Word: melodicism
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The power ballad emerged out of the male rock of the '70s, from the heavy metal of Alice Cooper to the classic rock of Styx. The first power ballads to make it big in the '80s were hits like "Faithfully" (1983) by the five-man band Journey. But the genre...
Well, let's try. His shows, to be sure, seldom rise above pleasant kitsch. Jekyll & Hyde is a sluggish retelling of the famous horror tale with hair-flinging histrionics by star Robert Cuccioli; The Scarlet Pimpernel is so cheesily staged that the hero's main feat of derring-do is...
From the moment that pianist Suzanne MacAllister stepped on stage and began to play "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly," the Radcliffe Choral Society impressed with its delivery and precision. In Benjamin Britten's "Missa Brevis in D," the women, under the direction of Marvin, achieved a beautiful blend of harmonies and...
And that is what the Bosstones are really all about: Connecting with the genuine fan base and music scenes that embraced them from the beginning by rocking out with melodic ska-core crunches and lead singer Dick Barrett's guttural chants that so many crowds flock to experience. Although they...
This miracle of invention, inspired by a vanilla aria on which Handel himself wrote five unassuming variations, drew praise even from Brahms' antipode, Wagner. Like their worthy companions, the Bach Goldberg and the Beethoven Diabelli, these pieces explore the melodic and harmonic potential of their progenitor exhaustively, and function collectively...