concert hall, church hall, town hall. 2. hostesses greeting their guests in the hallsynonyms: entrance hall, vestibule... |
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be
...breathe. 2. the lamp is on the table | Mary is at the farmsynonyms: be situated, be located, dwell, reside. 3. the concert is tomorrowsynonyms: take place, occur, come about, come to pass, arise, crop up, transpire. 4. she has been there... |
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latent
...one that has not yet manifested itself, while potential suggests a talent that exists in an undeveloped state (a potential concert violinist). A child may have certain latent qualities of which his or her parents are unaware; but teachers are usually... |
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once
...once synonyms: at the same time, at one and the same time, (all) together, simultaneously; as a group, in unison, in concert, in chorus.antonyms: singly, in dribs and drabs. once and for all I've made up my mind, once and for allsynonyms... |
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owing
...outstanding, in arrears, delinquent.antonym: paid. phrase: owing to owing to the severity of the weather, tonight's concert will be postponed until next Tuesdaysynonyms: because of, as a result of, on account of, due to, as a consequence of... |
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pandemonium
pandemonium • noun there was pandemonium when the concert was canceledsynonyms: uproar, tumult, turmoil, commotion, clamor, din, hullabaloo, hubbub, hue and cry, chaos, confusion, disorder, bedlam.antonyms: silence; tranquillity. |
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recital
recital • noun 1. a piano recital synonyms: concert, performance, musical performance, solo performance, solo; informal gig. 2. her recital of Bob's failures synonyms: enumeration... |
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simultaneously
simultaneously • adverb Alison and Frank spoke simultaneouslysynonyms: at (one and) the same time, at the same instant/moment, at once, concurrently, concomitantly; (all) together, in unison, in concert, in chorus. |
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tape
tape • verb 1. tape the pieces togethersynonyms: bind, tie, fasten, stick, seal, secure; Trademark Scotch tape. 2. tape the concert/conversationsynonyms: record, tape-record, video-record, video. 3. tape off the areasynonyms: seal, mark with tape. |
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CONCERT INTRODUCES NEXT-GENERATION GPRS WIRELESS DATA SERVICES.
...the GPRS Roaming Conference held in London today, Concert introduced Concert Roam GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), a 2...mobile handsets while traveling internationally, Concert Roam GPRS enables mobile carriers to offer the same... |
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Concert Integrates World's Largest Global Frame Relay Service With Internet...
Concert Frame Relay Service Customers Can Optimize Their...RESTON, Va., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Concert today announced Internet PVC, a feature enabling businesses to leverage the Concert Frame Relay Service (Concert FRS) network... |
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Concert Life in London from Mozart to Haydn.
...accounting of known concerts, it does not aim to...known about London's concert halls, musicians...The final section, "Concert Management and the Musician...financed and promoted concerts and advanced their careers...London the expansion of ... |
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CONCERT NAMED SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR IN CMP MEDIA AWARDS.
...May 8 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Concert today announced that it has been named...Service Provider of the Year recognizes Concert for its across-the-board excellence...and voice solutions. Additionally, Concert IP Select Premium, a key component of... |
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Concert will light up night with music, glitters, flitters Preview
Royal Fireworks Concert, free, Sunday 9 p.m. at Riverfront...Lilac Bowl. The annual Royal Fireworks Concert attracts about 50,000 people to the park every year. This free outdoor concert/fireworks display is a Spokane tradition... |
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Concert Introduces New Wireless Offers to Customers, Carriers and Mobile...
...anytime, anywhere global communications, Concert is introducing and/or developing new...retail mobility offers are a key part of Concert's complete global portfolio of services...addition to offering global services, Concert is deploying a global IP network that... |
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CONCERT ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO.
...YORK, July 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Concert today announced it is launching a new...month. With the new portfolio, branded Concert IP, the AT&T/BT global venture is...suggests. At the heart of these efforts is Concert's continuing progress in helping business... |
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Concert Communications Services Selects ACT Teleconferencing as Worldwide...
...today announced a supply agreement with Concert Communications Services, the BT/MCI global services company, for Concert Audioconferencing Service. The service...Amsterdam, Brussels and Sydney. Concert, based in Reston, Virginia, provides... |
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Concert joins with Commerce One to offer global e-procurement solution;...
...PRESSWIRE-15 March 2000-COMMERCE ONE: Concert joins with Commerce One to offer global...procurement solution; E-procurement helps Concert customers profit from the Internet economy...NEW YORK & WALNUT CREEK, California -- Concert, the AT&T and BT global venture, and... |
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Concert Cites Progress in Developing Integrated Services for Global Customers...
...2000 Portfolio of Services to be Sold by Concert, AT&T, BT Ignite Distributors Concert, the US$7 billion global venture of AT...data and VPN services will be offered through Concert, AT&T and BT Ignite distribution channels... |
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