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String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák)
The String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Opus number, Op. 96, nicknamed the ''American Quartet'', is the twelfth string quartet composed by Antonín Dvořák. It was written in 1893, during Dvořák's time in the United States. The quartet is one of the most popular in the chamber music repertoire. Composition Dvořák composed the quartet in 1893 during a summer vacation from his position as director (1892–1895) of the National Conservatory of Music of America, National Conservatory in New York City. He spent his vacation in the town of Spillville, Iowa, which was home to a Czechs, Czech immigrant community. Dvořák went to Spillville through Josef Jan Kovařík. Kovařík had finished violin studies at the Prague Conservatory and was about to return to Spillville—his home in the United States—when Dvořák offered him a position as secretary. When Josef Jan accepted, he went to live with the Dvořák family in New York. He told Dvořák about Spillville, where his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickapoo People
The Kickapoo people ( Kickapoo: ''Kiikaapoa'' or ''Kiikaapoi''; es, Kikapú) are an Algonquian-speaking Native American and Indigenous Mexican tribe, originating in the region south of the Great Lakes. Today, three federally recognized Kickapoo tribes are in the United States: the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. The Oklahoma and Texas bands are politically associated with each other. The Kickapoo in Kansas came from a relocation from southern Missouri in 1832 as a land exchange from their reserve there. Around 3,000 people are enrolled tribal members. Another band, the Tribu Kikapú, resides in Múzquiz Municipality in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Smaller bands live in Sonora, to the west, and Durango, to the southwest. Name and etymology According to some sources, the name "Kickapoo" (''Giiwigaabaw'' in the Anishinaabe language and its Kickapoo cognate ''Kiwikapawa'') means "stands here a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvorak American Quartet 1st Movement Seraphina Second Theme
Dvořák (feminine Dvořáková) is a Czech surname, originally referring to a servant or an official of manorial estate or royal court. Notable people include: People Dvořák or Dvorak Arts * Ann Dvorak (1912–1979), American film actress (stage name) * Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer * František Dvořák (painter), (1862-1927), Czech painter * Josef Dvořák (born 1942), Czech actor * Max Dvořák (1874–1921), Austrian art historian * Tomáš Dvořák (1978–), Czech composer Science * August Dvorak (1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout * John C. Dvorak (born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality * Vernon Dvorak (1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity Sports * Bedřich Dvořák canoeist * Ben Dvorak, NFL football player * Bill Dvořák (born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter * Christian Dvorak (born 1996), American ice hockey player * David Dvořák, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvorak Quartett Op96 - Mvt 1 - Viola
Dvořák (feminine Dvořáková) is a Czech surname, originally referring to a servant or an official of manorial estate or royal court. Notable people include: People Dvořák or Dvorak Arts * Ann Dvorak (1912–1979), American film actress (stage name) * Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer * František Dvořák (painter), (1862-1927), Czech painter * Josef Dvořák (born 1942), Czech actor * Max Dvořák (1874–1921), Austrian art historian * Tomáš Dvořák (1978–), Czech composer Science * August Dvorak (1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout * John C. Dvorak (born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality * Vernon Dvorak (1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity Sports * Bedřich Dvořák canoeist * Ben Dvorak, NFL football player * Bill Dvořák (born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter * Christian Dvorak (born 1996), American ice hockey player * David Dvořák, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvorak American Quartet 1st Movement Seraphina First Theme
Dvořák (feminine Dvořáková) is a Czech surname, originally referring to a servant or an official of manorial estate or royal court. Notable people include: People Dvořák or Dvorak Arts * Ann Dvorak (1912–1979), American film actress (stage name) * Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer * František Dvořák (painter), (1862-1927), Czech painter * Josef Dvořák (born 1942), Czech actor * Max Dvořák (1874–1921), Austrian art historian * Tomáš Dvořák (1978–), Czech composer Science * August Dvorak (1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout * John C. Dvorak (born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality * Vernon Dvorak (1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity Sports * Bedřich Dvořák canoeist * Ben Dvorak, NFL football player * Bill Dvořák (born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter * Christian Dvorak (born 1996), American ice hockey player * David Dvořák, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Willson Cobbett
Walter Willson Cobbett (11 July 184722 January 1937) was an English businessman and amateur violinist, and editor/author of ''Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music''. He also endowed the Cobbett Medal for services to chamber music. Walter Cobbett was born in 1847 in Blackheath, England. He became an active supporter of music, and commissioned numerous works of chamber music from emerging and leading British composers of his time, including chamber works by Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, and Eugene Goossens. His two-volume encyclopedia of chamber music, published in 1929, is still considered the most comprehensive work on the subject today. His insightful, wry and occasionally caustic style makes for enlightening and delightful reading. An innovative industrialist and astute businessman, Cobbett was cofounder of Scandinavia Belting Ltd (todaBBA Aviation Ltd., which manufactured a new type of woven belting for machinery. But Cobbet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately as stand-alone pieces, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession. A movement is a section Section, Sectioning or Sectioned may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Section (music), a complete, but not independent, musical idea * Section (typography), a subdivision, especially of a chapter, in books and documents ** Section sig ..., "a major structural unit perceived as the result of the coincidence of relatively large numbers of structural phenomena". Sources Formal sections in music analysis {{music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, scientific pitch notation, C2, G2, D3 and A3. The viola's four strings are each an octave higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the bass clef, with tenor clef, and treble clef used for higher-range passages. Played by a ''List of cellists, cellist'' or ''violoncellist'', it enjoys a large solo repertoire Cello sonata, with and List of solo cello pieces, without accompaniment, as well as numerous cello concerto, concerti. As a solo instrument, the cello uses its whole range, from bassline, bass to soprano, and in chamber music such as string quartets and the orchestra's string section, it often plays the bass part, where it may be reinforced an octave lower by the double basses. Figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola
The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to scientific pitch notation, C3, G3, D4, and A4. In the past, the viola varied in size and style, as did its names. The word viola originates from the Italian language. The Italians often used the term viola da braccio meaning literally: 'of the arm'. "Brazzo" was another Italian word for the viola, which the Germans adopted as ''Bratsche''. The French had their own names: ''cinquiesme'' was a small viola, ''haute contre'' was a large viola, and ''taile'' was a tenor. Today, the French use the term ''alto'', a reference to its range. The viola was popular in the heyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (music), strings (some can have five-string violin, five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow (music), bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical music, Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-eyed Vireo
The red-eyed vireo (''Vireo olivaceus'') is a small American songbird. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae). Common across its vast range, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN. "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch. The specific ''olivaceus'' is New Latin for ''olive-green'', from Latin ''oliva'' "olive". Description and systematics Adults are mainly olive-green on the upper parts with white underparts; they have a red iris and a grey crown edged with black. There is a dark blackish line through the eyes and a wide white stripe just above that line. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout bill. They are yellowish on the flanks and undertail coverts (though this is faint in some populations). In the past, the yellow-green vireo (''V. flavoviridis''), the chivi vireo (''V. chivi''), and the Noronha vireo (''V. gracili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Tanager
The scarlet tanager (''Piranga olivacea'') is a medium-sized American songbird. Until recently, it was placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), but it and other members of its genus are now classified as belonging to the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species' plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family, although the ''Piranga'' species lacks the thick conical bill (well suited to seed and insect eating) that many cardinals possess. The species resides in thick deciduous woodlands and suburbs. Etymology The genus name ''Piranga'' is from Tupi ''Tijepiranga'', the name for an unknown small bird, and the specific ''olivacea'' is from New Latin ''olivaceus'', "olive-green". Description The scarlet tanager, a mid-sized passerine, is marginally the smallest of the four species of ''Piranga'' that breed north of the Mexican border. It can weigh from , with an average of during breeding and an average of at the beginning of migration. Scarle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
