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  2. Angel musicians (National Gallery) - Wikipedia

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    Both paintings feature an angel playing music, in keeping with the tradition of medieval representations of angel musicians. [1] The figure of the angel musician dates back to the 13th century. It has evolved over the centuries to proclaim the glory of an illustrious figure from the Bible, such as the Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

  3. Vielle - Wikipedia

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    The vielle / v i ˈ ɛ l / is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, three to five gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs, sometimes with a figure-8 shaped body.

  4. List of European medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of medieval musical instruments used in European music during the Medieval period. It covers the period from before 1150 to 1400 A.D. There may be some overlap with Renaissance musical instruments; Renaissance music begins in the 15th century. The list mainly covers Western Europe.

  5. Music in Medieval England - Wikipedia

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    A medieval carving of a symphonia player from Beverley Minster. Music in Medieval England, from the end of Roman rule in the fifth century until the Reformation in the sixteenth century, was a diverse and rich culture, including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite.

  6. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    The song is in 5 8 when the violin enters, then switches to 11 8. The song shifts between these metres for the remainder of the song. [196] "Losing It" by Rush. Intro and verses are composed out of ten bars in 5 8, other parts are in 11 8. [197] [198] [199] The race results screen from Mario Kart 64, composed by Kenta Nagata . [200]

  7. List of compositions by Gustav Holst - Wikipedia

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    Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray Incidental music: 102: 27b: 1909: Stepney Children's Pageant: for orchestra: Incidental music: 102a: 27b: 1909: A Song of London: for unison chorus and piano: from the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G.K. Menzies Incidental music: 114: 1910: The Praise of King Olaf

  8. Medieval music - Wikipedia

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    Medieval music encompasses the sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, [1] from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. It is the first and longest major era of Western classical music and is followed by the Renaissance music; the two eras comprise what musicologists generally term as early music, preceding the common practice period.

  9. History of lute-family instruments - Wikipedia

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    Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body". [1]The lute family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as banjo, tanbura, bağlama, bouzouki, veena, theorbo ...