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one-voice-per-part The practice of using solo voices on each musical line or part in choral music. ordinario (ord.) (Ital.) or position ordinaire (Fr.) In bowed string music, an indication to discontinue extended techniques such as sul ponticello, sul tasto or col legno, and return to normal playing. The same as "naturale". organ trio
The word koyaanisqatsi literally translates to "chaotic life". [35] It is a compound word composed of the bound form koyaanis-("corrupted" or "chaotic") [35] and the word qatsi ("life" or "existence"). [36] The Hopi Dictionary defines koyaanisqatsi as "life of moral corruption and turmoil" or "life out of balance", referring to the life of a ...
Retreat (bugle call), a military signal for the end of day, known as "Sunset" in some countries Retreat (military), a withdrawal of military forces Retreat (spiritual), a time taken to reflect or meditate
Clearly, performing has always been natural for Grande, and she recently opened up about how music in particular was a salve during some of the hardest moments of her life.
One dancer or a couple then moved downstage to the focal point of the semicircle and performed a set of elaborate dance steps, lasting for about 16 bars. Once these dancers retreated back to the semicircle, another dancer or pair of dancers took a turn. This repeated until all dancers had soloed. Finally, all the dancers broke ranks and danced ...
Call and response singing was originally part of African-American work songs, and it subsequently became an important part of the blues. The same effect is used in instrumental tunes, in which a solo instrument does a melodic line and then there is a "response" from the horn section or rhythm section.
Another form the Exercises came in, which became known as the nineteenth "Observation", 'allowed continuing one's ordinary occupations with the proviso of setting aside a few hours a day for this special purpose.' [5] The spiritual exercises were intended for people wanting to live closer to God's will for their life. In the 17th century ...
Albert Lortzing's singspiel Szenen aus Mozarts Leben (1832), on Mozart's life; Robert Schumann named two sections of his piano work Carnaval after Paganini and Chopin; Alessandro Stradella's life was the basis for some operas with the title Stradella by Louis Niedermeyer (1837), César Franck (1841) and Friedrich von Flotow's Alessandro ...