- 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.
A musical style created mainly by African-Americans in the early twentieth century that blended elements drawn from African musics with the popular and art traditions of the West.
Industry:Music
The Italian term for "very soft", indicated in the musical score by the marking "pp".
Industry:Music
Instrumental ensemble made up of reeds (saxophones and clarinets), brass (trumpets and trombones), and rhythm sections (percussion, piano, double bass and sometimes guitar).
Industry:Music
Keyboard instrument whose strings are struck with hammers controlled by a keyboard mechanism; pedals control dampers in the strings that stop the sound when the finger releases the key.
Industry:Music
Characteristic manner of presentation of musical elements (melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, form, etc.)
Industry:Music
Lyric song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment, generally expressing intense emotion; found in opera, cantata, and oratorio.
Industry:Music
Empty orchestra; popular nightclub style from Japan where customers sing the melody to accompanying prerecorded tracks.
Industry:Music
The highest member of the orchestra, the piccolo is a little flute whose shrill timbre stands out against the full ensemble.
Industry:Music
Multimovement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key. Also partita and ordre.
Industry:Music
