- 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.
A rhythmic grouping or metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats; in notated music, it appears as a vertical line through the staff.
Industry:Music
Jazz style that synthesises characteristics and techniques of classical music and jazz; term coined by Gunther Schuller.
Industry:Music
Harmony based on the interval of the fourth as opposed to a third; used in twentieth century music.
Industry:Music
In the concerto, twofold statement of the themes, once by the orchestra and once by the soloist.
Industry:Music
Music that parodies another work or works, presenting them in a new style or guise.
Industry:Music
Large jazz ensemble popular in 1930s and 1940s, featuring sections of trumpets, trombones, saxophones (and other woodwinds), and rhythm instruments (piano, double bass, drums and guitar).
Industry:Music
Melodic pattern used in music of India; prescribes pitches, patterns, ornamentation and extramusical associations such as time of performance and emotional character.
Industry:Music
