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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    At liberty (i.e. the speed and manner of execution are left to the performer. It can also mean improvisation.) adagietto Fairly slowly (but faster than adagio) adagio Slowly adagissimo Very, very slowly affannato, affannoso Anguished affetto or con affetto with affect (that is, with emotion) affettuoso, affettuosamente, or affectueusement (Fr.)

  3. Freak show - Wikipedia

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    Barnum was known to advertise aggressively and make up outlandish stories about his exhibits. The façade of the museum was decorated with bright banners showcasing his attractions and included a band that performed outside. [ 13 ]

  4. Category:Outlandish albums - Wikipedia

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    It should only contain pages that are Outlandish albums or lists of Outlandish albums, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Outlandish albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .

  5. ‘Are you some kind of freak?’ My childhood with Tourette’s ...

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    Those numbers take on true meaning when you are one of the numbers. I am one of the numbers. My father is one of the numbers. My grandmother — one of those numbers — was humiliated by her ...

  6. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...

  7. Gratis versus libre - Wikipedia

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    This contradicts the usual definition and instead illustrates "Free as in freedom": recipe and label shared openly under CC BY-SA. The adjective free in English is commonly used in one of two meanings: "at no monetary cost" ( gratis ) or "with little or no restriction" ( libre ).

  8. Outsider music - Wikipedia

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    Beefheart was not on the Bizarre label, but Larry "Wild Man" Fischer was. Fischer was a street performer discovered by Zappa and is sometimes regarded as "the grandfather of outsider music". [ 13 ] In the liner notes of the 1968 album An Evening with Wild Man Fischer , Zappa writes: "Please listen to this album several times before you decide ...

  9. Don gratuit - Wikipedia

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    The don gratuit or "free gift" in English, was a voluntary contribution to royal finances paid by the First Estate (the clergy) under France's ancien regime. [1] [2] Since they were exempt from taxation such as taille, the First Estate was first requested to pay the don gratuit to fund the fight against the Huguenots under Henry IV and then from 1636 for the defence of the kingdom during the ...