Dutch composer Adriaen Valerius recorded the current melody of the Wilhelmus in his " Nederlantsche Gedenck-clanck " in 1626, slowing down the melody's pace, probably to allow it to be sung in churches.

The melody is very similar, but not identical to that of the Wilhelmus.

The second major variation is the song " Wenn alle untreu werden " ( German: " If everyone becomes unfaithful ") better known as " Das Treuelied ", which was written by the poet Max von Schenkendorf ( 1783 – 1817 ) and used exactly the same melody as the Wilhelmus.

The term originates from the Greek word threnoidia, from threnos ( " wailing ") + oide (" ode "); ultimately, from the Proto-Indo-European root wed-(" to speak ") that is also the precursor of such words as " ode ", " tragedy ", " comedy ", " parody ", " melody " and " rhapsody ".

The melody originates from that of the French song " Marlbrough s ' en va-t-en guerre ( Marlborough Has Left for the War ).

Among the particular gems in this collection is the impudent opening song of `` The Garrick Gaieties '', an impressive forecast of the wit and melody that were to come from Rodgers and Hart in the years that followed ; ;

This taste for structural clarity worked its way into the world of music, moving away from the layered polyphony of the Baroque period, towards a style where a melody over a subordinate harmony — a combination called homophony — was preferred.

The museum houses an impressive collection associated with ancient Delphi, including the earliest known notation of a melody, the famous Charioteer, golden treasures discovered beneath the Sacred Way, and fragments of reliefs from the Siphnian Treasury.

The words " God save Emperor Francis " were inspired by the British anthem, though not the melody, which is from the ( Croatian ) folk tradition.

The song melded electro hip-hop beats influenced by Yellow Magic Orchestra with the melody from Kraftwerk's " Trans-Europe Express.

Fiddlers tend to play fast and make heavy use of staccato bowing and may from time to time " play the bass ," meaning a second fiddler may play a melody an octave below where a first fiddler is playing it.

** Clare fiddling from northern Munster, which tends to be played near the slower Galway tempo yet with a greater emphasis on the melody itself rather than ornamentaiton.

** Sliabh Luachra fiddling from the southwest in Munster, characterized by a unique repertoire of polkas and slides, as well as the use of double stops and drones as well as playing the melody in two octaves as in Donegal.

consists of strings of syllables, made up of sounds taken from all those that the speaker knows, put together more or less haphazardly but emerging nevertheless as word-like and sentence-like units because of realistic, language-like rhythm and melody.

On the other hand, during rehearsals, workmen in the theater stopped what they were doing during Va, pensiero and applauded at the conclusion of this haunting melody while the growth of the " identification of Verdi's music with Italian nationalist politics " is judged to have begun in the summer 1846 in relation to a chorus from Ernani in which the name of one of its characters, " Carlo ", was changed to " Pio ", a reference to Pope Pius IX's grant of an amnesty to political prisoners.

The haunting melody of Rajasthan evokes from a variety of delightfully primitive looking instruments.

Precedence of timbre creates the melody from the mixture of accords ' timbre and figurations rather than from the clear outline of the theme.

Chase describes music from this period, “ Taking the guitar as his instrumental model, and drawing his inspiration largely from the peculiar traits of Andalusian folk music – but without using actual folk themes – Albéniz achieves a stylization of Spanish traditional idioms that while thoroughly artistic, gives a captivating impression of spontaneous improvisation ... Cordoba is the piece that best represents the style of Albéniz in this period, with its hauntingly beautiful melody, set against the acrid dissonances of the plucked accompaniment imitating the notes of the Moorish guslas.

Another version of the story was that the group had gotten inspiration for writing the song after hearing The Orioles ' rock ' n ' roll version of Big Joe Williams ' hit, " Baby Please Don't Go ", taking its melody from the song.

Jazz guitar players tend to improvise around chord / scale relationships, rather than reworking the melody, possibly due to their familiarity with chords resulting from their comping role.

When jazz guitarists play chords underneath a song's melody or another musician's solo improvisations, it is called " comping ", short for " accompanying " The accompanying style in most jazz styles differs from the way chordal instruments accompany in many popular styles of music.

Mode ( etymology from Latin modus: " manner, tune, measure, due measure, rhythm, melody ") may mean:

In contrast with bebop, hard bop used slower tempos and a less radical approach to harmony and melody, often adopting popular tunes and standards from the American songbook as starting points for improvisation.

Charles Burney wrote that Arne introduced " a light, airy, original, and pleasing melody, wholly different from that of Purcell or Handel, whom all English composers had either pillaged or imitated ".

It also attended a change in musical style from the complex counterpoint of the baroque period, to an emphasis on clear melody, homophonic textures, short phrases, and frequent cadences: a style that would later be defined as classical.

Cantus firmus mass uses the same monophonic melody, usually drawn from chant and usually in the tenor and most often in longer note values than the other voices.

The song starts off with a heavy crescendo of woodwinds and low strings playing the famous Tomb Raider melody, and then breaks off into an almost playful arc, featuring parts of the harp composition from the Tomb Raider theme.

As for the composition date of Mozart's Variations, for a time the variations were thought to have been composed in 1778, while Mozart stayed in Paris from April to September in that year, the assumption being that the melody of a French song could only have been picked up by Mozart while residing in France.

The earliest reported example of this musical form is the song " Kalenda Maya ", supposedly written by the troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras ( 1180-1207 ) to the melody of an estampida played by French jongleurs.

The French singer Claude Nougaro used its melody for his tribute to Louis Armstrong in French, under the name Armstrong.

Performers include French harmonicist Nikki Gadout, Germans Steve Baker and the late Johnny Müller ( who played the title melody of the Winnetou-movies ) and German-Italian Willi Burger.

It is sung to the tune of the French melody " Ah!

As for the history of the melody and the non-nursery rhyme version ( s ) of the French text:

The melody soon became the rallying call to the French Revolution and was adopted as La Marseillaise after the melody was first sung on the streets by volunteers ( fédérés in French ) from Marseille by the end of May.

The French style of ornamentation suggests that the ornaments are supposed to be parts of the melody, however some performers ( for example Wilhelm Kempff on piano ) omit some or all ornaments and present the aria unadorned.

The unpleasantness of his visit inspired him to write the complaint-song " Wer die ougen vil verschüren ", which he set to a French melody.

It is uncertain who may have originally composed the melody, but it appears to be well known first as a French folk song called " Marlbrough s ' en va-t-en guerre " (" Marlborough has left for the war ") in the 18th century about John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

* The theme music of Thierry la Fronde was a simple tune in the Dorian mode composed by Jacques Loussier, and performed on a brass instrument ( possibly a French horn ) for the melody.

Nevertheless, Poulenc never questioned the validity of traditional tonic-dominant harmony ; lyrical melody pervades his music and underlies his important contributions to vocal music, particularly French art song.

Delius admired the French composer's orchestration, but thought his works lacking in melody — the latter a comment frequently directed against Delius's own music.

In this extempo ( extemporaneous ) melody calypsonians lyricise impromptu, commenting socially or insulting each other, " sans humanité " or " no mercy " ( which is again a reference to French influence ).

From 1961 to 1981 it provisionally replaced (" When You Call, My Country ", French ; Italian, Romansh ) the anthem by Johann Rudolf Wyss ( 1743 – 1818 ) which was set to the melody of God Save the Queen.

It is said, however, that the melody has been known since 1840 as La Marsellesa Venezolana ( Venezuelan Marseillaise ), in reference to its subtle similarity to the French national anthem.

In 1988, French entrepreneur, Olivier Lamotte d ' Incamps, visited Porto Seguro in Brazil and discovered locals dancing the tightly syncopated lambada to a melody that turned out to be Bolivian.

With woodwork and furnishings designed by Richard Van der Boyen and implemented by Jules Allard and Sons, the music room boasts a gilt coffered ceiling lined with silver and gold, as well as an elliptical ceiling molding which bears the inscription in French of song, music, harmony and melody.

The celebrations of both groups differ in that La Rose, the " English " faction, is characterized by noisiness, movement, participation, rhythm and exuberance, while La Marguerite, the " French " faction, is characterized by melody, discipline and restraint.

It is sung to a variant of the 1761 French melody Ah!