- Industry: Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is one of the largest recorded music companies in the world, headquartered in NYC with offices worldwide. Labels include Burgundy Victor, Columbia, Epic, J-Records, Legacy, Masterworks, Nashville, Provident, RCA Records, Sony Latin, Zomba/Jive.
Method of composition in which various musical elements (pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tone color) may be ordered in a fixed series. See also total serialism.
Industry:Music
Indeterminate contemporary music in which some details of a composition are clearly indicated, but the overall structure is left to choice or chance.
Industry:Music
A percussion instrument with metal bars and electrically driven rotating propellers under each bar that produces a vibrato sound, much used in jazz.
Industry:Music
Ornamental note, often printed in small type and not performed rhythmically.
Industry:Music
Four-note combination consisting of a triad with another third added on top; spans a seventh between its lowest and highest tones.
Industry:Music
A Cuban clapper consisting of two solid hardwood sticks; widely used in Latin-American music.
Industry:Music
Music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and pantomime, scenery and costumes.
Industry:Music
Small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound.
Industry:Music
Style of Romantic opera developed in Paris, focusing on serious, historical plots with huge choruses, crowd scenes, elaborate dance episodes, ornate costumes and spectacular scenery.
Industry:Music
