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Meaning of "early music" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EARLY MUSIC

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EARLY MUSIC

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Early music is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EARLY MUSIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Early music

Early music is generally understood as comprising all music, usually of the Occident, from the earliest times up to the Baroque. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises, instruments and other contemporary evidence."...

Definition of early music in the English dictionary

The definition of early music in the dictionary is music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, sometimes also including music of the baroque and early classical periods. Other definition of early music is of or denoting an approach to musical performance emphasizing the use of period instruments and historically researched scores and playing techniques.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EARLY MUSIC

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Early Christian
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Early English
early leaver
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Early Renaissance
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WORDS THAT END LIKE EARLY MUSIC

art music
background music
chamber music
classical music
country music
dance music
electronic music
folk music
gospel music
House music
music
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pop music
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rap music
rock music
sheet music
soul music
swing music
theme music
world music

Synonyms and antonyms of early music in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «early music» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EARLY MUSIC

Find out the translation of early music to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of early music from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «early music» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

早期的音乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la música antigua
570 millions of speakers

English

early music
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जल्दी संगीत
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الموسيقى في وقت مبكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старинной музыки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

música antiga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাথমিক সঙ্গীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musique ancienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muzik awal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alte Musik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

古楽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초기 음악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musik awal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

âm nhạc đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆரம்ப இசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लवकर संगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Erken müzikler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musica antica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muzyka dawna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

давньої музики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muzică veche
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρώιμη μουσική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vroeë musiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tidig musik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tidligmusikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of early music

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EARLY MUSIC»

The term «early music» is regularly used and occupies the 78.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about early music

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2 QUOTES WITH «EARLY MUSIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word early music.
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Greil Marcus
Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.
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James Young
So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy's early music.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARLY MUSIC»

Discover the use of early music in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to early music and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages ...
Singing Early Music studies the principal languages of Europe as they were spoken from the twelfth to the seventeenth century: English, Scots, French, Occitan, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, Italian, German, and Flemish as well as the Latin ...
Timothy James McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner, 1996
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Early Music: A Very Short Introduction
In this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the music itself, but also a lively look at the many attempts over the last two centuries to revive it.
Thomas Forrest Kelly, 2011
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The End of Early Music : A Period Performer's History of ...
Part history, part explanation of early music, this book also plays devil's advocate, criticizing current practices and urging experimentation.
Faculty of Music University of Montreal Bruce Haynes Associate Professor, 2007
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Inside Early Music: Conversations with Performers
Preface and Acknowledgments.
Bernard D. Sherman, 2003
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Gender, Sexuality, and Early Music
This volume is a signal contribution to the study of children's literature and its relation to racism and social conditions.
Todd Michael Borgerding, 2002
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Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music
Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. It demands the highest standards of scholarship from its contributors, all of whom are leading academics in their fields.
Iain Fenlon, 2009
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Editing Early Music
For this revised edition, the author has incorporated a number ofcorrections, brought the bibliography up to date, and added a Postscript on stemmatics and textual criticism.
John Caldwell, 1995
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Tonal Structures in Early Music
Foreword. Jessie Ann Owens Recent years have seen a critical reassessment of our approach to early music. Musicians, scholars, and critics have been searching for ways of talking about and reacting to the music that engage it not from the ...
Cristle Collins Judd, 2014
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Early Music History: Volume 23: Studies in Medieval and ...
Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century and includes manuscript studies, textual criticism, iconography, studies of the relationship between words and music, and ...
Iain Fenlon, 2004
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Early music
Although Early Music as a term of reference has now replaced 'ancient', 'old', or 'pre-classical music', performance problems remain much the same as before. This book offers fresh solutions for singers, players and directors.
Denis Stevens, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARLY MUSIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term early music is used in the context of the following news items.
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York Early Music festival review – sublime
The chief chorister at Amiens cathedral, Firminus Caron, was a mid-15th century one-hit wonder. His most influential chanson, Hélas que ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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DC trio Eya presents a buffet of early music for lunchtime concert …
Early music” is an umbrella term for all sorts of vocal and instrumental works. The label covers a lot of territory, from the Dark Ages to the 18th ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Review: York Early Music Festival: Rose Consort of Viols/Orlando …
Review: York Early Music Festival: Rose Consort of Viols/Orlando Consort, National Centre for Early Music, York, July 7. The Orlando Consort. «The Press, York, Jul 15»
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Greenup County Music Festival is Saturday
With that, music scholars and fans from Europe and the U.S. began to rediscover his early music. In 2002, he was the focus of a career ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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The Clerks present Cry God For Harry: Music from the Court of …
The Clerks have enjoyed a long association with the York Early Music Festival and Edward is delighted to be participating once more. «The Press, York, Jul 15»
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A child music prodigy's parents reveal her secret
I've also tried to play early music for her — Monteverdi and Palestrina — but she wasn't that into it. “But let's return to your question. 'Cinderella' ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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Houston Early Music announces 2015-2016 concert season
The Rose Ensemble opens the Houston Early Music 2015-2016 season Oct. 18, when it will be joined by The Concert Chorale of Bellaire High ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
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Summer Festivities of Early Music starts July 13
The theme of this year's Summer Festivities of Early Music is Femina Aeterna, and the 16th edition of the festival focuses on the often ... «Prague Post, Jul 15»
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Review: Utopia Early Music at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark
Early music ensembles have an inherent problem: How can they appeal ... In Salt Lake City, there is Utopia Early Music, an ensemble founded ... «Salt Lake Magazine, Jul 15»
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Review: York Early Music Festival, Taverner Choir & Players, The …
York Early Music Festival, Taverner Choir & Players, The Quire, York Minster, Saturday, July 4 ENTENTE Cordiale is the theme of the 2015 festival, which is ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»

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