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Edgar Leslie, Irving Berlin, Artist Unknown
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1909
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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There is no need to provide evidence concerning the great value of folk songs when one wishes to study the history of a people—any people—and all it has undergone. Alongside the history books of each…
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Shaul Ginsburg, Peysakh Marek
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
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1898
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Score of “Le Grand Pas” from the ballet Paquita, which premiered in Paris in 1846 and which, in adapted form, became a mainstay of classical ballet.
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Aloysius Minkus
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1881
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Mr. Engel concludes that the music to my songs is not folk, because, in his opinion, it includes the rhythms of waltz music and mazurkas, and these dance rhythms are used even in the cases where I…
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Mark Varshavsky
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1901
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Louis Gottschalk
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1853
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What do we call folk songs? Of course, these are the songs sung by the people. The songs can either come from unknown authors of the ancient, forgotten past . . . or these can be recently written…
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Joel Engel
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1901
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“Miss Duncan? The dancer? What is that—ballet?” No, it is not ballet. Missing here are the two predominant elements that make up modern ballet: there is neither dance technique nor women wearing…
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Arkadii Georgevich Gornfeld
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1905