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Sony Music Entertainment
Industry: Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is one of the largest recorded music companies in the world, headquartered in NYC with offices worldwide. Labels include Burgundy Victor, Columbia, Epic, J-Records, Legacy, Masterworks, Nashville, Provident, RCA Records, Sony Latin, Zomba/Jive.
Vocal technique whereby men can sing above their normal range, producing a lighter sound.
Industry:Music
Mirror image and backward statement of a melody.
Industry:Music
Free instrumental piece of fairly large dimensions, in an improvisational style; in the Baroque, it often served as an introductory piece to a fugue.
Industry:Music
The controlled movement of music in time.
Industry:Music
Colloquial term for violin; often used in traditional music.
Industry:Music
Popular African-American music style of the 1940s through 1960s featuring a solo singer accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble (piano, guitar, acoustic bass, drums, tenor saxophone), driving rhythms, and blues and pop song forms.
Industry:Music
Baroque practice consisting of an independent bass line that often includes numerals indicating the harmony to be supplied by the performer. Also thorough-bass.
Industry:Music
Religious dance performed by African-American slaves, performed with hand clapping and a shuffle step to spirituals.
Industry:Music
Music that serves either as background or foreground for a film.
Industry:Music
The larger of the two ensembles in the Baroque concerto grosso. Also tutti.
Industry:Music