The opening instrumental was largely done away with by 1980 ; no later Project album except Eye in the Sky featured one ( although every album includes at least one instrumental somewhere in the running order ).

He also composed one large scale instrumental work in 1815 intended as a study in late classical orchestration: Twenty-Six Variations for the Orchestra on a Theme called La Folia di Spagna.

( Question Mark )", containing a dozen tracks with similar lyrical and instrumental themes, which Morse believes " should be considered one long epic track rather than twelve separate tracks ".

Although unsuccessful, the discussions between the two were instrumental in Boccaccio writing the Genealogia deorum gentilium ; the first edition was completed in 1360 and this would remain one of the key reference works on classical mythology for over 400 years.

Thus began one of the most productive periods in Telemann's life: during his tenure at Eisenach he composed a wealth of instrumental music ( sonatas and concertos ), and numerous sacred works, which included four or five complete annual cycles of church cantatas, 50 German and Italian cantatas, and some 20 serenatas.

Indian nadaswaram and tavil music is one of the oldest traditions in instrumental music.

Flat Eric featured in the video for Mr. Oizo's " Flat Beat " in 1999 ; the puppet and instrumental UK number one were popularised through use in advert for Levi Strauss & Co. | Levi's Sta-Prest jeans.

An instrumental version of a song which otherwise features vocals is also known as a-1 ( pronounced minus one ).

He was instrumental in the development of one of the most widely used computational chemistry packages, the Gaussian suite of programs, including coauthorship of the first version, Gaussian 70.

The German Navy's U-boats were also instrumental in the sinking of the civilian passenger liner the Lusitania on 7 May 1915, which was one of the main events that led to the USA joining the war two years later in 1917.

The records became almost instant classics and were instrumental in establishing Davis ' quintet as one of the best on the jazz scene.

In 1908 he was one of five people appointed to the first Library Board for the city of Calgary and was instrumental in establishing the Calgary Public Library.

This speculation was fueled in October 2004 when the official website startrek. com posted an opening credits sequence in which Scott Bakula recites a modified version of the famous speech, ending instead of with the gender-specific ' man ' or the gender-and species-neutral ' one ' but rather the species-specific ' human ', accompanied by " Archer's Theme ", the instrumental used as the closing credits music for the series.

Roosevelt was instrumental in preparing the Navy for the Spanish – American War and was an enthusiastic supporter of testing the U. S. military in combat, at one point saying, " I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one ".

A person who makes music a profession, anyone ( professional or not ) who's skilled in making music or performing music creatively, or one who composes, conducts, or performs music ( especially instrumental music ) is a musician.

According to Eastwood's official biography, a man named Chuck Hill was instrumental in securing employment for Eastwood at Universal ; Hill, who had contacts in Hollywood, managed to sneak Eastwood into one of Universal's studios, where he showed him to cameraman Irving Glassberg.

" He terms the main principle behind gun control " the instrumental theory of salvation :" that, lacking the ability to change the violent intent in criminals, we often shift focus to the instrument in an attempt to " limit our ability to hurt ourselves, and one another.

The inclusion of Laudate pueri ( a6 ) which proves to be an instrumental fantasia with words added after composition, is one sign that Byrd had some difficulty in assembling enough material for the collection.

It can also be someone with other special interests in the project, such as the author of the book that the film is based on, or one of the film's key actors who has been instrumental in persuading the studio to do the film.

The year after the Battle of Tewkesbury however, Lady Margaret married Lord Stanley, one of King Edward's supporters, who later turned against Edward's brother Richard of Gloucester when he became King as Richard III, and was instrumental in putting Henry Tudor on the throne.

During the 1970s Haley shortened his performances of " Rock Around the Clock ", dropping one verse and the second instrumental break from most performances.

* " Conundrum " ( song ), an instrumental song by Jethro Tull

In 1975 until when he continued to release singles, he released his first non-compilation LP 2023, a concept album that includes many instrumental songs.

On February 1, 1999, Barış Manço died of a sudden heart attack before the release of his just finished last work Mançoloji ( Mançology or Manchology ) ( 1999 ), a double album containing the new recordings of his hit songs along with an unfinished instrumental song " 40.

Instead, many black metal songs contain lengthy and repetitive instrumental sections.

The Mapuche of Argentina do not have a word for music, but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms ( kantun ), European and non-Mapuche music ( kantun winka ), ceremonial songs ( öl ), and tayil ( Robertson 1976, 39 ).

Enya has performed several songs relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including 1991's " Lothlórien " ( instrumental ), and 2001's " May It Be " ( sung in English and Quenya ), and " Aníron " ( in Sindarin )— the latter two, which she composed, appearing in Peter Jackson's movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and its soundtrack album.

He began to play the harpsichord at age seventeen and, during the 1750s, hand-copied arias, songs, and instrumental pieces by many European composers.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini ( ( Giovacchino Antonio Rossini in the baptismal certificate ) ( 29 February 179213 November 1868 ) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces.

In addition he released two albums in July 1990: the instrumental jazz trio album Lofty's Roach Souffle and a big-band album of mostly original songs titled We Are in Love, which also went double platinum.

He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as " Come, heavy sleep " ( the basis for Benjamin Britten's Nocturnal ), " Come again ", " Flow my tears ", " I saw my Lady weepe " and " In darkness let me dwell ", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has been a source of repertoire for lutenists and classical guitarists during the twentieth century.

An enormous diversity of musical styles and genres flourished during the Renaissance, and can be heard on commercial recordings in the 21st century, including masses, motets, madrigals, chansons, accompanied songs, instrumental dances, and many others.

Orbison often excused his motionless performances by saying that his songs did not allow instrumental sections so he could move or dance on stage, although songs like " Mean Woman Blues " did offer that.

He composed about 75 operas, 16 symphonies, 19 string quartets, 193 songs, 45 duets, 3 oratorios, 28 cantatas, instrumental concertos, sonatas, and other chamber pieces.

Paisiello also wrote a great deal of church music, including eight masses ; as well as fifty-one instrumental compositions and many stand-alone songs.

Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards.

The many recent, harmonized arrangements of older Shaker songs for choirs and instrumental groups mark a departure from traditional Shaker practice.

The first, Psalms, Sonnets and Songs of Sadness and Pietie ( 1588 ) consists mainly of adapted consort songs, which Byrd, probably guided by commercial instincts, had turned into vocal part-songs by adding words to the accompanying instrumental parts and labelling the original solo voice as ‘ the first singing part ’.

Between 1868 and 1877, Carte wrote and published the music for a number of his own songs and instrumental works, as well as several comic operas: Doctor Ambrosias – His Secret, at St. George's Hall ( 1868 ); Marie, with librettist E. Spencer Mott, at London's Opera Comique in 1871 ; and Happy Hampstead, with librettist Frank Desprez, which debuted on an 1876 provincial tour and then played at the Royalty Theatre in 1877.

Donegal is also well known for its songs which have, like the instrumental music, a distinctive sound.

Haley, who was fluent in Spanish, recorded a number of songs in the language, but the vast majority of the band's output during these years were instrumental recordings, many utilizing local session musicians playing trumpet.

Combining a side-long song with an assortment of hard rock songs, an instrumental and even some comic songs, it was quickly cited as landmark work in progressive rock.

More instrumental and funk and R & B themed than recent releases, The Black Album also saw Prince experiment with hip hop music on the songs " Bob George " and " Dead on It.

He produced nearly all of The Beatles ' recordings ( later songs " Real Love " and " Free as a Bird " were produced by Jeff Lynne ) and wrote the instrumental score for the Yellow Submarine film and soundtrack album, and the string and horn ( and even some vocal ) arrangements for almost all of their songs ( with the famous exception of the Phil Spector re-production on the Let It Be album, and " She's Leaving Home ", which was arranged by Mike Leander ).