classical music. Musicians from the British Isles also developed some distinctive forms of music, including Celtic chant, the Contenance Angloise, the rota...
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Throughout the history of the British Isles, the land that is now the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from church music and...
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Kingdom British popular music British rock music British pop music Early music of the British Isles Baroque music of the British Isles Early British popular...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the history of the British Isles: History of the British Isles – history of the...
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Baroque music of the British Isles bridged the gap between the early music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods and the development of fully fledged...
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Early British popular music, in the sense of commercial music enjoyed by the people, can be seen to originate in the 16th and 17th centuries with the...
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on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website (uses Windows Media Player for content) Trudgill, Peter (ed.), Language in the British Isles, Cambridge...
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needed] In the 1990s and early 2000s, a form of "virtuous eclecticism" emerged in discourse around British cuisine, arguing that British cuisine can...
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variety of ethnic groups have settled on the British Isles, dating back from the last ice age up until the 11th century. These populations included the Celtic...
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name for the British Isles. However, with the Roman conquest of Britain, the Latin term Britannia was used for the island of Great Britain, and later...
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consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six...
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in the United Kingdom National Statistics Socio-economic Classification Genetic history of the British Isles Historical immigration to Great Britain List...
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The Isles of Scilly (/ˈsɪli/ SIL-ee; Standard Written Form: Syllan, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of...
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Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean descent. The term Black British developed...
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Celtic Christianity (redirect from Conversion of the British Isles)
Painting: Book illumination in the British Isles 600–800. New York: George Braziller. Pächt, Otto (1986). Book Illumination in the Middle Ages. London: Harvey...
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The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. It was originally a counterculture...
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Gough's Cave Genetic history of the British Isles Happisburgh footprints Kents Cavern List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain Pakefield Paviland Pontnewydd...
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the Acts of Union 1707 that the ethnic groups of Great Britain began to assume a "layered" identity—to think of themselves as simultaneously British but...
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historically as a comic paper. As of 2014, the three longest-running comics of all time were all British. British comics are usually comics anthologies...
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Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events...
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The skiffle revival was an early attempt to create a British form of American music, but it was the emergence of British rock and roll by the early 1960s...
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British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States...
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My Lady Carey's Dompe (category Articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers)
Grayston Burgess, Claudio Brizi. 1520s in music Early music of the British Isles#Henry VIII and James V English folk music (1500–1899) Braden 2005, p. 40. Cummings...
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Scottish people (redirect from People of Scottish descent)
century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish...
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This is a summary of the year 2024 in British music. 1 January – BBC One sees in the New Year with the concert Rick Astley Rocks New Year's Eve. Rick Astley...
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and fusions. While talent show contestants were one of the major forces in pop music, British soul maintained and even extended its high-profile with...
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composer, primarily a music publisher. Born in England, but mainly worked elsewhere. Early music of the British Isles Chronological list of English classical...
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Wilbye (1574–1638) Early music of the British Isles List of Renaissance composers Chronological list of English classical composers List of English Baroque...
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of Northumbria conquered the Isle of Man along with most of Mercia. In the 9th century, Norsemen established the thalassocratic Kingdom of the Isles,...
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the United Kingdom plays an important role in British culture and the United Kingdom has played a significant role in the organisation and spread of sporting...
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