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  2. Birdsong in music - Wikipedia

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    Musicologists such as Matthew Head and Suzannah Clark believe that birdsong has had a large though admittedly unquantifiable influence on the development of music. [2] [3] Birdsong has influenced composers in several ways: they can be inspired by birdsong; [4] they can intentionally imitate bird song in a composition; [4] they can incorporate recordings of birds into their works; [5] or they ...

  3. Background music - Wikipedia

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    Background music (British English: piped music) is a mode of musical performance in which the music is not intended to be a primary focus of potential listeners, but its content, character, and volume level are deliberately chosen to affect behavioral and emotional responses in humans such as concentration, relaxation, distraction, and excitement.

  4. Ambient music - Wikipedia

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    Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It is often "peaceful" sounding and lacks composition, beat, and/or structured melody. [5] It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening [6] and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation.

  5. Music and sleep - Wikipedia

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    Some may find classical music entertaining, while others prefer ambient music for relaxation. Cultural background can also shape an individual's perception and response to music stimuli. The concept of music and sleep, although applicable to the general population, needs to take into account these differences to tailor each individual's taste.

  6. Bird vocalization - Wikipedia

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    In music, birdsong has influenced composers and musicians in several ways: they can be inspired by birdsong; they can intentionally imitate bird song in a composition, as Vivaldi and Beethoven did, along with many later composers, such as Messiaen; they can incorporate recordings of birds into their works, as Ottorino Respighi first did; or ...

  7. Meditation music - Wikipedia

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    Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation.It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

  8. Olivier Messiaen - Wikipedia

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    He found birdsong fascinating, notating bird songs worldwide and incorporating birdsong transcriptions into his music. Messiaen's music is rhythmically complex. Harmonically and melodically , he employed a system he called modes of limited transposition , which he abstracted from the systems of material his early compositions and improvisations ...

  9. Four Last Songs - Wikipedia

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    All of the songs but "Frühling" deal with death and all were written shortly before Strauss himself died. They are suffused with a sense of calm, acceptance, and completeness. The settings are for a solo soprano voice given soaring melodies against a full orchestra, and all four songs have prominent horn parts.