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There was a series of attempts to find—and a number of claimants to be—the "King of Rock 'n' Roll", a title that became most associated with Elvis Presley. [8] This has been characterized as part of a process of the appropriation of credit for innovation of the then-new music by a white establishment. [9]
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, ... In the 19th century, the Javanese term for 'regent' was bupati.
In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...
Example: Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Baron Killyleagh. A baron or baroness title can be passed down or bestowed, meaning you technically don’t have to be born into nobility or inherit the ...
Also translated as Herzog (Duke). Daimyo title of powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords of medieval and early modern Japan. Duke (Herzog in German), ruler [a] of a duchy; [c] also for junior members of ducal and some grand ducal families The feminine form is Duchess. Babu, Indian title, equivalent of Duke, feminine is Babuain
The Queen has traditionally conferred a dukedom to senior male members of the royal family as a wedding gift.
This is an alphabetically ordered list of sub-titles, nicknames and non-numeric titles that have been applied to classical music compositions of types that are normally identified only by some combination of number, key and catalogue number. These types of compositions include: symphony, concerto, sonata, and standard chamber music combinations ...
The Duke of Edinburgh title was then reverted to the Crown. It was the late Queen and Philip’s wish that Edward should inherit his father’s title when the time came.