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- Performance (3170 bytes)
1: [[Image:Street accordion player.jpg|thumb|A street musician with accordion in...
2: ...er and audience may become blurred, as in the example of "[[participatory theatre]]" where audience me...
4: Examples of performance [[genre]]s include:
11: ** [[play]]
20: Performances might take place daily, or at some other regular [[interval (ti... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...n, Kansas|Atchison]], [[Kansas]], Amelia loved to play with her younger sister, Muriel. This time that...
8: ...lane in 1924 and moved back East, where she was employed as a social worker in [[Boston, Massachusetts...
10: ...on, flying was the fixture of Earhart's life. She placed third at the Cleveland Women's Air Derby (nic...
14: ...to [[Paris]], duplicating [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s solo flight. However, strong north winds, icy conditio...
16: ...," financed by [[Purdue University]], she started planning her round-the-world flight. - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...by, gaining a pilot's licence at the [[London Aeroplane Club]] in late [[1929]].
8: ... on [[May 24]] after flying 11,000 miles. Her aeroplane for this flight a [[De Havilland]] [[De Havill...
12: In [[July]] [[1932]], she set a solo record for the flight from England to [[Cape Town...
16: ...ales]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, C... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
8: ...ine of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Yea...
20: ... of the United States]] in [[1952]] and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close ...
22: ...the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the [[United States Air ...
26: Her aviation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attenti... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: .... She gave her debut concert at the age of eight, playing a [[piano concerto|concerto]] by [[Wolfgang...
7: ...ver her often exaggerated dynamics and tempi, her playing is characterised by her passionate and uniqu...
9: ...nces. As of the [[1980s]] she has not played much solo concerts anymore, instead focusing on [[piano con...
17: ...tnev]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two Pianos/[[Ravel]]:...
19: '''[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]''' - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
10: She began her [[solo]] career in [[1941]]. Beginning as a [[Swing (gen...
14: ...with the most important groups and [[Solo (music)|solo]]ists. Her role effectively was the "instrumental...
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
111: ==Samples== - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
24: *''Ten Preludes'' for solo cello (1974)
71: ...: A Dedication to Mary and Martha'' for two viola solo and orchestra (1998) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
3: ...ke up in the mid [[1930s]], and Jackson began her solo career, recording for [[Decca]] in [[1937]]. The... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...e:Janis Joplin-In Concert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live ...
2: ...sional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four [[album]]s as the frontwoman for ...
4: ... in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and ...
6: ...ovement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues h...
10: ...together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the la... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
5: ...her composing. Subsequently, her works were often played alongside her brother's at the family home in...
7: ... public debut at the piano came in 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concerto]] No. 1.
9: ...ons include a [[piano trio]] and several books of solo [[piano]] pieces and [[song]]s. A number of her s...
11: ...ndelssohn-Hensel died in [[Berlin]] in 1847 of complications of a [[stroke]] suffered while rehearsing... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
7: ... singer [[Tom Rush]]. The songs on her first two solo albums ''[[Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull)]]'' ...
11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
13: ..."). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the ...
15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
29: ...'You said, "Yes, I'd like to know what kind of people''
36: ...sequent singles "Feel Your Love", "Walkaway" and "Plastic" were also modest hits.
61: ...ics completely from personal experiences. For example, as Morissette began meeting with record labels,...
66: :''And then played golf for awhile''
84: ...ation]] stumbled onto "You Oughta Know" and began playing it non-stop: - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...gan studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned ...
10: ...playing by ear at Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt ...
16: ...es'', Amos went to New Mexico to write her second solo record, ''Under the Pink''. It debuted at #1 in t...
20: ...center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song "Down by the Seaside"...
23: ...he "Under the Pink" tour, Amos released her third solo album, ''[[Boys for Pele]]''. Mystical, experimen... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ... [[2005]], broke the world record for the fastest solo [[circumnavigation]] of the [[Earth|globe]].
8: ...gfisher'' (named after her sponsors, [[Kingfisher plc]]), and subsequently MacArthur was awarded an [[...
12: ...y Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret for her to break solo records. The 75-[[foot (unit of length)|foot]] (2...
16: ...circumnavigation, she set records for the fastest solo voyage to the [[equator]], past the [[Cape of Goo... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ... ancient classical texts and learning and their applications in the arts and sciences. Second, it mean...
7: ...[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the blend of art and science during the Renai...
9: ===Multiple Renaissances===
10: ...e [[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lumpers and splitters]])
19: ...aces for when the Middle Ages ended. The starting place of the Renaissance is almost universally ascri... - Music (16462 bytes)
20: ... no regular pulse;<sup>[[#Notes|5]]</sup> one example is the [[alap]] section of a [[Hindustani music]...
36: ===Solo and ensemble===
38: ...ovised solo playing for one's enjoyment to highly planned and organized performance rituals such as th...
49: ...not'' preconceived. However, many cultures and people do not have this distinction at all, using a bro...
51: ... a "process" which may create musical sounds, examples of this range from wind chimes, through compute... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...cal piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled...
6: ...the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to allow finger-holes to be dr...
10: ...knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Dutch painting, "De...
16: ...he desired tuning. <!--The bocal, made of ... and plated with ... and must be carefully matched to the...
18: ...istance between the widely-spaced holes with a complex system of keywork, which extends throughout nea... - Bombarde (846 bytes)
1: ...etween the lips. Typically pitched in B flat, it plays a diatonic scale over two octaves.
5: ...n the player recovers while the other instruments play the echo. - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
4: ...f some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[resin]]. The instrument uses a single [[re...
6: A person who plays the clarinet is called a [[clarinetist]].
11: ... there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
20: ... (music)|reed]] which is held in the mouth by the player. Vibrating the reed produces the instrument's...
22: The body is equipped with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one bac... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...rument]] where a written C sounds as B flat), and plays notes an octave below the "normal" B flat clar...
7: ...flat. Some models have an extended range and can play to a low C.
10: ... instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play the bass part (usually similar or identical to ...
13: ... school bands, and are a good option for starting players.
16: ...bass clarinet is probably "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Nu...
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