- 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.
Baroque concerto type based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments (the concertino) and orchestra (the ripieno).
Industry:Music
Musical setting of the Crucifixion story as told by one of the four Evangelists in the Gospels.
Industry:Music
A Chinese hammered dulcimer with a trapezoidal sound box and metal strings that are struck with bamboo sticks.
Industry:Music
Creation of a musical composition while it is being performed, seen in Baroque ornamentation, cadenzas of concertos, jazz, and some non-Western musics. See also embellishment.
Industry:Music
Person who, by means of gestures, leads performances of musical ensembles, especially orchestra, bands or choruses.
Industry:Music
Family of string instruments with a sound box over which strings are stretched; they may be plucked or bowed. Zithers appear in many shapes and are common in traditional music throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.
Industry:Music
