"Inspired by Burroughs' novels, the term was used in the title of the 1967 album ""Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids"" by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, which has been claimed to be its first use in the context of music. The phrase was later lifted by Sandy Pearlman, who used the term to describe The Byrds for their supposed ""aluminium style of context and effect"", particularly on their album ""The Notorious Byrd Brothers"" (1968). Metal historian Ian Christe describes what the components of the term mean in ""hippiespeak"": ""heavy"" is roughly synonymous with ""potent"" or ""profound,"""
"to play/sing music uninterrupted. In the early 1950s, the term ""filk music"" started as a misspelling of ""folk music"" in an essay by Lee Jacobs, ""The Influence of Science Fiction on Modern American Filk Music"". Wrai Ballard, then editor of the Spectator Amateur Press Society refused to publish it for fear that the article's bawdy content could get them into trouble with the Post Office under the Comstock Laws, but found the typo itself amusing, and mentioned it repeatedly; thus, Jacobs' typo became the self-identified term for the genre/subculture while it was still an informal, unrecognized activity at conventions. Its"
"Capriccio (music) A capriccio or caprice (sometimes plural: ""caprices"", ""capri"" or, in Italian, ""capricci""), is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. The typical capriccio is one that is fast, intense, and often virtuosic in nature. The term has been applied in disparate ways, covering works using many different procedures and forms, as well as a wide variety of vocal and instrumental forces. The earliest occurrence of the term was in 1561 by Jacquet de Berchem and applied to a set of madrigals. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, it could"
"merged hillbilly music, Western swing, and Cowboy music, to form the current category C&W, Country and Western. Some artists (notably Hank Williams) and fans were offended by the ""hillbilly music"" label. While the term is not used as frequently today, it is still used on occasion to refer to old-time music or bluegrass. For example, WHRB broadcasts a popular weekly radio show entitled ""Hillbilly at Harvard"". The show is devoted to playing a mix of old-time music, bluegrass, and traditional country and western. The hillbilly stereotype is considered to have had a traumatizing effect on some in the Appalachian region."
"until that decade. A well-known early example, though not strictly speaking a reference to a shanty, is the song ""Fifteen men on the dead man's chest"", which was invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel ""Treasure Island"" (1883). Quotes of ""Blow the Man Down"" were particularly plentiful. Rudyard Kipling romanticized the idea of the sailor's sea song within the poetic genre with his works ""The First Chantey"" and ""The Last Chantey"" (1893). While shanties were historically understood as work songs, the word ""shanty"" has often been used in popular culture since the mid-20th century as a catch-all term that"
"the usual rhythm, the bob and wheel has been compared to a cadenza in music. It is a way of adding recurring, abrupt and forceful variety to a song or verse for a short passage. It is notably used by the poet known as the Pearl Poet in the ballad ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"". The feature is found mainly in Middle English and Middle Scots There are at least forty known examples of the bob and wheel. The origin of the form is not known; it predates ""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"". The term, bob and wheel,"
"music are determined as much by tradition and presentation as by the actual music. Some works, like George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", are claimed by both jazz and classical music, while Gershwin's ""Porgy and Bess"" and Leonard Bernstein's ""West Side Story"" are claimed by both opera and the Broadway musical tradition. Many current music festivals for non-Western music include bands and singers from a particular musical genre, such as world music. Indian music, for example, is one of the oldest and longest living types of music, and is still widely heard and performed in South Asia, as well as internationally"
"thus narrowing the definition considerably. Nevertheless, a broader definition usually prevails which incorporates unrecorded music with roots long before radio transmission and sound recording were invented. Within old time music there are regional subgenres, such as the Deep South and Appalachia, where fiddle music is often intertwined with cultural phenomena such as coal mining. A comprehensive review of old time fiddle styles was written by David Reiner and Peter Anick and published in 1989. Bluegrass music originated in the person of Bill Monroe. According to Haigh, ""Monroe always considered the fiddle to be the key instrument of bluegrass"". According to"
"numerous people; it was assisted by Twain, who let it loose upon the world in his story. The jingle gained popularity among most of the population of Boston, Harvard students, and was even translated into French and Latin. Elements of the tale are reused in ""Pie and Punch and You-Know-Whats,"" one of Robert McCloskey's Homer Price stories, in which the ""Punch, Brothers"" jingle is used as a cure for ""another"" unstoppable jingle. The progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers got their name from the jingle, specifically citing Twain's story as inspiration. The poem was set to music in 1972 as part"
"Fuguing tune The fuguing tune (often fuging tune) is a variety of Anglo-American vernacular choral music. It first flourished in the mid-18th century and continues to be composed today. Fuguing tunes are sacred music, specifically, Protestant hymns. They are written for a four-part chorus singing ""a cappella"". George Pullen Jackson has described the fuguing tune as follows: A well-known fuguing tune that is typical of the form is ""Northfield"", written in 1800 by Jeremiah Ingalls. The text is by Isaac Watts: George Pullen Jackson's description above gives a common form for a fuguing tune, but there are variations. Jackson describes"
"refer to madrigals, music intended alternatively for voices or instruments, or for strictly instrumental pieces, especially keyboard compositions . Listed by composer: Capriccio (music) A capriccio or caprice (sometimes plural: ""caprices"", ""capri"" or, in Italian, ""capricci""), is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. The typical capriccio is one that is fast, intense, and often virtuosic in nature. The term has been applied in disparate ways, covering works using many different procedures and forms, as well as a wide variety of vocal and instrumental forces. The earliest occurrence of the term was in"
"early days of ""talking"" pictures to the present—a large number of films and television series' episodes having used it for background, generally but by no means exclusively to evoke the New Year. As a standard in music, ""Auld Lang Syne"" has been recorded many times, in every conceivable style, by many artists, both well-known and obscure. Auld Lang Syne ""Auld Lang Syne"" (: note ""s"" rather than ""z"") is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in"
"must be played principally by a guitar. It often begins the song, but is repeated throughout it, giving the song its distinctive voice."" The term ""riff"" entered musical slang in the 1920s, and is used primarily in discussion of forms of rock music or jazz. ""Most rock musicians use ""riff"" as a near-synonym for ""musical idea."""" The etymology of the term is not clearly known. Some sources explain ""riff"" as an abbreviation for ""rhythmic figure"" or ""refrain"". Charlie Parker's 1945 recording ""Thriving From a Riff"" may have popularized the term. Use of the term has extended to comedy, where ""riffing"""
"adjective and by the early 1970s as a noun. The term was first used in music in Steppenwolf's ""Born to be Wild"" (1967) and began to be associated with pioneer bands like Boston's Blue Cheer and Michigan's Grand Funk Railroad. By 1970 three key British bands had developed the characteristic sounds and styles which would help shape the subgenre. Led Zeppelin added elements of fantasy to their riff laden blues-rock, Deep Purple brought in symphonic and medieval interests from their progressive rock phrase and Black Sabbath introduced facets of the gothic and modal harmony, helping to produce a ""darker"" sound."
"Symphony song The English symphony song was a musical genre of baroque music best known in the compositions of Henry Purcell and his contemporaries including his teacher John Blow. In the symphony song voices and continuo were enriched with ritornelli for violins or a pair of recorders. Among the earliest symphony songs are four published by Oxford composer Henry Bowman in 1677. John Blow's most notable early example is ""Awake, awake my lyre"". The symphony song was a genre mainly linked to the Restoration royal court, just as the symphony anthem was linked to the English Chapel Royal. Purcell's symphony"
"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"
"Filk music Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy/horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has been active since the early 1950s, and played primarily since the mid-1970s. The term ""filk"" (originally a typographical error) predates 1955. (See also below.) It is used As Interfilk's ""What is it?"" page demonstrates, there is no consensus on the definition of filk. Attempts have been made to define filk based on various criteria. Filk has been defined as folk music, usually with a science fiction or fantasy theme, but this definition is not exact."
"has been a musical standard ever since. It has a simple, sweet structure which flows easily and so is a standard piece used in piano teaching. The piece was used for a light comical duet which was recorded by Sir Norman Wisdom and Joyce Grenfell in 1952. This is also known as ""The Laughing Song"". It also appears (with a short conversation following it) as a track on ""Gorilla"", the 1967 debut album of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and features in the queue for the Spirit of London dark ride at Madame Tussauds in London. Narcissus (music) Narcissus is"
"term to describe that musical genre. (The other contender for the honor is ""When You Dance"" by the Turbans, in which the chant ""doo-wop"" can be heard.) The original recording briefly hit the charts again in 1960 and 1961; an instrumental version by Santo & Johnny charted in 1964, and a version from the album ""Exitos De Paul Anka"" by Paul Anka did likewise in 1969. None of these releases reached the top half of the Billboard Hot 100, however. The Crests recorded a version titled ""I Remember (In The Still of the Night)"" for their 1960 album ""The Crests"
"word ""bluegrass"" itself was adopted to label this form of music is not certain, but is believed to be in the late 1950s. It was derived from the name of the seminal Blue Grass Boys band, formed in 1939 with Bill Monroe as its leader. Due to this lineage, Bill Monroe is frequently referred to as the ""father of bluegrass"". Monroe's 1946 to 1948 band, which featured guitarist Lester Flatt, banjoist Earl Scruggs, fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard Watts (also known as ""Cedric Rainwater"")—sometimes called ""the original bluegrass band""—created the definitive sound and instrumental configuration that remains a model"
"term ""folk music"": newly composed songs, fixed in form and by known authors, which imitated some form of traditional music. The popularity of ""contemporary folk"" recordings caused the appearance of the category ""Folk"" in the Grammy Awards of 1959: in 1970 the term was dropped in favor of ""Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including Traditional Blues)"", while 1987 brought a distinction between ""Best Traditional Folk Recording"" and ""Best Contemporary Folk Recording"". After that, they had a ""Traditional music"" category that subsequently evolved into others. The term ""folk"", by the start of the 21st century, could cover singer songwriters, such as"
"Overture Overture (from French ""ouverture"", ""opening"") in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn began to use the term to refer to independent, self-existing instrumental, programmatic works that presaged genres such as the symphonic poem. These were ""at first undoubtedly intended to be played at the head of a programme"". The idea of an instrumental opening to opera existed during the 17th century. Peri's ""Euridice"" opens with a brief instrumental ritornello, and Monteverdi's ""L'Orfeo"" (1607) opens with a toccata, in this case a"
"on the Hall of Fame web site. Filk music Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy/horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has been active since the early 1950s, and played primarily since the mid-1970s. The term ""filk"" (originally a typographical error) predates 1955. (See also below.) It is used As Interfilk's ""What is it?"" page demonstrates, there is no consensus on the definition of filk. Attempts have been made to define filk based on various criteria. Filk has been defined as folk music, usually with a science fiction or fantasy"
"and therefore unworthy of attention. Some authors, however, find these distinctions more difficult to maintain. Although erotic songs became part of the standard fare in folk clubs and among folk rock musicians, relatively few of the more explicit songs have been placed on record. The hornpipe is a style of dance music thought to have taken its name from an English reed instrument by at least the 17th century. In the mid-18th century it changed from 3/2 time to 2/2, assuming its modern character, and probably reaching the height of its popularity as it became a staple of theatrical performances."
"An oft cited notable example of the dilemma in defining music is a work entitled ""4'33"""" (1952) by the American composer John Cage (1912–1992). The written score has three movements and directs the performer(s) to appear on stage, indicate by gesture or other means when the piece begins, then make no sound and only mark sections and the end by gesture. What is heard are only whatever ambient sounds may occur in the room. Some argue this is not music because, for example, it contains no sounds that are conventionally considered ""musical"" and the composer and performer(s) exert no control"
"""In Search of Sixpence."" ""Half a Sixpence"" is the title of the 1963 West End stage musical, and the subsequent 1967 musical film version, of H.G. Wells' novel ""Kipps."" ""I've Got Sixpence"" a traditional song, runs: The song dates from at least 1810. An elaborated version was published in 1941, words and music by Elton Box & Desmond Cox.: the singer tells the tale of spending twopence (per verse) until he has ""no-pence to send home to my wife – poor wife."" Some guitarists prefer the rigidity of a coin to the flexibility of a more traditional plastic plectrum. Most"
"1939, shortly after it had been played at Carnegie Hall, when Johnny Barfield recorded ""Boogie Woogie"". The third generation (1950s–1960s) started at the end of World War II with ""mountaineer"" string band music known as bluegrass, which emerged when Bill Monroe, along with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were introduced by Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry. Gospel music remained a popular component of country music. Another type of stripped-down and raw music with a variety of moods and a basic ensemble of guitar, bass, dobro or steel guitar (and later) drums became popular, especially among poor whites in"
"of the primary storyline in Philip José Farmer's award-winning novella, ""Riders of the Purple Wage"". Though many do sing this song few hold the accountability for the one law. This law is simple and easy to understand. At the beginning of the chorus you must clap. And at the end of the chorus you must stop clapping. Failure to comply with this straight forward participation has consequences. The offending party must purchase the band a round of drinks. Many Irish bands have performed Finnegan's Wake including notably: Finnegan's Wake ""Finnegan's Wake"" is a ballad that arose in the 1850s or"
"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""."
"[[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]]). [[Category:Music hall| ]] [[Category:British popular music]] [[Category:British styles of music]] [[Category:Theatre in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Theatrical genres]] Music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It ended, arguably, after the First World War, when the halls rebranded their entertainment as Variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Britain between bold and scandalous Victorian ""Music Hall"" and subsequent, more respectable ""Variety"" differ. Music hall involved a mixture of popular songs, comedy, speciality acts, and variety entertainment. The term is derived from a type of theatre"
"been published more recently, including the standard three verses, Hickson's fourth verse, Sheridan's verse and the Marshal Wade verse. A version from 1794 composed by the American republican and French citizen Joel Barlow celebrated the power of the guillotine to liberate: The style most commonly heard in official performances was proposed as the ""proper interpretation"" by King George V, who considered himself something of an expert (in view of the number of times he had heard it). An Army Order was duly issued in 1933, which laid down regulations for tempo, dynamics and orchestration. This included instructions such as that"
"Barococo In music Barococo is a term coined by musicologist H.C. Robbins-Landon which refers to a certain type of easy listening music that originated in the Baroque and pre-Classic periods. Specifically, Barococo music has been described as ""crisp, impersonal, concertante music"" (Fink 2005, p. 172). A portmanteau of the words Baroque and Rococo, the term was originally used as a criticism of the characteristic ease with which the average listener could enjoy this style of music at the height of Baroque revival in the first half of the 20th century. The emergence of long playing records made it possible for"