Music
Related Category: Music: Theory, Forms, and Instruments
For information on types of music see such articles as
absolute music;
aleatory music;
chamber music;
church music;
computer music;
electronic music;
jazz;
program music;
rock music;
serial music; and
spiritual. In addition, see entries on the music of various nations and peoples, including
African music;
Arabian music;
Balinese music;
Chinese music;
Greek music;
Hindu music;
Japanese music;
Javanese music; and
Jewish liturgical music. The technical aspects of music, such as theory, notation, and tone, are treated in such general articles as
theory and
musical notation, and in more specific entries, including
counterpoint;
harmonic;
harmony;
key;
measure;
mode;
musicology;
note;
pitch;
polyphony;
rhythm;
scale;
syncopation;
tablature;
temperament;
tonality;
tone;
transposing instrument; and
tuning systems. There are numerous articles on various musical forms, including
cantata;
concerto;
march;
nocturne;
opera;
oratorio;
polonaise;
sonata;
song; and
symphony. In addition to such survey articles as
concert;
conducting;
musical instruments;
music festivals;
orchestra and orchestration, there are separate articles on musical instruments, treated singly, e.g.,
clarinet;
harp;
trumpet, or in groups, e.g.,
reed instrument;
stringed instrument. In addition to the entry on
voice, there are separate articles on
alto;
baritone;
countertenor;
soprano; and
tenor. Information on individual composers and performers can be found in biographical entries on composers, e.g.
Monteverdi, Claudio;
Puccini, Giacomo; and
Schubert, Franz Peter; musicians, e.g.,
Beiderbecke, Bix;
Gieseking, Walter;
Richter, Sviatoslav; and singers, e.g.,
Deller, Alfred;
Merrill, Robert;
Sembrich, Marcella; and
Sinatra, Frank.
