Jun 04, 2020 · The music industry and wider communities took a stand on Tuesday 2 June 2020 with Blackout Tuesday – a vow to silence an industry propped up by Black history and culture on social media and across airwaves for a day, with time to pause and reflect, and take a moment to plan effective, lasting and truly uniting change in the fight to end discrimination on grounds of …

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Dec 17, 2015 · While it is a beautiful piece, from an academic standpoint it is not very well written. This likely means that the hymn has its origins in folk music. Our best guess is that it is an old Christmas song written in the 16 th or 17 th century by an unknown composer in Germany. It has long since been widely used in several other European countries.

Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC f M) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global.The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992.. Classic FM was the first national classical music station to have been launched since the opening of BBC Radio 3, 25 years earlier, in September 1967, and 46 years …

The major time divisions of classical music up to 1900 are the Early music period, which includes Medieval (500–1400) and Renaissance (1400–1600) eras, and the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1820), and Romantic (1810–1910) eras. The current period encompasses the 20th and the 21st century to date and includes the …

Dec 03, 2018 · Romantic Period: 1820-1900 . An extremely fertile period, the Romantic era of music is expressive, dramatic, and orchestral—composed and played with a level of drama and emotionality not seen in previous eras. Think Wagner's stirring "Ride of the Valkyries" or Tchaikovsky's triumphant "1812 Overture."Composers touched on themes such as romantic …

Dec 31, 2021 · Bernard Herrmann: The Film Scores on Phase 4 (Decca). Maybe the film-music release of the year: seven albums that the legendary composer recorded in London between 1968 and 1975.

A masterful composer of music to get people moving, Sousa also popularized classical music, first as leader of the U.S. Marine Band and then touring with his own Sousa Band. His stirring military marches, including “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” expressed the nationalistic spirit of their times, but they have also gained an enduring ...

24 May 2022 - 650,000 scores. 15 May 2022 - IMSLP now has 74,000 recordings. 14 May 2022 - 200,000 works have scores or parts on Petrucci Music Library. 23 April 2022 - 199,000 works have scores or parts on Petrucci Music Library.

Sep 13, 2021 · The sketch of the theme was written by Australian composer Ron Grainer and taken to the Radiophonic Workshop to be reimagined by Delia Derbyshire, who worked with sound engineer Dick Mills on the ...