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Winter's Majesty
''Winter's Majesty'' is the seventeenth album by Nox Arcana, concluding their winter-themed trilogy, which also includes '' Winter's Knight'' (2005) and '' Winter's Eve'' (2009). The music on this album features original and traditional holiday songs, including an instrumental version of "We Three Kings" and a new rendition of " Scarborough Fair" which is presented as a ghost-story with original lyrics and musical arrangements by Joseph Vargo. Track listing All music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo # "Aquilon’s Wish" – 3:52 # "Tranquility" – 2:49 # "White Woodlands" – 3:13 # "Secret Sanctuary" – 3:03 # "Summon the Wind" – 1:43 # "Snow in the Shire" – 3:06 # "Crystal Kingdom" – 3:45 # "Solstice Spirits" – 3:07 # "Shelter from the Cold" – 3:51 # "Angels in the Snow" – 2:47 # "Scarborough Fair" – 5:47 # "Ivory Steeds" – 2:33 # "Winter Haven" – 3:00 # "Forest Lullaby" – 2:34 # "Days of Olde" – 2:54 # "Saturnalia" – 3:28 # "The Coming of the Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nox Arcana
Nox Arcana is the American neoclassical dark wave, dark ambient musical project of Joseph Vargo. It was founded in 2003 as a duo with William Piotrowski, who left in 2008 to pursue a career in film score composing but still acts as its studio engineer whereas Vargo continued on as a solo act under the name. The name in Latin translates to "mysteries of the night." All of Nox Arcana's music is released independent music, independently on the Monolith Graphics label, a publishing company owned by Vargo. With their third album, Nox Arcana became a ''Billboard Magazine, Billboard'' Top Ten charting artist in the holiday genre. Concept Nox Arcana specializes in concept albums based on original stories, as well as gothic fiction and classic horror literature Some of their albums also make reference to medieval themes and ancient mythology. In addition to the storytelling aspect of each album, hidden puzzles and interactive quests are incorporated into the album artwork and into the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassical Dark Wave
Neoclassical dark wave is a subgenre of dark wave music that is characterized by an ethereal atmosphere and soprano vocals as well as strong influences from classical music. Historical context In the middle of the 1980s, the bands Dead Can Dance and In the Nursery released influential albums which essentially laid the foundations of the Neoclassical dark wave genre. In 1985 Dead Can Dance released ''Spleen and Ideal'', which initiated the band's 'medieval European sound.' In 1987 In the Nursery released Stormhorse, which exhibited a symphonic/post-industrial sound lending itself to 'being envisioned as backing music for a dramatic epic.' See also * Dark ambient * Martial industrial (martial music) * Neofolk * Dungeon Synth Dungeon synth is a genre of electronic music that merges elements of black metal and dark ambient. The style emerged in the early 1990s, predominantly among members of the black metal scene, such as Mortiis, Burzum, Robert Fudali of Lord Win .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. While most Christmas songs prior to 1930 were of a traditional religious character, the Great Depression era of the 1930s brought a stream of songs of American origin, most of which did not explicitly reference the Christian nature of the holiday, but rather the more secular traditional Western themes and customs associated with Christmas. These included songs aimed at children such as "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", as well as sentimental ballad-type songs p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Tower (Nox Arcana Album)
''The Dark Tower'' is the sixteenth concept album by Nox Arcana, released as the soundtrack for ''The Dark Tower'' book series by Joseph Vargo. Narratives at the beginning and end of the album provide the storyline of an ancient castle inhabited by a vampire and haunted by ghosts and living gargoyles. The story is set during the time of the First Crusade. The music is predominantly instrumental with piano and pipe organ melodies accented by choirs, chanting, tolling bells and sound effects. Like other Halloween-themed albums by Nox Arcana, this one also contains a secret interactive puzzle that relates to the characters from the books. ''The Dark Tower CD'' ranked at No. 1 on the Amazon Halloween music category for 28 weeks. Track listing All music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo # "Darkness Rising" – 1:47 # "Born of the Night" – 3:29 # "Crimson Thirst" – 2:47 # "Vasaria" – 2:55 # "Vesper Tolls" – 3:25 # "Path of Shadows " – 3:49 # "Banshee" – 1:32 # "G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Shadows
''Legion of Shadows'' is the eighteenth album by Nox Arcana, marking their 10-year anniversary. The album was announced as a dedication to their fans, and was one of two albums that Nox Arcana released in 2013 on Halloween — the second being ''Crimson Winter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'', William Piotrowski's first solo project and score for the vampire film ''Crimson Winter''. In addition to the original compositions, ''Legion of Shadows'' includes Vargo's Gothic rendition of Bach's classical piece " Toccata and Fugue" Track listing All original music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo. "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, with arrangement and additional instrumentation by Joseph Vargo. # "We Are Legion" — 1:58 # "The Hidden Realm" — 2:07 # "Skeletons In The Closet" — 3:13 # "Shivers" — 2:40 # "Distant Memories" — 2:55 # "Ancient Flame" — 4:00 # "Loveless" — 3:11 # "Dreamscape" — 3:34 # "Evil Genius" — 3:34 # "Ghost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter's Knight
''Winter's Knight'' is the third album by gothic duo Nox Arcana. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard Magazine's Music Charts for Top Holiday Albums of 2006 and 2007. The soundtrack is predominantly instrumental with a few traditional holiday songs performed with a darker medieval flair. The music is accented with Gregorian chanting, pipe organs, violins, and acoustic guitar. Some of the tracks contain vocals, such as the minstrel's rendition of " Past Time With Good Company". Other songs feature narration describing a tale of a ghostly knight who wanders the ruins of a haunted cathedral at wintertime. The story is set in the mythical Ebonshire forest. The booklet is decorated to look like an Illuminated manuscript and features the artwork of Joseph Vargo. Nox Arcana, already popular in the gothic music genre, wanted to carry the gothic mood into the Christmas season, along the lines of Dickens' classic ghost story, ''A Christmas Carol.'' Track listing # "Vigil" — 1:41 # "Ghos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter's Eve
''Winter's Eve'' is the thirteenth studio album and second Christmas-themed album by Nox Arcana. It was released in 2009 on Monolith Graphics. Apart from traditional music for the Christmas season, the theme of this album evokes a medieval or pagan Yuletide celebration typical of the winter solstice. Track listing All music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo. "Greensleeves" (traditional) arranged by Joseph Vargo. # "The Messenger" — 1:18 # "Frozen Memories" — 2:45 # "Magic and Moonlight" — 3:25 # "The Rose of Winter" — 2:24 # "Enchanted Realm" — 2:35 # "The Ides of December" — 4:21 # "Gifts of the Magi" — 3:01 # "Season of Wonder" — 2:44 # "Solstice Dance" — 2:30 # "The White Queen" — 2:53 # "Winter's Eve" — 4:19 # "Starlight Serenade" — 3:31 # "Greensleeves" — 4:09 # "The Longest Night" — 4:02 # "Pax Terra" — 3:01 # "Winds of Change" — 3:39 # "Fading Embers" — 2:07 # "Crystal Chimes" — 2:08 # "Serenity" — 2:41 # "Winter Rhapsody" — 3: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Three Kings
"We Three Kings", original title "Three Kings of Orient", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol that was written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. At the time of composing the carol, Hopkins served as the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and he wrote the carol for a Christmas pageant in New York City. It was the first widely popular Christmas carol written in America. Lyrics Composition \header \layout global = chordNames = \chordmode soprano = \relative c'' alto = \relative c' tenor = \relative c' bass = \relative c verse = \lyricmode verseR = \lyricmode chordsPart = \new ChordNames choirPart = \new ChoirStaff \score \score :Source John Henry Hopkins Jr. organized the carol in such a way that three male voices would each sing a solo verse in order to correspond with the three kings. The first and last verses of the carol are sung together by all three as "verses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarborough Fair (ballad)
"Scarborough Fair" ( Child 2, Roud 12) is a traditional English ballad. The song, which is a variant of The Elfin Knight, lists a number of impossible tasks given to a former lover who lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The "Scarborough/Whittingham Fair" variant was most common in Yorkshire and Northumbria, where it was sung to various melodies, often using Dorian mode, with refrains resembling "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" and "Then she'll be a true love of mine." It appears in Traditional Tunes by Frank Kidson published in 1891, who claims to have collected it from Whitby. Republished in 1999: The famous melody was collected from Mark Anderson (1874–1953), a retired lead miner from Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England, by Ewan MacColl in 1947. This version was recorded by a number of musicians in the 20th century, including the version by the 1960s folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, who learned it from Martin Carthy. History The lyrics of "Scarborough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nox Arcana Albums
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2012 Albums
The following is a list of Album, albums, Extended play, EPs, and Mixtape, mixtapes released in 2012. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding Reissue, reissues, Remasters, remasters, and Compilation album, compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) WP:MUS, notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2012 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{Albums by release date 2012 albums, 2012-related lists, Albums Lists of albums by release date, 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
