Leslie speakerThe Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and loudspeaker that modifies the sound of an electric musical instrument by rotating a baffle chamber (drum) in front of the…View analysis →
Camera WorkCamera Work was a quarterly photographic journal published by Alfred Stieglitz from 1903 to 1917. Amidst the early 20th-century debates about photography's place in the fine…View analysis →
Jazz danceJazz Dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the early 20th century. Jazz Dance may allude to vernacular Jazz, Broadway or dramatic Jazz. The…View analysis →
VirginalsThe virginals is a keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family. It was popular in Europe during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.View analysis →
ChâteauesqueChâteauesque (or Francis I style, or in Canada, the Château Style) is a revivalist architectural style based on the French Renaissance architecture of the monumental châteaux of…View analysis →
CümbüşThe cümbüş (/dʒuːmˈbuːʃ/; Turkish pronunciation: ) is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin. It was developed in 1930 by Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş as an oud-like…View analysis →
HaggerstonHaggerston is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Hackney. It is in East London and part of the East End. There is an electoral ward called…View analysis →
Public address systemA public address system (also known as Tannoy or PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment. It increases the…View analysis →
Broadcasting HouseBroadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the…View analysis →
Viking artViking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British…View analysis →
ArchigramArchigram was an avant-garde British architectural group (1961-1974) whose unbuilt projects and media-savvy provocations "spawned the most influential architectural movement of…View analysis →
Swahili peopleThe Swahili people (Swahili: Waswahili, وَسوَحِيلِ) comprise mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab, and Comorian ethnic groups inhabiting the Swahili coast, an area encompassing the East…View analysis →
Joseph EichlerJoseph Leopold Eichler (June 25, 1900 – July 1, 1974) was a 20th-century post-war American real estate developer known for developing distinctive residential subdivisions of…View analysis →
ConjuntoThe term conjunto (Spanish pronunciation: , literally 'group', 'ensemble') refers to several types of small musical ensembles present in different Latin American musical…View analysis →
DanzónDanzón is the official genre and dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in the United States and Puerto Rico. Written in 24 time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner…View analysis →
KroncongKeroncong or Kroncong (from Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦕꦺꦴꦁ, keroncong 'rumble', Javanese pronunciation: ; Javindo: krontjong) refers to both a specific Cak–Cuk, a ukulele-like Javanese…View analysis →
MoheganThe Mohegan are an indigenous people based in what became southeastern Connecticut in the United States. They are part of the Eastern Algonquian linguistic and cultural family…View analysis →
UnkleUnkle (often stylised as U.N.K.L.E. or UNKLE, occasionally known as UNKLE Sounds) is a British musical act founded in 1992 by James Lavelle. Originally categorised as trip hop…View analysis →
DeleriumDelerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly…View analysis →
TevyeTevye the Dairyman, also translated as Tevye the Milkman (Yiddish: טבֿיה דער מילכיקער, Tevye der milkhiker [ˈtɛvjə ˌdɛr ˈmilxikər]), is the fictional narrator and protagonist of…View analysis →
PiccoloThe piccolo (/ˈpɪkəloʊ/ PIK-ə-loh; Italian for 'small') is a smaller version of the western concert flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes…View analysis →
BemertonBemerton, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day Bemerton has areas known as…View analysis →
MandocelloThe mandocello (Italian: mandoloncello, Liuto cantabile, liuto moderno) is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It is larger than the mandolin, and is the baritone…View analysis →
Royal Society of LiteratureThe Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820 by King George IV to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the…View analysis →
HakaHaka (/ˈhɑːkə/; singular and plural haka, in both Māori and New Zealand English) are a variety of ceremonial dances in Maoli, Maohi, and Māori culture. A performance art, haka…View analysis →
PinpeatThe Pinpeat (Khmer: ពិណពាទ្យ, pĭnpéaty ) is the largest Khmer traditional musical ensemble. It has performed the ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples of Cambodia…View analysis →
St LevanSt Levan (Cornish: Selevan) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is rural with a number of hamlets of varying size with Porthcurno probably being…View analysis →
LotudThe Lotud people are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside mainly in the Tuaran district (including the Tamparuli…View analysis →
NautchThe nautch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/, meaning "dance" or "dancing" from Hindustani: "naach") was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in later Mughal and colonial…View analysis →
ChurrigueresqueChurrigueresque (/ˌtʃʊərɪɡəˈrɛsk/; Spanish: Churrigueresco), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural…View analysis →
DeviantArtDeviantArt (formerly styled as deviantART and thus abbreviated as dA) is an online community that features artwork, videography, photography, and literature, launched on August…View analysis →
SixtiersThe Sixtiers (Ukrainian: Шістдесятники, romanized: Shistdesiatnyky, lit. 'people of the sixties') were a new generation of young Ukrainians who reawakened literature and a sense…View analysis →
Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by…View analysis →
Fourth plinthThe fourth plinth is the northwest plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, but remained empty due to…View analysis →
Roman GhettoThe Roman Ghetto or Ghetto of Rome (Italian: Ghetto di Roma) was a Jewish ghetto established in 1555 by Pope Paul IV in the Rione Sant'Angelo, in Rome, Italy, in the area…View analysis →
Mummies Alive!Mummies Alive! is an animated series created by Louis Gasin from DIC Productions, L.P. and Northern Lights Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997. The show was…View analysis →
