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Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Justin Wells: The Odyssey: Homer [29] "Lay Down" Bursting at the Seams: Strawbs: The 23rd Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [132] "The Legend of Enoch Arden" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Diane Zeigler "The Legend of Enoch Arden" Alfred Lord ...
This is a list of articles, or subsections of articles, about music inspired by literature. [1] Musical settings of, or music inspired by, poems by Byron; Edgar Allan Poe and music; Music related to Anne Rice's novels; Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien [1] Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde; List of songs based on poems; Romeo and Juliet ...
Allegro vivace A typical performance takes about 8-9 minutes. The common practice of leaving out long repeated sections, such as the development and recapitulation in the first movement, would make two or three minutes' difference to the total duration.
Hallowe'en, also initially entitled Allegro vivace: Hallowe'en, is a short composition for piano quintet by American composer Charles Ives. It was probably composed in 1907 and was part of Three Outdoor Scenes , a collection of pieces that also included Central Park in the Dark .
Although Beach would later become more accepting of music from North American traditions—such as Native American themes—Beach chose to incorporate songs of the European influence into her early works. One such (Celtic) tune was her song entitled, "Dark Is the Night!" which she set to the words of the English poet William Ernest Henley. She ...
The first page of J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Toccata (from Italian toccare, literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally ...
A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)
Empfindsamkeit (English: sentimental style) or Empfindsamer Stil is a style of musical composition and poetry developed in 18th-century Germany, intended to express "true and natural" feelings, and featuring sudden contrasts of mood.