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  2. Solfège - Wikipedia

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    Italian "solfeggio" and English/French "solfège" derive from the names of two of the syllables used: sol and fa.[2] [3]The generic term "solmization", referring to any system of denoting pitches of a musical scale by syllables, including those used in India and Japan as well as solfège, comes from French solmisation, from the Latin solfège syllables sol and mi.

  3. List of choral festivals - Wikipedia

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    Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival: Europe: 1995–2015: Music festival for Nordic and Baltic choirs. Nominally biennial, but only eight held in the period. Musica Orbis Prague Festival: Prague, Czech Republic 2019–present International festival for non-professional choirs and orchestras, every year at the turn of June and July. World Peace Choral ...

  4. Vic Nees - Wikipedia

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    Vic Nees's father was Staf Nees, a famous Belgian carillonist, composer and organist.His early musical education was intense but informal. He had piano and organ lessons, and after taking a preparatory course of solfège by Paul Gilson he became a member of the cathedral choir of St. Rumbold's, then conducted by Jules Van Nuffel, who greatly impressed him.

  5. Category:Choral festivals - Wikipedia

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  6. List of classical music festivals - Wikipedia

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    World Peace Choral Festival: Austria 2010-present As one of the most important choral events in the world, the World Peace Choral Festival aims to provide a platform for the young generation as well as enthusiastic adult choirs of different countries to perform, to learn, to compete, to communicate and to create better intercultural understanding.

  7. Tonic sol-fa - Wikipedia

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    Solfège table in an Irish classroom. Tonic sol-fa (or tonic sol-fah) is a pedagogical technique for teaching sight-singing, invented by Sarah Anna Glover (1786–1867) of Norwich, England and popularised by John Curwen, who adapted it from a number of earlier musical systems.

  8. Byzantine music - Wikipedia

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    The choral sections had been collected in a second book for the choir which was called asmatikon (τὸ ᾀσματικὸν). It contained the refrains (dochai) of the prokeimena, troparia , sometimes the ephymnia of the kontakia and the hypakoai , but also ordinary chant of the divine liturgy like the eisodikon, the trisagion , the choir ...

  9. List of compositions by Olivier Messiaen - Wikipedia

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    (Solfege Singing Lessons) 5 wordless pieces high voice and piano 1934: published 2001; originally part of an anthology series Vocalise-Étude ("Vocalisation Study") soprano and piano 1935: orchestrated as 2nd mvt of Concert à quatre in 1991 Poèmes pour Mi (Poems for Mi) song cycle soprano and piano 1936 orchestrated in 1937 Chants de Terre et ...