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  2. Musical expression - Wikipedia

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    Musical expression is the art of playing or singing with a personal response to the music. [ 1 ] At a practical level, this means making appropriate use of dynamics , phrasing , timbre and articulation to bring the music to life. [ 2 ]

  3. Wikipedia:Wikipedia for Schools/Welcome/Arts and Music ...

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    Art is a diverse range of (and products of) human activities involving creative imagination to express technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.. In the perspective of the history of art, artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however, some theorists feel that the typical concept of "artistic ...

  4. Expressionist music - Wikipedia

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    Anton Webern's music was close in style to Schoenberg's expressionism, c. 1909–13, and subsequently his music "became increasingly constructivist on the surface and increasingly concealed its passionate expressive core". [14] His Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 (1911–13) are from this period.

  5. Music - Wikipedia

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    At the university level, students in most arts and humanities programs can receive credit for taking a few music courses, which typically take the form of an overview course on the history of music, or a music appreciation course that focuses on listening to music and learning about different musical styles. In addition, most North American and ...

  6. Music of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Music accompanied public spectacles, events in the arena, and was part of the performing art form called pantomimus, an early form of story ballet that combined expressive dancing, instrumental music, and a sung libretto.

  7. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical genres within the context of classical music, organized according to the corresponding periods in which they arose or became common. Various terms can be used to classify a classical music composition, mainly including genre, form , compositional technique and style.

  8. Definition of music - Wikipedia

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    Many people do, however, share a general idea of music. The Websters definition of music is a typical example: "the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity" (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, online edition).

  9. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    Musical expression is the art of playing or singing music with emotional communication. The elements of music that comprise expression include dynamic indications, such as forte or piano, phrasing, differing qualities of timbre and articulation, color, intensity, energy and excitement. All of these devices can be incorporated by the performer.