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musical composition — Introduction the act of conceiving a piece of music, the art of creating music, or the finished product. These meanings are interdependent and presume a tradition in which musical works exist as repeatable entities. In this sense,… … Universalium
canzonet — /kan zeuh net /, n. an early polyphonic song of dancelike character. [1585 95; < It canzonetta. See CANZONE, ETTE] * * * ▪ vocal music also called canzonetta , Italian canzonetta , Italian plural canzonette form of 16th century (c. 1565 … Universalium
hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… … Universalium
vocal music — Introduction any of the genres for solo voice and voices in combination, with or without instrumental accompaniment. It includes monophonic music (having a single line of melody) and polyphonic music (consisting of more than one… … Universalium
Choir — For other uses, see Choir (disambiguation). A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. A body of singers who perform together as a group… … Wikipedia
Pontormo — Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = Pontormo imagesize = 200px caption = Portrait of Pontormo from an edition of Giorgio Vasari s Vite . birthname = Jacopo Carucci birthdate = birth date|1494|5|24|mf=y location = Pontormo, Italy deathdate = death… … Wikipedia
Madrigal (music) — A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three… … Wikipedia
Pierre Certon — (c1510 1520 ndash; February 23, 1572) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was a representative of the generation after Josquin and Mouton, and was influential in the late development of the French chanson. Life Most likely he was born in … Wikipedia
Electone — is the trademark used for electronic organs produced by Yamaha. History of the ElectoneAfter Hammond pioneered the electronic organ in the 1930s, other manufacturers began to market their own versions of the instrument. By the end of the 1950s,… … Wikipedia
Ludovico Roncalli — Count Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713), or simply Count Ludovico, was an Italian nobleman who published a collection of suites for five course baroque guitar, Capricci armonici sopra la chitarra spagnola ( Harmonic caprices for the Spanish guitar ) … Wikipedia
