slow movement

  • 111Cittaslow — The Cittaslow logo. Cittaslow is a movement founded in Italy in October 1999. The inspiration of Cittaslow was the Slow Food organization. Cittaslow s goals include improving the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace,… …

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  • 112Horn Trio (Brahms) — The Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40, by Johannes Brahms is a chamber piece in four movements written for natural horn, violin, and piano. Composed in 1865, the work commemorates the death of Brahms’ mother, Christiane, earlier that year. The… …

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  • 113Night music (Bartók) — Night Music is a musical style of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók which he used mostly in slow movements of multi movement ensemble or orchestra compositions in his mature period. It is characterized by eerie dissonances providing a backdrop… …

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  • 114Joseph Haydn — (Franz) Joseph Haydn [Although he is sometimes called Franz Joseph Haydn , the name Franz was not used in the composer s lifetime and is avoided by scholars. (Webster, James: Haydn, Joseph , Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 18 January… …

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  • 115String quartet — A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the most prominent chamber ensembles in… …

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  • 116Crowd control (MMORPG) — For the general term, see crowd control. Crowd control (also called CC) is a term used in massive multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG)s to refer to the ability to limit the number of mobs actively fighting during an encounter.[1] It can …

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  • 117Symphony No. 1 (Walton) — The Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor by the English composer William Walton was commissioned by Hamilton Harty, and completed in 1935. The first complete performance was given by Harty and the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the 6 November of that year,… …

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  • 118drift — drift1 [drıft] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move slowly)¦ 2¦(without plan)¦ 3¦(change)¦ 4¦(money/prices)¦ 5¦(snow/sand)¦ 6 let something drift Phrasal verbs  drift apart  drift off ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …

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  • 119Sinfonia — is the Italian (Spanish, and also Portuguese) word for symphony (see that article for etymology). In music Sinfonia has however some specific meanings and connotations, that are understood when the word sinfonia is used outside the realm of Latin …

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  • 120eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit       The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …

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