"to the American musical stage"". Ward Morehouse of ""The Sun"" wrote that ""Allegro"" was ""distinguished and tumultuous. It takes its place alongside of ""Oklahoma!"" and ""Carousel"" as a theatrical piece of taste, imagination, and showmanship."" However, Wolcott Gibbs of ""The New Yorker"" called the musical ""a shocking disappointment"". Robert Garland, in the ""New York Journal American"" suggested that Rodgers and Hammerstein ""had confused ""allegro"" <nowiki>[which means at a fast pace]</nowiki> with, say, ""lento"", which means 'slow', 'unhurried', and even downright 'serious'"". Critic George Jean Nathan, in a special piece in the ""Journal American"", decried ""such hokum mush as the familiar"
"Slow jam A slow jam is an umbrella term for music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs. The term is most commonly reserved for soft-sounding songs with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. This definition has led to intense debate over whether particular songs should be classified as a ""slow jam"", e.g. Ginuwine's 1996 hit single ""Pony"". The common use and possible origin of this term traces back to 1983 when Solar Records group Midnight Star recorded the song ""Slow Jam"" on their album ""No Parking on the Dance Floor""."
"Slow jam A slow jam is an umbrella term for music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs. The term is most commonly reserved for soft-sounding songs with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. This definition has led to intense debate over whether particular songs should be classified as a ""slow jam"", e.g. Ginuwine's 1996 hit single ""Pony"". The common use and possible origin of this term traces back to 1983 when Solar Records group Midnight Star recorded the song ""Slow Jam"" on their album ""No Parking on the Dance Floor""."
"Slow (Kylie Minogue song) ""Slow"" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her ninth studio album ""Body Language"" (2003). It was released as the lead single from the album by Parlophone on 3 November 2003. The song was written by Minogue, Dan Carey, Emilíana Torrini, and produced by Carey, Torrini, and Sunnyroads. ""Slow"" is a synth-pop song in which Minogue invites a man to ""slow down"" and dance with her. Upon its release, ""Slow"" was acclaimed by music critics, many of whom praised Minogue's sensual and seductive vocals. At the 47th Grammy Awards ceremony, the song received"
"Slow (Matoma song) ""Slow"" is a song by Norwegian DJ Matoma featuring American singer Noah Cyrus, released on 11 November 2017 as the lead single from Matoma's second album ""One in a Million"". The track reached the top 30 in Norway and also charted in Sweden and on the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Matoma heard ""Make Me (Cry)"" by Noah Cyrus and thought Cyrus' voice has ""so much soul and personality"", so reached out to her. The two worked apart, with Matoma based in Norway. Matoma also said that with ""Slow"", he wanted to expand beyond his tropical house sound"
"Slow (Rumer song) ""Slow"" is a song by British female singer-songwriter Rumer. It is the first single released from her debut album ""Seasons of My Soul""; it reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was record of the week on BBC Radio 2 and Smooth FM. A music video was made for the song and was added to YouTube on 28 July 2010. The video was shot in a recording studio. ""Slow"" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 16 on 15 September 2010, in its second week it dropped"
"Slow movement (music) A slow movement is a form in a multi-movement musical piece. Generally, the second movement of a piece will be written as a slow movement, although composers occasionally write other movements as a slow movement as well. The tempo of a slow movement can vary from largo to andante. It is usually in the dominant, subdominant, parallel, or relative key of the musical work's main key. The general layout of a four-movement piece is as follows: However, composers sometimes remove, add or re-arrange movements, such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, which begins with the slow movement. When a"
"to number 31 and dropped out of the Top 40 in its third week. The single also peaked to number 33 on the Irish Singles Chart. Slow (Rumer song) ""Slow"" is a song by British female singer-songwriter Rumer. It is the first single released from her debut album ""Seasons of My Soul""; it reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was record of the week on BBC Radio 2 and Smooth FM. A music video was made for the song and was added to YouTube on 28 July 2010. The video"
"performing on the ""BBC Proms in the Park"" at Hyde Park, London. During the event, she sang the orchestral version of ""Slow"". In 2014 and 2015, Minogue performed the song during her Kiss Me Once Tour and Kylie Summer 2015 Tour respectly. The performances employed a laser lighting display and featured a ""Matrix-style"" break-dance routine. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of ""Slow"". Slow (Kylie Minogue song) ""Slow"" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her ninth studio album ""Body Language"" (2003). It was released as the lead single from the album"
"Slow drag (dance) The Slow drag is an American ragtime jazz musical form and the social dance for which the music was written. It has been resurrected as part of blues dancing. Music written for the dance is often short-handed into the song title as a ""Drag"" Slow drag or ""Drag"" has a history both in the music written for the dance, and the dance itself. The music has endured in many jazz standards, while the dance as it was originally performed has all but faded from modern performance. Ragtime composers, including Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton and"
"Slow (Starflyer 59 album) Slow (stylized; SLOW) is the fourteenth studio album by Starflyer 59. Tooth & Nail Records released the album on June 17, 2016. Tim Sendra writes, ""Since the album is so short, and since he does try to be something else, it makes for one of the least satisfying of Starflyer 59's many albums."" Andy Argyrakis describes, ""the Jason Martin-led act not only returns to Tooth & Nail Records, but also turns in another textbook batch of its lo-fi atmospheres and melodic textures that could fit right in alongside any current band on Pitchfork’s tastemaking playlists. Lyrically"
"and ""do something different from before"" but still put out a ""banger"" before the album and tour. He later said he wanted to make a song that was ""future bass-inspired song with lots of bass and big drums in the chorus"". ""Paper"" called ""Slow"" a ""party ballad"". ""Billboard"" described it as ""uplifting, feel-good"" and a ""lover's pop anthem"". Matoma and Cyrus also collaborated on a live version of the music video. Slow (Matoma song) ""Slow"" is a song by Norwegian DJ Matoma featuring American singer Noah Cyrus, released on 11 November 2017 as the lead single from Matoma's second album"
"playing jug on the track. Walking Slow ""Walking Slow"" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released as the initial single from his 1974 classic album, ""Late for the Sky"", however, the single failed to chart. It was also released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom. Stephen Holden, in his November 7, 1974, review of the ""Late for the Sky"" album, called the song ""a crisp little rock song."" Discussing the song in terms of the narrative progression of the album, Holden said the song celebrated ""Browne's newfound domestic stability."" Professional jug band musician"
"Walking Slow ""Walking Slow"" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released as the initial single from his 1974 classic album, ""Late for the Sky"", however, the single failed to chart. It was also released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom. Stephen Holden, in his November 7, 1974, review of the ""Late for the Sky"" album, called the song ""a crisp little rock song."" Discussing the song in terms of the narrative progression of the album, Holden said the song celebrated ""Browne's newfound domestic stability."" Professional jug band musician Fritz Richmond is credited with"
"Flag"", respectively. At the 47th Grammy Awards ceremony held in the year 2005, ""Slow"" was nominated for ""Best Dance Recording"", but lost to Britney Spears's song ""Toxic"". In order to celebrate Valentine's Day on 14 February 2012, UK copyright collection society and performance rights organisation PRS for Music compiled a list of the top ten ""sexy songs"" and placed ""Slow"" on the top of the list. In 2012, Minogue picked ""Slow"" as her all-time favourite song from her in music. In Minogue's native country Australia, ""Slow"" entered and peaked at number one on the Australian Singles Chart, spending a total"
"Slowly Slowly is a 1954 song by Webb Pierce, written by Pierce and Nashville songwriter Tommy Hill (brother of singer Goldie Hill). The song was one of Pierce's more successful singles, spending seventeen weeks at the top of the Country and Western Best Sellers lists and a total of thirty-six weeks in the chart. Beyond its success as a song, ""Slowly"" was hugely influential in the history of country music, in that it was among the first (and certainly the most successful to date) songs to feature a pedal steel guitar. The song's iconic intro, played by Bud Isaacs, was"
"the catch-phrase ""slow, slow, quick-quick-slow"" – a rhythm that occurs in the foxtrot and quickstep. The Silvester band always had a distinctive sound, achieved by an unusual line-up including, as well as the usual rhythm section, alto saxophone (initially Charlie Spinelli and later, for 26 years, Edward Owen ""Poggy"" Pogson, who had previously played in Jack Payne's and Jack Hylton's bands), a lead solo violin (for many years usually Oscar Grasso), and not one but two pianos, one taking turn in solos and the other maintaining an improvised tinkling continuo in the background throughout every piece, which Silvester called his"
"Falling Slowly ""Falling Slowly"" is a song in the indie folk and indie rock genres that was written, composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2007 Irish musical romance film ""Once"", which starred Hansard and Irglová, and for which it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. The song was also recorded by Hansard's band The Frames. The song was written and composed while ""Once"" was in production. The film's director and screenwriter, John Carney, developed the script around songs which Hansard and"
"the slow drag is taught today in blues dancing. Slow drag (dance) The Slow drag is an American ragtime jazz musical form and the social dance for which the music was written. It has been resurrected as part of blues dancing. Music written for the dance is often short-handed into the song title as a ""Drag"" Slow drag or ""Drag"" has a history both in the music written for the dance, and the dance itself. The music has endured in many jazz standards, while the dance as it was originally performed has all but faded from modern performance. Ragtime composers,"
"Slow Dance (song) ""Slow Dance"" is a song by American recording artist Keri Hilson. Written with American singer Justin Timberlake, the song was penned while she was a guest on the British leg of Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveShow tour. The writing team also included Johnkenum D. Spivery, as well as Timbaland protégés The Royal Court and Jim Beanz, who with Skyz Muzik produced the track. The song serves as the sixth single from her debut studio album, ""In a Perfect World..."". Giving off a psychedelic vibe and compared to 1980's Prince ballads and Ciara slow burners, the song received generally positive reviews,"
"Slow dance A slow dance is a type of partner dance in which a couple dance slowly, swaying to the music. This is usually done to very slow-beat songs, namely sentimental ballads. This simple form of slow dancing is common at dances sponsored by schools or by religious organizations, such as churches or synagogues. In Western popular culture, slow dancing can serve as a symbol of adolescent social awkwardness. Slow dancing can refer to any slow couple dance (such as certain ballroom dances), but is often associated with a particular, simple style of dance performed by middle school, high school"
"Slow Hands (Niall Horan song) ""Slow Hands"" is a song recorded by Irish singer and songwriter Niall Horan, released as a single on 4 May 2017 by Capitol Records. The song was written by Horan, Alexander Izquierdo, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Ruth Anne Cunningham and Tobias Jesso Jr., while the production was handled by Bunetta. It was serviced to US contemporary hit radio on 9 May 2017 as the second single from Horan's debut solo album ""Flicker"" (2017). ""Slow Hands"" peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number eleven on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming Horan's highest-charting"
"Slow Train ""Slow Train"" is a song by the British duo Flanders and Swann, written in July 1963. It laments the closure of railway stations and lines brought about by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and also the passing of a way of life. ""Slow Train"" takes the form of an elegiac list song of railway stations which has been likened to a litany. Its evocation of quiet, rural stations is highly romanticised and uses imagery such as the presence of a station cat or milk churns on a platform to illustrate a ""less hurried way of life"" that"
"music, such as the waltz or tango, that has instantly recognizable patterns of beats built upon a characteristic tempo and bar. The basic slow step forwards or backwards, lasting for one beat, is called a ""slow"", so that a full ""right–left"" step is equal to one bar. But step-figures such as turns, the corte and walk-ins also require ""quick"" steps of half the duration, each entire figure requiring 3–6 ""slow"" beats. Such figures may then be ""amalgamated"" to create a series of movements that may synchronise to an entire musical section or piece. This can be thought of as an"
"Slow Hand ""Slow Hand"" is a ballad written by John Bettis and Michael Clark and recorded by The Pointer Sisters. It was first released in the spring of 1981 as the advance single for ""Black & White"". Although its sultry style recalls the Pointer Sisters' first top ten hit, the 1978 number 2 hit ""Fire"", ""Slow Hand"" was not written for the group; in fact John Bettis would state ""the Pointer Sisters were the furthest [act] from [the composers'] minds."" Like ""Fire""—which also featured Anita Pointer on lead—""Slow Hand"" peaked at number 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for 3"
"one slower piece performed with limited or no choreography. This slower number—usually a ballad—exists primarily to showcase the ensemble's singing ability. In California, it is a requirement that at least one minute of any one set be sung a cappella (it is usually one full song in the set), though this is not a standard in the rest of the country. More often than not, the a cappella selection is also the ballad, as it is much easier to sing unaccompanied while holding relatively still. In the Midwest, it is becoming popular to set one song aside as a ""novelty"""
"loure ""is slow and ceremonious; the first note of each half-measure is dotted which should be well observed"". Examples of loures are found in the works of Lully (e.g., ""Alceste"") and of Bach (e.g.: ""French Suite"" No. 5 and the Partita No. 3 for violin solo). Loure The loure, also known as the gigue lente or slow gigue, is a slow French Baroque dance, probably originating in Normandy and named after the sound of the instrument of the same name (a type of ""musette""). The loure is a dance of slow or moderate tempo, sometimes in simple triple meter, more"
"Slowcore Slowcore is a subgenre of alternative rock and indie rock. The music of slowcore artists is generally characterized by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements. Slowcore is often used interchangeably with the term sadcore. Slowcore is a fusion genre of indie rock and sadcore, characterised by minimal musical backing, played at extremely slow speeds. Slowcore songs feature ""depressing lyrics"", according to Listverse. Some singer-songwriters who have been labelled slowcore include distinctive and unusual vocalists, such as the Swedish singer Stina Nordenstam, and bands with creative drummers, such as Codeine. Early acts such as Galaxie 500 and"
"at the 2009 Soul Train Music Awards. Source Slow Dance (song) ""Slow Dance"" is a song by American recording artist Keri Hilson. Written with American singer Justin Timberlake, the song was penned while she was a guest on the British leg of Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveShow tour. The writing team also included Johnkenum D. Spivery, as well as Timbaland protégés The Royal Court and Jim Beanz, who with Skyz Muzik produced the track. The song serves as the sixth single from her debut studio album, ""In a Perfect World..."". Giving off a psychedelic vibe and compared to 1980's Prince ballads and Ciara"
"Chill-out music Chill-out (shortened as chill; also typeset as chillout or chill out) is a loosely defined form of popular music characterized by slow tempos and relaxed moods. The definition of ""chill-out music"" has evolved throughout the decades, and generally refers to anything that might be identified as a modern type of easy listening. Some of the genres associated with ""chill"" include downtempo, classical, dance, jazz, hip hop, world, pop, lounge, and ambient. The term was originally conflated with ""ambient house"" and came from an area called ""The White Room"" at the Heaven nightclub in London in 1989. By playing"
"Slow motion Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slo-mo or slow-mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger in the early 20th century. Typically this style is achieved when each film frame is captured at a rate much faster than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving more slowly. A term for creating slow motion film is overcranking which refers to hand cranking an early camera at a faster rate than normal (i.e. faster than 24 frames per second)."
"Slow Motion (Juvenile song) ""Slow Motion"" is a song by rapper Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim. It was released as a single on March 1, 2004 and is Juvenile's only number one hit on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song is an original production by Dani Kartel. It held the number-one position on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for two weeks from August 7, 2004, and was the first number one for both Juvenile and Soulja Slim. It was the seventh song to reach #1 posthumously for a credited artist and also the first #1 hit for Cash Money Records. Although"
"dance with her. According to Minogue, the lyrics of the song are about "" how time and space have a different meaning when you meet someone"". She further said that she ""loved the way the song had this push-pull effect; the musical and lyrical combination gives you a sense of that"". In late 2012, ""Slow"" was re-recorded by Minogue for inclusion in her orchestral compilation album ""The Abbey Road Sessions"". On the album, Minogue reworked 16 of her past songs with an orchestra, which, according to Nick Levine from BBC Music, ""re-imagine them without the disco glitz and vocal effects""."