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  2. List of songs that retell a work of literature - Wikipedia

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    The Black Halo is a concept album based on Faust, Part Two. It is a follow-up to Epica, which was based on Faust, Part One. [1] Cacophony: Rudimentary Peni: Various works of H. P. Lovecraft: H. P. Lovecraft: All 30 tracks are related to Lovecraft or his work. [2] The Chronicle of the Black Sword: Hawkwind: Various works of Michael Moorcock ...

  3. Lists of music inspired by literature - Wikipedia

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    Edgar Allan Poe and music. Music related to Anne Rice's novels. Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien [1] Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde. List of songs based on poems. Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)

  4. Ray J - Wikipedia

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    Website. rayj .com. William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), [ 1 ] known professionally as Ray J, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, television presenter, and actor. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of singer and actress Brandy. [ 3 ]

  5. List of works influenced by One Thousand and One Nights

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    Carl Nielsen created his Aladdin Suite (1918–1919) from incidental music he composed for a revival of Oehlenschläger's 1805 play Aladdin. 1990 saw the premiere of La Noche de las Noches, a work for string quartet and electronics by Ezequiel Viñao (based on a reading from Burton's "Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night"). [27]

  6. Category:Music based on books - Wikipedia

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  7. Absolute music - Wikipedia

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    Absolute music (sometimes abstract music) is music that is not explicitly "about" anything; in contrast to program music, it is non-representational. [1] The idea of absolute music developed at the end of the 18th century in the writings of authors of early German Romanticism, such as Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Ludwig Tieck and E. T. A. Hoffmann but the term was not coined until 1846 where ...

  8. Diegetic music - Wikipedia

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    Diegetic music, also called source music, is music that is part of the fictional world portrayed in a piece of narrative media (such as a film, show, play, or video game) and is thus knowingly performed and/or heard by the characters. [1] This is in contrast to non-diegetic music, which refers to incidental music or a score that is heard by the ...

  9. Canon (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, a canon is a contrapuntal ( counterpoint -based) compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure, etc.). The initial melody is called the leader (or dux ), while the imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called ...