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(Vocal/instrumental group, 2002–present) Piano-driven rock band The Fray, formed by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, earned international recognition in 2006 with their second single. ‘How To Save A Life’ was also the title track of their debut album, which reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 14 on the Billboard 200. The quartet from Denver ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

of Earl Hines, a New Orleans jazz veteran who had participated in Louis Armstrong’s legendary Hot Fives sessions. Here, Bird and Diz mischievously introduced modernist elements to the fray, resulting in a thrilling clashing of styles that invigorated not only the music, but also the other musicians and the open-minded Hines. When the Hines band fell apart ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues, founding editor Howard Mandel

and drugs have seen a volatile performer emerge from the cocoon of a prodigiously talented artist. He published the 2008 autobiography The Way I Am and returned to the musical fray in 2009 with Relapse; while it didn’t manage to sell as well as previous efforts (some five million worldwide), it was named one of the top albums of the year. ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

Much Better (2005) and Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) peaking at Nos. 1 and 2 in the UK, respectively. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | The Fray | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

space rocket, which he felt was a divine sign to change his behaviour. He studied to become a preacher, only recording gospel music, but returned to the fray in the mid-1960s. While he remained a dynamic live performer and an undoubted legend, his records rarely matched his 1950s rock’n’roll hits. Styles & Forms | Fifties | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

Prologue Erda’s daughters, the Norns, sit on a rock spinning the rope of destiny. They recall recent events but are unable to see the future, since the rope has frayed. The rope beaks and they return under the earth. Siegfried prepares to set off. He gives Brünnhilde the ring and she gives him her horse, Grane. Act ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

(Trumpet, 1889–1949) William Geary ‘Bunk’ Johnson, a New Orleans trumpeter with good reading and improvising skills, said that he played in Buddy Bolden’s pioneer band before 1900. He was certainly associated with Frankie Duson and other Bolden cohorts, and was famous as a showy, lyrical soloist. Johnson’s nickname rose from his loquacity, and he was ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues, founding editor Howard Mandel

1685–1759 English composer George Frideric Handel is one of the best known of all Baroque composers. His gift for melody, his instinctive sense of drama and vivid scene-painting, and the extraordinary range of human emotions explored in his vocal compositions make his music instantly accessible. Works such as Messiah (1741), Water Music (1717) and Music for the Royal Fireworks ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

Although routinely – and fairly – described as the father of country music, Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933) was actually something more. Having established himself in that genre, he gradually moved towards mainstream popular music and, but for his early death, would probably have found a niche there. So far as country music is concerned, though, his ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music, consultant editor Bob Allen

The premiere of Salome on 9 December 1905 was a scandal. Even before the work had been heard in public, there were serious problems. Rehearsals became increasingly difficult because of both the demands Strauss placed on the voice and the eroticism of the subject. At the first piano rehearsal, the entire cast handed back their scores, declaring it ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie
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