Harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

, in music, is the use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords. Harmony or harmonious may also refer to:

Computing

* Apache Harmony, a Java programming language Open source implementation *

ECMAScript Harmony ECMAScript is a JavaScript standard developed by Ecma International. Since 2015, major versions have been published every June. ECMAScript 2022, the 13th and current version, was released in June 2022. Versions In June 2004, Ecma International p ...

, codename for the sixth edition of the scripting language *

Harmony (operating system) Harmony is an experimental computer operating system (OS) developed at the National Research Council Canada in Ottawa. It is a second-generation message passing system that was also used as the basis for several research projects, including rob ...

, an experimental computer operating system developed at the National Research Council of Canada *

Harmony (software) Harmony is a Java (programming language), Java-based software for creating high-definition music videos with 2D and 3D animations. The application was developed by Digital Chaotics, a company based in San Jose, California and established in 201 ...

, a music visualizer program * Harmony (toolkit), a never-completed Qt-like software widget toolkit *

HarmonyOS HarmonyOS (HMOS) () is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei to collaborate and interconnect with multiple smart devices on the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. In its current multi-kernel design, the operating system selects ...

, also known as Hongmeng OS, a IoT and mobile operating system developed by Huawei *

Harmony search This is a chronologically ordered list of metaphor-based metaheuristics and swarm intelligence algorithms, sorted by decade of proposal. Algorithms 1980s-1990s Simulated annealing (Kirkpatrick et al., 1983) Simulated annealing is a pr ...

, an evolutionary algorithm used in optimization problems *Harmony technology, developed by RealNetworks; see *

Logitech Harmony Logitech Harmony is a line of remote controls and home automation products produced by Logitech. The line includes universal remote products designed for controlling the components of home theater systems (including televisions, set-top boxes, D ...

, a series of universal remote controls made by Logitech *

Project Harmony (FOSS group) Project Harmony is an initiative by Canonical Ltd. about contributor agreements for Open Source software. The aim of the Harmony project is to develop templates of Contributor License Agreements for use by Free and open source software (FOSS) proje ...

, a Canonical initiative about contributor agreements for Open Source software * Toon Boom Harmony, a

Toon Boom Animation Toon Boom Animation Inc. is a Canadian software company that specializes in animation production and storyboarding software. Founded in 1994 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Toon Boom develops animation and storyboarding software for film, televi ...

application

Fictional characters

* "Harmony" (''Glee''), in the television series ''Glee'' *

Harmony Hamilton A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 2000 and December 2009. Alex Perez Alex Perez first appeared on November 29, 2000, later be ...

or Yolanda Hamilton, in the television series''The Young and the Restless'' *

Harmony Kendall Harmony Kendall is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and its spin-off ''Angel''. The character is portrayed by Mercedes McNab. Originally cast as a minor character, McNab's credited ...

, in the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel'' * Harmony O'Neill (character), in the television series ''Shortland Street'' *Harmony Parker, in the novel ''

The Queen's Nose ''The Queen's Nose'' is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Jill Bennett. Set in England, where King-Smith lived, it features a girl who can use a fifty pence coin to make wishes. ...

'' by Dick King-Smith *Harmony, in the television series ''

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' is an American animated television series created by Sam Register for Cartoon Network. Produced by Renegade Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, the series stars fictionalized and animated versions of the Japanese pop ...

'' *Harmony, in the film ''

Toy Story 4 ''Toy Story 4'' is a 2019 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar's ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to ''Toy Story 3'' ( ...

Film and television

* ''Harmony'' (2010 film), a South Korean film * ''Harmony'' (2015 film), a Japanese anime film based on the novel by Project Itoh * ''Harmony'' (2018 film), an Australian fantasy thriller film * "Harmony" (''Haven''), a television episode * "Harmony" (''Stargate Atlantis''), a television episode *Harmony, the fictional setting for the soap opera ''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and pro ...

Literature

* ''Harmony'' (Schenker), a 1906 book on music theory by Heinrich Schenker *'' Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World'', a 2010 book by Charles, Prince of Wales, with Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly *''Harmony'', a 2010 novel by

Project Itoh , real name , was a Japanese science fiction writer and essayist. History Itō was born in Tokyo and graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University. While working as a web designer, he wrote ''Genocidal Or ...

Music

Groups

Harmony (Dutch band) Harmony was a Dutch pop band of the 1970s. The group represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous c ...

, a 1970s pop band *

Harmony (Swedish band) Harmony is a Swedish Christian metal band from Borås, Sweden, where they formed in 2000. They have released three studio albums, ''Dreaming Awake'' (2003), ''Chapter II: Aftermath'' (2008), and ''Theatre of Redemption'' (2014), and two extended p ...

, a Christian metal band

Albums

* ''Harmony'' (Anne Murray album) or the title song, 1987 * ''Harmony'' (Bill Frisell album), 2019 * ''Harmony'' (Don Williams album), 1976 * ''Harmony'' (Gordon Lightfoot album) or the title song, 2004 * ''Harmony'' (Josh Groban album), 2020 * ''Harmony'' (Londonbeat album) or the title song, 1992 * ''Harmony'' (Never Shout Never album) or the title song, 2010 * ''Harmony'' (The Priests album), 2009 * ''Harmony'' (Sa Dingding album), 2010 * ''Harmony'' (Serena Ryder album), 2012 * ''Harmony'' (Three Dog Night album), 1971 * ''Harmony'' (The Wake album), 1982 * ''Harmony'' (Papa Lips EP), 1996 *''Harmony'', by

John Conlee John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

, or the title song (see below), 1986

Songs

* "Harmony" (Beni Arashiro song), 2004 * "Harmony" (Elton John song), 1974 * "Harmony" (John Conlee song), 1986 * "Harmony" (Suzi Lane song), 1979 *"Harmony", by

Artie Kaplan Artie Kaplan is an American recording artist, songwriter and a session musician. He has also been a music contractor where he was hired to musicians for sessions. In the 1960s, he was casting musicians for sessions for Aldon Music. When musicia ...

, 1972 *"Harmony", by the Avalanches from ''

Wildflower A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is in any way different from the w ...

'', 2016 *"Harmony", by Blonde Redhead from ''

La Mia Vita Violenta ''La Mia Vita Violenta'' (Italian for "My Violent Life") is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. It was released in September 1995 by Smells Like Records. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from ...

'', 1995 *"Harmony", by Clinic from '' Walking with Thee'', 2002 *"Harmony", by Happy Mondays from ''

Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches ''Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches'' is the third studio album by English rock band Happy Mondays, released on 5 November 1990 by Factory Records. DJ Paul Oakenfold and collaborator Steve Osbourne were previously enlisted by the band for remixe ...

'', 1990 *"Harmony", by Kylie Minogue, a B-side of "

In Your Eyes IN, In or in may refer to: Places * India (country code IN) * Indiana, United States (postal code IN) * Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN) * In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Businesses and organizations * Independ ...

", 2002 *"Harmony", by

Shouta Aoi , is a Japanese singer and actor. Under the stage name Showta (stylized as "SHOWTA."), he debuted as a singer with the song "Negaiboshi" in 2006 and released his first studio album, ''Eve'', in 2008. In 2009, he left his agency and briefly releas ...

, 2019 *"Harmony", by Sly & the Family Stone from ''

Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...

'', 1968 *"Harmony", by Starflyer 59 from ''

Americana Americana may refer to: *Americana (music), a genre or style of American music *Americana (culture), artifacts of the culture of the United States Film, radio and television * ''Americana'' (1992 TV series), a documentary series presented by J ...

'', 1997 *"Harmony", written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman for their musical of the same name and recorded on the 2004 album '' Scores'', 2004 *"Harmony", written by Michael Lloyd, from the ''

Kidsongs ''Kidsongs'' is an American children's media franchise that includes Kidsongs Music Video Stories on DVD and video, The Kidsongs TV Show, CDs of favorite children's songs, song books, sheet music, toys and an ecommerce website. It was created by ...

'' video ''A Day with the Animals''

Organizations and companies

* Harmony (LGBT religious organization), an organization supporting LGBTQ+ members of Community of Christ *

Harmony Airways Harmony Airways was an airline headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver. It operated holiday flights from Canada to Mexico, Hawaii and Las Vegas, Nevada. Its main base was Vancouver International Airport.Flight ...

, based in Vancouver, Canada *

Harmony Books Harmony Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Penguin Random House. It was founded by Bruce Harris, a Crown executive, in 1972. The imprint has been used for such books as: *Jill Freedman, ''Circus Days'' ( ...

, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Penguin Random House *

Harmony Company The Harmony Company is a former guitar manufacturing company that is currently a brand owned by Singapore-based BandLab Technologies. Harmony was, in its heyday, the largest musical instrument manufacturer in the United States. It made many typ ...

, an American stringed instrument manufacturer * Harmony Public Schools, a charter-school management organization in Texas, US *

Harmony Records Harmony Records was a record label owned by Columbia Records that debuted in 1925. History Harmony Records began for low-priced 78 rpm records in the 1920s and 1930s. It was revived for budget albums of reissued tracks in 1957. The revived labe ...

, a budget reissue subsidiary of Columbia Records active in the 1920s and 1930s *

Harmony Society The Harmony Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in . Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, the group moved to the United States,Robert Paul Sutto ...

, pietist, communal, German-American religious group that existed from around 1805 to 1905

People

Harmony Hammond Harmony Hammond (born February 8, 1944 in Hometown, Illinois) is an American artist, activist, curator, and writer. She was a prominent figure in the founding of the feminist art movement in 1970's New York. Early life and education Harmony ...

(born 1944), American artist, activist, curator, and writer * Harmony Ikande (born 1990), Nigerian footballer * Harmony James, Australian singer-songwriter *

Harmony Korine Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973, some sources report September 1, 1974)
" Retrieved on 2009-10-26. is an Ame ...

(born 1973), American film director and screenwriter *

Harmony Samuels Harmony David Samuels (born 16 May 1980), also known as H-Money, is an English record producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He has produced a multitude of hits for artists such as Brandy, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Ariana Grande, ...

(born 1980), English record producer, musician, and songwriter *

Harmony Santana Harmony Santana is an American film actress. She is most noted for her appearance in the 2011 film '' Gun Hill Road'', for which she garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and became the first openly transgen ...

, American actress *

Harmony Tan Harmony Tan (born 11 September 1997) is a French professional tennis player. Tan has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 90 in singles and 302 in doubles. She has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Women' ...

(born 1997), French tennis player

Places

Antarctica

Harmony Point Harmony Point is a point which lies close west of Harmony Cove and forms both the south side of the entrance to Malak Sechko Cove and the western extremity of Guangzhou Peninsula and Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands), Nelson Island, in the S ...

, South Shetland Islands

Canada

Harmony, Alberta Harmony is an unincorporated community within Rocky View County in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is adjacent to the Springbank Airport, approximately west of downtown Calgary and southeast of the Town of Cochrane. At a planned size ...

* Harmony, Nova Scotia * Harmony, Perth County, Ontario * Harmony, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario

United States

Harmony, Arkansas Harmony is an unincorporated community located along Arkansas Highway 103 in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of Harmony Presbyterian Church, which is a historic church listed on the National Register of Historic Place ...

* Harmony, California *

Harmony, Florida Harmony is an unincorporated master-planned community near St. Cloud, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical ...

Harmony, Jefferson County, Illinois Harmony is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. Harmony is northeast of Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is an American landmark and former plantation of Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in ...

Harmony, McHenry County, Illinois Harmony is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Harmony is located on U.S. Route 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway ...

Harmony, Indiana Harmony is a town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. The population was 656 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Harmony was platted in 1864, although there had long b ...

* Harmony, Maine * Harmony, Maryland * Harmony, Minnesota * Harmony, Monmouth County, New Jersey * Harmony, Ocean County, New Jersey * Harmony, Salem County, New Jersey * Harmony (CDP), New Jersey, a census-designated place *

Harmony, New York Harmony is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 2,108 at the 2020 census. The town is on the south border of the county and southwest of Jamestown. History First settlement began ''circa'' 1809. The town o ...

Harmony, North Carolina Harmony is a town in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. The town was incorporated in 1927 and is located in northeastern Iredell County and lies in the eastern portion of the North Carolina High Country. It is primarily located in Tu ...

* Harmony, Ohio * Harmony, Oklahoma *

Harmony, Pennsylvania Harmony is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 890 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately north of Pittsburgh. Geography Harmony is located in southwestern Butler County, along the northeastern ...

** Harmony Historic District, Harmonists' first settlement in America *

Harmony, Rhode Island Harmony is a village and census-designated place in Providence County, Rhode Island, in the town of Glocester, located on U.S. Route 44 (Putnam Pike). As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 985. Local sites and history The historic 1816 ...

Harmony, Texas Harmony is an unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is referenced in the novel RoseBlood by A.G. Howard, as well as by Jodi Thomas Jodi Thomas (born Amarillo, Texas) is the pen name of Jodi Kouma ...

* Harmony, West Virginia * Harmony, Marinette County, Wisconsin * Harmony, Price County, Wisconsin * Harmony, Rock County, Wisconsin *

Harmony, Vernon County, Wisconsin Harmony is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Newton is located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total ...

* Harmony, Wyoming

Politics

Social Democratic Party "Harmony" The Social Democratic Party "Harmony" ( lv, Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"; russian: Социал-демократическая партия «Согласие», Sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya «Soglasiye», S),The party officially ...

, a Latvian political party **

National Harmony Party The National Harmony Party ( Latvian: ''Tautas Saskaņas partija'', TSP; russian: Партия народного согласия) was a political party in Latvia. The party identified with social democracy. It supported further liberalisation o ...

, a former Latvian political party dissolved in 2010 to create the former **

Harmony Centre ;russian: Достойная жизнь для каждого) , website saskanascentrs.lv Harmony Centre ( lv, Saskaņas Centrs, SC; russian: Центр Cогласия, ЦC) was a social-democratic political alliance in Latvia. It origi ...

, a former Latvian political alliance *

Socialist Harmonious Society The Harmonious Society (; also known as Socialist Harmonious Society) is a socioeconomic concept in China that is recognized as a response to the increasing alleged social injustice and inequality emerging in mainland Chinese society as a result ...

, Chinese socio-economic vision in 2000s

Ships

* ''Harmony'' (1794 ship), an American-built merchant ship * ''Harmony'' (HBC vessel), a Hudson's Bay Company vessel 1926–1927

Other uses

Consonant harmony Consonant harmony is a type of "long-distance" phonological assimilation, akin to the similar assimilatory process involving vowels, i.e. vowel harmony. Examples In Athabaskan languages One of the more common harmony processes is ''coronal harm ...

, in linguistics *

Vowel harmony In phonology, vowel harmony is an Assimilation (linguistics), assimilatory process in which the vowels of a given domain – typically a phonological word – have to be members of the same natural class (thus "in harmony"). Vowel harmony is t ...

, in linguistics *''

The Game of Harmony ''E-Motion'' (also known as ''Sphericule'' or ''The Game of Harmony'') is a 1990 puzzle game, puzzle video game developed by The Assembly Line. It was available for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, and Game Boy. The ...

'', a 1990 video game published by Accolade *

Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; grc, Ἁρμονία / harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discord ...

, goddess of harmony and concord * ''Harmonious'' (Epcot), a nighttime show at Epcot * ''Harmony'' (ISS module), a segment of the International Space Station *

Harmony Block In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

, a design used in public housing blocks of Hong Kong *

Peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

* Harmony (given name)