The modern timpani evolved in the 18th and 19th centuries from the simple 12th-century membranophone of the Naker to a complex instrument, consisting...

especially in the modern era. Folk songs exist in almost every culture. The German term Volkslied was coined in the late 18th century, in the process of collecting...

legend. Most of the chant repertory was composed anonymously in the centuries between the time of Gregory and Charlemagne. During the 9th century, several...

century, seventh in the 16th, fifth in the 17th, second in the 18th and 19th centuries, and fourth in the 20th century. Rome topped the rankings in the...

a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments. Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone...

part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians can specialize in a musical genre, though many play a variety of different styles, depending on the cultures...

19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Latin music is a genre of music that originated in the United States due to the growing...

and violas playing the fierce repeated octaves in unison and bassoons compensating for this by doubling the cellos and basses. There are no timpani,...

example, in Plato's Laws and in the writings of medieval music theorists. According to Richard Taruskin, the active concert life of late 18th-century London...

training in music. By the 18th century, Italian conservatories were already playing a major role in the training of artists and composers. In the city of Naples...

cosmological dimensions of rhythmic and harmonic organization. In the 18th century, focus shifted to the experience of hearing music, and thus to questions...

rate (typically 12–14% in 1999) is divided by the number of artists on the album. Some record companies simplify the equation and pay a rounded-off rate...

the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries janissary bands began to influence European court musicians with new percussion instruments such as the timpani...

the instruments or voices. Since the mid-19th century, most conductors have not played an instrument when conducting, although in earlier periods of classical...

surprises' for the humorous Hoffnung Music Festival. List of symphonies with names Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries Haydn: Two Contemporary...

This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. AlphaSphere Audiocubes Bass pedals Continuum...

and Schubert all worked in Vienna. In the middle of the 18th century, Europe began to move toward a new style in architecture, literature, and the arts...

such as the twelve bar blues. "The most significant feature of the emergent popular music industry of the late 18th and early 19th centuries was the extent...

(1720–1770) Classical period (1750–1820) Romantic music (1780–1910) 20th and 21st-centuries classical music (1901–present): Modernism (1890–1930) Impressionism...

This is a list of lists of albums. Lists of songs Portals:  Music  Record production  Lists This article includes a mass media-related list of lists....

for Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the Nawab of Awadh. "Nidhubabur Tappa", or tappas sung by Nidhu Babu were very popular in 18th and 19th-century Bengal. Thumri is a...

lyre. It first appeared in English in the mid-16th century in reference to the Earl of Surrey's translations of Petrarch and to his own sonnets. Greek...

cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a...

Indian pop Japanese popular music Music of Latin America Music in World War II Music in the movement against apartheid Sound recording and reproduction...

styles and influenced fashion. Grunge fashion refers to the clothing, accessories and hairstyles of the grunge music genre. This subculture emerged in mid-1980s...

The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings...

producers like George Martin, Phil Spector and Brian Eno led its evolution into its present use of elaborate techniques and unrealistic sounds, creating songs...

vibration of the instrument itself. Typically part of the percussion section of an orchestra. Timpani • Snare drum • Bass drum • Tambourine • Cymbal • Triangle...

secular music and sacred music were the two main genres of Western music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance era.[citation needed] The oldest written...

is the most common configuration in rock and pop music. In the early years, the configuration was typically two guitarists (a lead guitarist and a rhythm...