• relations implied in the body of the work." In the foreground, the head motif, presumably Varèse's atonal "idea", does not contain a minor third or tritone...
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  • been translated into many languages. Though many groups keep the popular motif, the lyrics sometimes differ completely from the original. Selected recordings...
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  • Express·Instr·" (Klang DJ 101) "Numbers" / "Numbers" (Klang DJ 102) "Musique Non-Stop" / "Musique Non-Stop" (Klang DJ 103) "Home Computer" / "It's More Fun to...
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    foreground melody. Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs, and are usually repeated throughout a composition in various forms. Melodies...
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    premiere was given in Paris on May 18, 1897 by the Societe Nationale de Musique with the composer himself conducting. Inspired by the Goethe poem, Dukas's...
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  • invoke silence for the praise of the Holy Trinity (i.e. cosmic stillness, a motif of ancient Greek hymnody). Historically, the hymn demonstrates Greek civilizational...
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    the United States) is used in North American popular music as a rhythmic motif or simply a form of rhythmic decoration. The historical roots of the clave...
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  • Revolution 9 (category Musique concrète)
    composition was influenced by the avant-garde style of Ono as well as the musique concrète works of composers such as Edgard Varèse and Karlheinz Stockhausen...
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    one instrument introduces a melody or motif and then other instruments subsequently "respond" with a similar motif – has been a thread woven through the...
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    ans de travail, Shay sort son premier album «Jolie Garce» (in French) "Musique – Shay : "J'ai une relation d'amour avec l'Afrique et la RD Congo, mon...
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  • The Palais de la musique et des congrès (official English name: Strasbourg Convention Centre) is a music venue and convention center in the Wacken district...
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    coupled columns fronting the main-floor loggia: "ACADEMIE IMPERIALE DE MUSIQUE". When the emperor was deposed on 4 September 1870 as a result of the disastrous...
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  • Falls, George and Rue, Black Stéfanie Clermont 1988 novelist Le jeu de la musique David Clerson 1978 novelist Frères, En rampant, Dormir sans tête Mabel...
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    a meaningful impact on music publications. Rousseau's Dictionnaire de musique (published 1767 in Geneva and 1768 in Paris) was a leading text in the...
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    joined Saint-Saëns and Romain Bussine to found the Société Nationale de Musique. Duparc is best known for his 17 mélodies ("art songs"), with texts by...
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    Madame du Barry. The estate's most famous building is the Pavillon de Musique, a music and reception pavilion constructed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1770–71)...
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    letters. BACH motif – Succession of notes 'B flat, A, C, B natural' which in German musical nomenclature form J. S. Bach's name. DSCH motif – Succession...
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    radio scientist Pierre Schaeffer created a new style of composition called Musique concrète where recorded sounds are utilized as raw material. These recorded...
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  • réponse à Badiou). Paris : Lambert-Lucas, 2016. Au fil du motif, autour de Wittgenstein et la musique. Sampzon : Delatour France, 2012. Le projet d’une grammaire...
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    rhythms in the composition. In the Meno allegretto section, a rhythmic motif (Theme C) presents a structure over which Saint-Saëns expresses himself...
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  • also for piano 4-hands Band 152 1918 Vers la victoire, Pas redoublé pour musique militaire   for military band Two-step; also for piano 4-hands Band 155...
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  • Garcia (album) (category Musique concrète albums)
    country and country rock material on the first side with experimental and musique concrète pieces on the second side, which commences with several sound...
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  • featured an A motif of 3 bars and a B motif of 4 bars, shown here transposed to the key of A minor: The irregular 3-bar length of the A motif is a distinctive...
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    idea or motif, a subject is usually a complete phrase or period. The Encyclopédie Fasquelle defines a theme (subject) as "[a]ny element, motif, or small...
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    l’Indostan, drame philosophique en 1 acte et en vers, mêlé de chœurs de musique, Paris, Institut national des aveugles-travailleurs, thermidor an IV (1796)...
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    the central pavilion displays a magnificent balcony sculpted with lion motifs. Visitors' admiration is drawn by two singular architectural features: the...
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  • name. It was first performed at a concert of the Société Nationale de Musique on 27 May 1899, conducted by the composer. It had a mixed reception, with...
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    reiteration of a defining motif fits squarely within the prelude genre of the 1710s and 1720s. Additionally, the shortness of the motif itself follows the conventions...
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    Paris-based guitar-maker. It is preserved and on display in the Musée de la Musique in Paris. Of the guitars he owned through his life, there was an instrument...
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  • four-note rising motif, that dominates the 15-minute work. Played backwards in the same rhythm it is exactly the opening descending motif of Tchaikovsky's...
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