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Third Stream

Music; Classical

Term (coined by the American composer Gunther Schuller in the late 1950s) for compositional method bringing together jazz and classical styles.

Vernacularist

Music; Classical

Used here to describe a 20th century composition approach making use of popular music forms such as jazz or theater.

Don Giovanni

Music; Classical

Don Giovanni is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. the Opera is in two acts and focuses on Don Giovanni, a young nobleman, arrogant and promiscuous, that takes advantage of everyone he ...

The marriage of Figaro

Music; Classical

The marriage of Figaro is an Opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. the Opera consists of four acts and is a continuation of the game, the Barber of Seville. Is ...

A percussion instrument consisting of wooden bars fixed across the frame, reinforced wooden or metal rezonatoromi are configured in such a way that they create a chromatic scale. The marimba playing ...

Cumbia

Music; Classical

The most popular dance rhythm of Colombia and the one that has been the most widely spread throughout Latin America. Cumbia is not a clave-based rhythm, but as with many rhythms can be played "in ...

Frevo

Music; Classical

A dance oriented music that emerged in the north east of Brazil (Recife) at the end of the last century. It uses military band instruments, and can be described as a highly syncopated up tempo march.