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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...rmally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a [...
18: ...t exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Musette du Cour, and several varieties of Sco...
23: ...Proscription]], and the entire myth seems to stem from the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial M...
25: ...An explosion of popularity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert...
35: ...er is [[Mixolydian_mode|mixolydian]] with a range from one degree lower than the tonic to one octave a... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
9: ...posed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quart...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
35: *''Garten von freuden und traurigkeiten'' for flute, viola, harp a...
53: ...;а)'' on verses of Gennadi Aigi for chamber ensemble and chamber choir (1993)
69: *''The Canticle of the Sun of St Francis of Assisi'' for cello, chamber choir, and or... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
6: ...e early 1940s, Deren used some of the inheritance from her father to purchase a used [[16mm]] [[Bolex]...
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated t...
22: ...ed Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaboration with Frank Westbrook and [[Rita Christiani]].
31: * ''Ensemble for Sonambulists'' (1951) - Music (16462 bytes)
20: ...ere exist solo vocal and instrumental genres with free, improvisational rhythms with no regular pulse;...
36: ===Solo and ensemble===
38: ... called a [[musician]], a group being a [[musical ensemble]] such as a [[rock band]] or symphony [[orchestra...
43: ... is produced as [[sheet music]]. To perform music from notation requires an understanding of both the ...
49: ...nventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. See also, [[precompositional... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
11: ...esign changes. While prominent in solo and small ensemble situations, the sound can be completely obscured ...
14: ...mber of [[concert band|symphonic band]]s and wind ensembles.
16: ...]]. While relatively rare, the instrument is most frequently found in larger symphonies, particularly ... - Musician (3042 bytes)
6: ... [[Conducting|conductor]] coordinates a [[musical ensemble]].
10: ...professional]]. Professional musicians may work [[freelance]], contract with a studio or [[Record labe...
12: ...music and more to [[animal communication]]). The freestyle chatter of even common birds, although lac...
50: ...ough in many cases the name of the player is made from the name of the instrument + ''"ist"'', it does... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japane...
14: ... of a shakuhachi. Other shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku up to 3.3 shaku. (The longer th...
18: ...and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with koto and samisen, folk music, jazz, mo...
22: ...The shakuhachi proper, however, is quite distinct from its continental ancestors, the result of centur...
26: ...re over their heads, a symbol of their detachment from the world.) - Cornet (3752 bytes)
3: ...re often than the cornet in [[orchestra]]l, small ensemble, and solo performances. The cornet is the main hi...
9: ...tic warm, mellow tone, which can be distinguished from the more penetrating sound of the trumpet. The...
11: ...This drawing of a cornet is a public domain image from Webster's Dictionary 1911]]
13: ...hort instrument and a trumpet. This instrument is frowned upon by cornet traditionalists and it is not...
19: From the basic length tube of the cornet the player ... - Trombone (15819 bytes)
6: The word ''trombone'' derives from [[Italian language|Italian]] ''tromba'' —...
12: ...m of the instrument, commonly used in early music ensembles.
14: ...ugh the size of a trombone choir can vary greatly from five or six to 20 or more members).
18: ...que music|Baroque]]) literature is often borrowed from other instruments, usually [[cello]] or [[basso...
26: ...s almost completely extended. Extending the slide from one position to the next lowers the pitch by on... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
2: A '''harmonica''' is a [[Free reed instrument|free reed]] musical [[wind instrument]] (also
3: ...n, among other things, as a '''mouth organ''', '''french harp''', simply '''harp''', or
6: dimension into which it can freely vibrate, thus repeatedly
9: Unlike most free-reed instruments (such as [[organ (music)|reed ...
14: is made to vibrate more easily by air from above, reeds accessed by a - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...ique is the use of the [[left]]-hand [[thumb]] to fret notes on the bottom string, particularly on the...
24: ...om [[Central Asia]], from whence several kinds of fretted long-necked [[chordophone]]s stem, including...
26: ... Asian instruments described above. Similarly, [[fret]]s on earlier balalaikas were made of animal gu...
28: ...particularly with the ''[[skomorokh]]s'', sort of free-lance musical [[jester]]s whose tunes ridiculed...
30: ...l, is quite difficult to reconcile when one is confronted with the fact that at various times in Russi... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who combine...
14: ...Franklin]]'s kite experiments with [[lightning]]. Franklin was also the first American to keep accurat...
18: ...d]]. These were solved when [[Luke Howard]] and [[Francis Beaufort]] introduced their systems for clas...
20: ...]], introducing the idea of [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries betwee...
26: ...sable tool for studying a wide range of phenomena from forest fires to [[El Ni. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...gust 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch School (music)|Franco-Flemish]] composer of the [[Renaissance music...
6: ...ance]], probably in the service of [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] for most of the time, and he like...
8: ...ich is written on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While ...
10: ...e]] on the present-day border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. Du...
14: ...riting in the [[1580s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and hi... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
12: ...b|200px|Young Einstein before the Einsteins moved from Germany to Italy.]]
20: ...e school to let him go with a medical note from a friendly doctor, but this meant he had no secondary-...
22: ...r Maja was to later marry their son Paul, and his friend [[Michele Besso]] married their other daughte...
26: ...ed his scientific interests with a group of close friends, including Mileva. He and Mileva had a daugh...
37: ... that, in each case, Einstein boldly took an idea from theoretical physics to its logical consequences... - Acropolis, Athens (7462 bytes)
1: ...5px|The Acropolis of Athens lit up at night, seen from Phillopapus Hill]]
2: ...is3.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the hill of the [[Pnyx]] to the west]]
3: ...is4.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the north, with the restored [[Stoa of Attalus]...
4: ...x|The south wall of the Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Theatre of Dionysus]]]]
5: ...is2.jpg|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus]] to the south-ea... - Allemande (1374 bytes)
1: ...lmain''', or '''alman''') (from [[French language|French]] "German") is a type of [[dance]] popular in...
3: ...andes for [[Musical keyboard|keyboard]], although ensemble allemandes tended to stay in a more traditional f...
5: ...angelo Corelli|Corelli]] wrote allemandes ranging from ''largo'' to ''presto''). - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
5: ...[[Tunisia]], showing the mythic triumphant return from [[India]] of the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] god ...
11: ...pread across Austria in the following years. In [[France]], the first Christmas tree was introduced in...
17: ...ober]] (which every year attracts adverse comment from much of the shopping public). The most common t...
19: ...d by soldiers from Newcastle in liberating Bergen from [[Nazi]] occupation.
24: ...In the past, Christmas trees were often harvested from wild forests, but now almost all are commercial... - Gong (10121 bytes)
3: ...aped, and rest on cushions. Gongs are made mainly from [[bronze]] or [[brass]] but there are many othe...
18: ... to remove this coating. Chau gongs range in size from 7" to 80" in diameter.
28: Nipple gongs range in size from 6" to 14" or larger. Sets of smaller, tuned nip...
36: Opera gongs range in size from 7" to 12", with the larger of a pair one or two...
54: ... to large in size, typically 15" to 22" but sizes from 7" to 40" are available. - Marimba (4188 bytes)
8: ...ng according to the pitch of the note. Vibrations from the bars resonate as they pass through the tube...
10: ...is common to find them in most new music for wind ensemble, although less so for orchestra.
13: ...ico]], as well as among [[Afro-Ecuadorian people|Afro-Ecuadorians]]; [[gyil]] duets are the traditiona... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: .... Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemble]]s including [[Concert band|concert]], [[Marching...
5: ... is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]]...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony...
22: Timpani come in a variety of sizes from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in di...
30: [[Image:Dresden pedal.jpg|frame|right|This pedal is on a Dresden timpano. The ...
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