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ars nova [ˈɑːz ˈnəʊvə]
n (Music / Classical Music) a style of music of the 14th century, characterized by great freedom and variety of rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness of the music of the 13th century [Latin, literally: new art] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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” Should you not be among those who cheekily stretched the three-day weekend backwards halfway to July, flip your flops on over to Ars Nova to see the band Windshake, fronted by one Theo Eastwind—a fixture on New York City subway platforms. His other commissions have come from such ensembles as Chanticleer, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Yale Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cappella Nova (Scotland), Revalia (Estonia), Ensemble Project Ars Nova, Oregon Repertory Singers, Back Bay Chorale (Boston), Third Angle (Portland), California EAR Unit (Los Angeles), New England Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Giovanni Boccaccio's time-honored work Decameron provides the primary literary account (Testi 228) of the drastically altered attitude regarding the role and influence of music, which occurred in response to the Ars Nova movement. |
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