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31Reggae — Infobox Music genre name = Reggae color = green bgcolor = white stylistic origins = R B, Jazz, Blues, Mento, Calypso, Ska, Rocksteady cultural origins = Late 1960s Jamaica, especially Kingston instruments = Bass Drums Guitar Organ Brass… …
32Graduation (album) — Graduation …
33Antiphonary — • One of the present liturgical books intended for use in the liturgical choir, and originally characterized, by the assignment to it principally of the antiphons used in various parts of the Roman liturgy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
34Jazz — For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). Jazz Stylistic origins: Blues • Folk • March • Ragtime …
35Pixies — Infobox Musician Name = Pixies Img capt = Pixies, pictured early in their career Black Francis, Kim Deal, David Lovering, and Joey Santiago. Img size = 250 Landscape = yes Background = group or band Origin = Boston, Massachusetts, USA Genre =… …
36Native American music — American Indian music is the music that is used, created or performed by Native North Americans, specifically traditional tribal music. In addition to the traditional music of the Native American groups, there now exist pan tribal and inter… …
37instrumentation — /in streuh men tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the arranging of music for instruments, esp. for an orchestra. 2. the list of instruments for which a composition is scored. 3. the use of, or work done by, instruments. 4. instrumental agency; instrumentality. 5 …
38Morna (music) — For the village in Estonia, see Morna, Estonia. A typical morna group. The morna (pronunciation in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole: [ˈmɔɾnɐ]) is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. Lyrics are usually in Cape Verdean Creol …
39sonata — /seuh nah teuh/, n. Music. a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys. [1685 95; < It < L sonata, fem. of sonatus (ptp. of sonare to SOUND1). See SONANT, ATE1] * * * I Musical form… …
40YEMEN — YEMEN, country in S.W. corner of the Arabian Peninsula; capital, Sanʿa. The Land and the People The southern part of the Arabian Peninsula is called al Yaman (the south), after which the country is named in the West. In pre Islamic times there… …
