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  2. Donald Jay Grout - Wikipedia

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    After 1960 he became more interested in philosophies of music history, due in large part to his publication of a general music history textbook, A History of Western Music. A ninth edition of the book was published in 2014; after Grout's death, the new editions were revised by Claude Palisca and J. Peter Burkholder. [2]

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A Picardy third, Picardy cadence (ˈpɪkərdi ) or, in French, tierce picarde is a harmonic device used in Western classical music. It refers to the use of a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section that is either modal or in a minor key. piatti Cymbals, generally meaning a pair of orchestral clashed cymbals piena

  4. Decentralized application - Wikipedia

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    DApps also have a public, decentralised blockchain that is used by the application to keep a cryptographic record of data, including historical transactions. [ 4 ] Although traditional DApps are typically open-source, DApps that are fully closed-source and partially closed-source have emerged as the cryptocurrency industry evolves.

  5. What are dApps and how do they work? - AOL

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    Decentralized applications are key to moving forward the promises of the so-called Web3.

  6. Historically informed performance - Wikipedia

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    Performance on period instruments is a key aspect of HIP, such as this baroque orchestra (Photo: Josetxu Obregón and the Spanish ensemble La Ritirata, 2013).. Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of classical music which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of the musical ...

  7. Great American Songbook - Wikipedia

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    Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...

  8. Dapp - Wikipedia

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    DAPP, a compound used as a radioligand that binds to the serotonin transporter Data Acquisition and Processing Program , former name of the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Decentralized application (DApp, dApp, Dapp, or dapp), a computer application

  9. Wikipedia:Wikipedia for Schools/Welcome/Arts and Music ...

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    Art is a diverse range of (and products of) human activities involving creative imagination to express technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.. In the perspective of the history of art, artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however, some theorists feel that the typical concept of "artistic ...