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New York Pro Musica was a vocal and instrumental ensemble based in New York City, which specialized in Medieval and Renaissance music. It was co-founded in 1952, under the name Pro Musica Antiqua , by Noah Greenberg , a choral director, and Bernard Krainis , a recorder player who studied with Erich Katz .
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It is often "peaceful" sounding and lacks composition, beat, and/or structured melody. [5] It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening [6] and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation.
This is a list of songs associated with the quiet storm radio format, widely heard in the United States starting in 1976 [1] as a form of early evening/late night easy listening music aimed at a sophisticated African American audience. [2]
New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, [1] and reading as a method of stress management [2] to bring about a state of ecstasy rather than trance, [3] [4] or to create a peaceful atmosphere in homes or other environments.
The playlists were the first posted to the White House's official Spotify account. [1] Other playlists Obama has shared include a Christmas music playlist released on Christmas Eve 2015 [2] and a workout playlist commissioned by Wired in October 2016. [3] [4] In 2018, the president's wife Michelle Obama released a Valentine's Day playlist ...
WLNR-FM in Chicago also changed in August 1985 to a 24-hour quiet storm program called "The Soft Touch", featuring more instrumental music and even straight-ahead jazz, a mix which sales manager Gregory Brown described as "not so laid-back" as other quiet storm shows. A notable feature of WLNR was that the four regular deejays were women.
The combination of WQCD and Emmis's two existing New York stations, WQHT (97.1 FM) and WRKS-FM (98.7 FM), gave the Indianapolis-based company an FM triopoly in the New York market. In 1998, Emmis moved WQCD out of the Daily News Building, and along with WQHT and WRKS into a newly constructed common facility at 395 Hudson Street .
Windham Hill produced music that was difficult to define, with elements of classical, folk, and jazz, nearly all of it instrumental, acoustic, and mellow. California-based Tower Records stores gave Windham Hill its own section. [2] Billboard magazine called the music soft jazz in 1983, but later listed the label as new age. [3]