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Romanesca is a melodic-harmonic formula popular from the mid–16th to early–17th centuries that was used as an aria formula for singing poetry and as a subject for instrumental variation. The pattern, which is found in an endless collection of compositions labeled romanesca , perhaps named after the Roma , is a descending descant formula ...
A late-14th/early-15th-century Halberd from Fribourg. The word helmbarte or variations thereof show up in German texts from the 13th century onwards. At that point, the halberd is not too distinct from other types of broad axes or bardiches used all over Europe. In the late 13th century the weapon starts to develop into a distinct weapon, with ...
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these. Variation is often contrasted with musical development, which is a slightly different means to the
Variations on a theme by another composer. These are usually written as discrete sets of variations. There are hundreds of examples, including: Ludwig van Beethoven's Diabelli Variations [citation needed] Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn (which theme was probably not written by Haydn at all) [citation needed]
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Chorus [5]. The pattern of a strophe (verse) sung in English followed by a burden (chorus) in Latin followed a structure typical of the religious carols of the period. [6]The Agincourt Carol was recorded by The Young Tradition on Galleries, [7] (with both the Early Music Consort and Dave Swarbrick contributing), and by the Silly Sisters (band) (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) on their second album ...
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov confirmed, in an interview with South Korean television, that the first engagement had occurred with North Korean troops, an apparent escalation in a ...
Each variation is a recurrence of the theme with melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and ornamental changes. Theme and variations sometimes contain one Minore variation. This variation will have a contrasting tonality, and may be different in form from the theme. Theme and variations may also have a coda to finalize the piece.