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Sheet music for popular songs and piano compositions, mostly 1890–1920. Lewis Music Library at MIT: Jean-Baptiste Lully Collection: 17th-century, 18th-century, French, Jean-Baptiste Lully: 30 Rare 17th- and 18th-century scores of operas, ballets, and compilations by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and his sons.
The Moravian musical tradition in United States began with the earliest Moravian settlers in the first half of the 18th century. These Moravians were members of a well-established church – officially called Unitas Fratrum or Unity of Brethren – that by [the mid-18th century] had already seen almost three centuries of rich experience of ...
18th-century hymns (2 C, 38 P) Pages in category "18th-century songs" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The English term "rapier" comes from the French rapière and appears both in English and German, near-simultaneously, in the mid-16th century, for a light, long, pointed two-edged sword. It is a loan from Middle French espee rapiere , first recorded in 1474, a nickname meaning ' grater ' .
A page from the Mellon Chansonnier (c.1470), prepared for the wedding of Catherine of Aragon. Music publishing is the business of creating, producing and distributing printed musical scores, parts, and books in various types of music notation, while ensuring that the composer, songwriter and other creators receive credit and royalties or other payment (where applicable).
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In the case of musicals, the music, the lyrics and the "book" (i.e., the spoken dialogue and the stage directions) may each have its own author. Thus, a musical such as Fiddler on the Roof has a composer ( Jerry Bock ), a lyricist ( Sheldon Harnick ) and the writer of the "book" ( Joseph Stein ).
West gallery music, also known as Georgian psalmody, refers to the sacred music (metrical psalms, with a few hymns and anthems) sung and played in Church of England parish churches, as well as nonconformist chapels, from 1700 to around 1850. In the late 1980s, west gallery music experienced a revival and is now sung by several west gallery ...