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Collegium Marianum (Jana Semerádová): early music ensemble; Musica Florea (Marek Štryncl): early music ensemble; Schola Gregoriana Pragensis: a cappella male choir whose core repertoire is Gregorian chant, Bohemian plainchant, and early polyphony; Czech Ensemble Baroque - Roman Válek, Tereza Válková, Loučka: early music ensemble
Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical music .
Ancient music – Early history – 1500s – 1510s – 1520s – 1530s – 1540s – 1550s ... 2025 in American music; 2024 in ... and many other African-American ...
The key composers from the early Renaissance era also wrote in a late Medieval style, and as such, they are transitional figures. Leonel Power (c. 1370s or 1380s–1445) was an English composer of the late medieval and early Renaissance music eras. Along with John Dunstaple, he was one of the major figures in English music in the early 15th ...
Wilbur Sweatman and his band record "Maple Leaf Rag" in Minneapolis, Minnesota, becoming the first African American group to record. [197] Early music performer and instrument maker Arnold Dolmetsch moves to the United States. His work with the Chickering company is a landmark of American early music performed on period instruments. [171]
Early 1820s music trends The Boston 'Euterpiad becomes the first American periodical devoted to the parlor song. [5]The all-black African Grove theater in Manhattan begins staging with pieces by playwright William Henry Brown and Shakespeare, sometimes with additional songs and dances designed to appeal to an African American audience. [6]
During the War of 1812, American military bands use bugles rather than drums and fifes as in the Revolutionary War. [206] While British troops blockade American ports, European sheet music can not be imported, helping to spur the rise of the American music publishing industry. [211]
Though Appalachian and African American folk music became the basis for most of American popular music, the United States is home to a diverse assortment of ethnic groups. In the early 20th century, many of these ethnic groups supported niche record industries and produced minor folk stars like Pawlo Humeniuk , the "King of the Ukrainian ...