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- Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ... name, and toured extensively in the [[United States]], where she enjoyed considerable reputation. In... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ..., such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] ope...
5: ... student and in secondary roles, she made her professional debut at the [[Athens Opera]] on [[July 4]]...
7: ...higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
15: ...he legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recom... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...]], [[1179]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|my...
6: ...o the church (as was customary in [[medieval]] times). Hildegard was put in the care of Jutta (sister ...
8: ... of her, "Write what you see". At first she was hesitant about writing her visions, holding them insi...
11: During all these years Hildegard confided of her visions only to ...
13: ...s also overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy and hesitated to act. - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...], and [[author]], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[...
5: ...but at an early age, appearing in [[London]]'s [[West End]] in [[1947]]. She graduated through radio ...
9: ...e most sought-after stars in [[Hollywood]]. As a result, she appeared in the three-hour epic ''[[Hawai...
11: ...Company|ABC]] in [[1972]]-[[1973]], but the greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for he...
13: ...ice to the role as Queen Lilian to the highly successful animated hit ''[[Shrek 2]]'', the sequel to t... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...rly the [[dulcian]], the bassoon is a part of orchestral, concert band, and chamber music literature. ...
6: ...t the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
8: ...[Henry Purcell]]'s call for a "bassoon" in ''Dioclesian'' (1690) referring to the wooden double reed, ...
10: ...ased sophistication both in manufacturing techniques and acoustical knowledge made possible great impr...
14: ...=red>(2)</font>, a crooked metal tube which attaches wing joint to reed <font color=red>(1)</font> ({{... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...ument]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives from adding the suffix ''-et'' meaning ''little''...
4: ...t uses a single [[reed (music)|reed]] which vibrates to generate the instrument's sound. (See ''Charac...
11: ...d the instrument to be very agile; there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
12: ...rge orchestras and bands rather than small ensembles.
15: ... is an octave above high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particu... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...where a written C sounds as B flat), and plays notes an octave below the "normal" B flat clarinet and ...
5: ... body of the instrument. This cylindrical bore gives it the clarinet's dark tone and low pitch.
7: While the range of the soprano clarinet ends at a low E, most bass clarinets hav...
9: == Uses ==
10: ... part) of a musical piece, though they are sometimes given leading parts as well. - Contrabass clarinet (751 bytes)
1: ... the octocontralto have been made, this is the lowest commonly used clarinet.
2: ...much more like the Bass-clarinet, and Vito has a resonite (plastic) instrument. - Cor anglais (2674 bytes)
1: ... but larger. If the oboe were to be regarded as a soprano in C, then the "cor anglais" would be a tenor obo...
7: ...of maintaining a correct [[embouchure]]. One professional player has compared playing the instrument ...
13: ...untries; "English horn" is used in the United States.
15: Despite its name, the instrument is not thought to be...
20: ... expressive, melancholic solos in [[orchestra|orchestral]] works, particularly slow movements. - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...d]]. A [[musician]] who plays the flute is sometimes called a [[flutist]] or flautist.
3: ... allowing a very high degree of instantaneous expressive control.
5: ==Categories of flutes==
7: ...flute]], which has a complex array of keys and holes.
9: ... Usually fipple flutes are not referred to as flutes, even though the physics, technique and sound are... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...re". This is similar to the functioning of the ancestors of the recorder, early folk [[whistle]]s.
3: ...ecorders in f' connected together by leather flanges: one instrument was voiced to play softly, the ot...
5: ...imilarly easy -- like other instruments, it requires talent and study to play it at an advanced level.
7: ...groups such as [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Prominent jazz musician [[Ke...
9: ...: the contrabass in F is about 2 meters tall. The soprano and the alto are the most common solo instruments... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: ...aritone saxophone, for example, can play lower notes than a tenor saxophone, and an [[octave]] lower t...
3: ..., but it was originally intended as both an [[orchestra]]l and [[military band]] instrument.
7: ...ng time it was relegated to military bands--this despite his great friendship with the influential Par...
9: ... his desires both tonally and technically and possessed a new level of flexibility. This would explai...
14: ...ommon than curved ones, and straight alto saxophones exist, though rare. There is some debate amongst... - Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
2: ... soprano through baritone are commonly used. The less tubing an instrument has, the higher the instrum...
4: ...ost notes (the altissimo register), however, are less-frequently mastered.
8: ...y and is used commonly in concert, jazz, funk, blues, pop, and rock music.
10: ...amaha, Yanagisawa, and Jupiter. New alto saxophones range greatly in price from hundreds of dollars t... - Tarogato (729 bytes)
4: ...ilar to a cross between an [[english horn]] and a soprano saxophone. - Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
1: ... middle voice of a drum corps, between the high [[soprano]]s and the low [[contra]]s. It has a forceful to...
3: ...hus the larger version of other saxhorns like the soprano range Bb [[flugelhorn]] and Eb [[tenor horn]] (al...
5: ...e-valve euphoniums being mistakenly called baritones and four-valve instruments being seen as euphoniu... - Cornet (3752 bytes)
1: ...''' is a [[brass instrument]] that closely resembles the [[trumpet]].
3: ...d]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and other countries that have British-style brass bands.
7: ...be most effective in cutting through even the biggest climax.
9: ...re agile than the trumpet when playing fast passages. The cornet is often preferred for young beginner...
17: ...mn of air in the tubing of the cornet that generates a musical sound. When the column of air is lengt... - Cornett (5160 bytes)
2: ...t are now called [[alta capella]]s or wind ensembles. It is not to be confused with the [[cornet]].
6: ...r holes, and her right hand, playing the lower holes, can more comfortably reach their proper location...
8: ...stem of [[musical instrument classification]] places it alongside instruments such as the [[trumpet]].
10: ...ruments--may use a much larger mouthpiece, sometimes a trumpet mouthpiece ground down on a [[lathe]] s...
14: ...einrich Sch?also used the instrument extensively, especially in his earlier work; he had studied in Ve... - Tenor horn (3923 bytes)
1: ...in symphonic groupings and classical brass ensembles. In the [[US]] and [[Germany]] the name '''tenor ...
3: ==Description==
5: ...of the valves and the other looping below the valves.
9: ...r and the notes at the bottom of its range sound less mellow.
11: ...ently forcing air out. The mouthpiece should be pressed gently against the lips and the rim of the mou...
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