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Terms | Definitions |
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 Sheung Chi Ng ( Uncle Ng) | He migrated to the United States from Taishan County. Even though Uncle Ng arrived in 1979 at the age of sixty-nine he continued until his death in 2001 to sing of his dream of becoming rich and making enough money to return to Taishan. He sings Ng Bak Loi Gimsaan ("Uncle Ng Comes to the Gold Mountain"), a Chinese muyu. |
| Hanan Harouni | Lebanese singer, vocalist for the song Wakef'ala shat baher ("Standing on the Shore" Arab Song). Known as Hanan, she is very well known for her vocal style. She settled in New York City and brought to her new contry the vocal quality and ornaments typical of Lebanese traditional music. |
| William Francis Allen | Edited and gathered the first collection of spirituals titled Slave Songs of the United States. |
| Huddie Ledbetter "Leadbelly" | A great African American folksinger. Born in Louisiana near the Texas border, he played the twelve-string guitar, the accordion, and the harmonica. He made his first recordings while he was imprisoned in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for attempted murder. In 1933, Alan Lomax visited the prison and recorded Ledbetter: between 1935 and 1940, after Ledbetter's release from prison, Lomax made many additional recordings at the Library of Congress of Ledbetter's large repertory of song from what has been called "the Texas black song tradition". He found an audience among jazz and blues musicians. He sings a version of the song Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. |
| Paul Robeson | One of the most famous interpreters of the "classical" spirituals. He was the son of a minister, attended Rutgers University and later received a law degree from Columbia University. Unable to find a job in law due to discrimination, he made a career in theater. Baritone singer in one version of the song Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. |
| Louis Armstrong | Nick named "Satchmo", which is short for SatchelMouth. When he played his instruments, his cheeks blew up like a satchelmouth. He was one of the stars of the New Orleans jazz style during its emergence in the early decades of the twentieth century. His tours brought jazz a new, domestic white audience. He began his career playing the trumpet with the Creole Jazz Band led by Joseph "King" Oliver. |
| Alan Lomax | An ethnomusicologist that recorded field recordings of spirituals.. i.e. He recorded Huddie Ledbetter while he was in prison, and also many other times... |
| Scott Joplin | American composer and pianist. Achieved fame for his rag time compositions and was later dubbed King of ragtime. |
| Felix Mendelssohn | impresario, Signed the Tao Moe Family in 1941 and that is where they made their first recording, as a result the group became well known Europe and Asia. |
| Evan Ziporyn | An American composer, who joined with Windhu and another. This group of composers became the model for a new piece titled Keknbangan, which presents a commentary on the differences on Balinese and American music systems and ways of hearing. This composition also raises important issues in musical composition and ownership by challenging the boundaries between traditions. Helped in influencing the American Gamelon. He was a member of the Gamelon Seker Jaya. |
| Yo Yo Ma | Famous for playing the cello. He launched the Silk Road Project in 1998. |
| wu man | Born in China. She joined Yo-Yo Ma in the Silk Road Ensemble. Plays the pipa. |
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