He is known for writing three voice sacred pieces, settings of antiphons, hymns and mass sections. ... One of the most influential and characteristic genre of the Renaissance was the Madrigal which is a vocal composition combining homophonic and polyphonic textures that is set to a short poem. ... Other innovations such as new instruments such as the trombone and the violin came into play as well as new genres including: variations, prelude, fantasia, toccata, ricercare, canzona, and sonata. The genres provided more challenging approaches to playing than was offered in sacred or secular music....

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Artists have created masterpieces to it, people have timelessly used it to evoke their own creativity, whether that is when writing or creating their own works of art. ... We tend to listen to songs of certain genre depending on what mood we are in at the time. ... The build up from the beginning of songs in certain modern day genres such as electronica and dance music to its climatic point is what makes the music so full of excitement. ... The movement of songs can also be recognized in the differences between genres. ...

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Thriller, by genre, is classified as a disco-funk song. ... Thriller was created and recorded in 1982, which was a very strange time to release a Disco/Funk song because during the late 1970's, there was a decline in the entire Disco genre of music. ... So many people showed up due to the growing hate towards the entire genre during the late 1970's. ... During the time this song was dated, Beethoven was also writing many other bagatelles as well, but could be said that it was written towards the end of this time period (11). ...

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Because of this diversity, composers found themselves writing for either end of the spectrum, but never both. ... In 1932, a union was set up, "The Union of Soviet Composers" which was then split up into sections which governs the various musical genres. ... -Stanley Dale Krebs, Soviet Composers Up until the publication of "Testimony: the memoirs of Demitri Shostakovich" edited by Solomon Volkov in 1979, it was unclear what the composers intentions were when writing the Fifth Symphony. ... In the early 1940's, Prokofiev criticized Shostakovich's lack of musical daring, accusing ...

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In 1991, a young man by the name of Ville Hermanni Valo decided to form a band. At the time he was working in his Father's sex shop located in a small suburb in Finland and decided that he needed to do something more creative with his life. He made a few demos with himself playing the guitar parts on a six string bass, with help from a friend, Mige, playing the bass parts, and random friends playing on the drums. After one show the band went their separate ways. Four years later Ville met back up with Mige to form another band. ...

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