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  2. Canon (music) - Wikipedia

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    A puzzle canon, riddle canon, or enigma canon is a canon in which only one voice is notated and the rules for determining the remaining parts and the time intervals of their entrances must be guessed. [44] "The enigmatical character of a [puzzle] canon does not consist of any special way of composing it, but only of the method of writing it ...

  3. Timeline of musical events - Wikipedia

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    1989 in music, 1989 in British music, 1989 in Norwegian music. Notable events: The swing revival is agreed upon to have started around 1989. The musical Miss Saigon first performed; Deaths of: Herbert von Karajan; Irving Berlin; Vladimir Horowitz; Notable releases: 3rd Bass – The Cactus Album (Debut) De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising ...

  4. History of film - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to the beginning of the 1950s, when only 5 films were made per year, 111 films were produced in South Korea in 1959. [121] The 1950s was also a 'Golden Age' for Philippine cinema, with the emergence of more artistic and mature films, and significant improvement in cinematic techniques among filmmakers. The studio system produced ...

  5. 1920s in film - Wikipedia

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    With sound, the concept of the musical appeared immediately, as in The Jazz Singer of 1927, because silent films had been accompanied by music for years when projected in theaters. Sound also greatly changed the Hollywood approach to storytelling, with more dependence on dialogue and less creative use of the visual element.

  6. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". [2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. [3]

  7. History of film technology - Wikipedia

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    The proliferation of television in the early 1950s contributed to a heavy mid-century push for color within the film industry. In 1947, only 12 percent of American films were made in color. By 1954, that number had risen to over 50 percent. [78] The color boom was aided by the breakup of Technicolor's near-monopoly on the medium.

  8. Cinema of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Classical style began to emerge in 1913, was accelerated in 1917 after the U.S. entered World War I and finally solidified when the film The Jazz Singer was released in 1927, ending the silent film era and increasing box-office profits for the film industry by introducing sound to feature films. Most Hollywood pictures adhered closely to a ...

  9. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    The first colour feature film made in Hollywood, The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong. First feature film in 3D. The Power of Love by Nat Deverich, [ 39 ] which premiered at the Ambassador Hotel Theater in Los Angeles on September 27.