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The Kiss and Other Movements

Index The Kiss and Other Movements

The Kiss and Other Movements is the sixth album release by Michael Nyman, and the fifth recording (fourth full album) with the Michael Nyman Band. [1]

64 relations: A Zed & Two Noughts, Alexander Bălănescu, Alloy, Alto saxophone, Andrew Findon, Anne Pigalle, Art song, Baritone saxophone, Bass clarinet, Bass guitar, Bible, CBS, Cello, Channel 4, Chord progression, Clarinet, Claudio Monteverdi, Compact disc, Concert, Contemporary classical music, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Dagmar Krause, David Cunningham (musician), David Purser, David Roach (saxophonist), Documentary film, Duet, E.G. Records, Etruscan language, Euphonium, Facing Goya, Film, Film score, John Greaves (musician), John Harle, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Laurence Sterne, Madrigal, Memorial (Nyman), Michael Nyman, Michael Nyman Band, Music Works, Omar Ebrahim, Opera, Paddy Kingsland, Paul Richards (artist), Peter Greenaway, Piano, Quantel Paintbox, Sarah Leonard (singer), ..., Singing, Soprano saxophone, Synchronised swimming, Tango music, Tenor saxophone, The Cold Room, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Tristram Shandy (opera), Trumpet, Types of trombone, Viola, Violin, 1984 in film, 1990 in music. Expand index (14 more) »

A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts is a 1985 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway.

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Alexander Bălănescu

Alexander Bălănescu (born 11 June 1954) is a Romanian violinist, and founder of the Balanescu Quartet.

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Alloy

An alloy is a combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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Andrew Findon

Andrew (Andy) Findon is an English woodwind player.

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Anne Pigalle

Anne Pigalle is a French chanteuse (singer) and multimedia artist (writer, musician, art performer, poet, photographer and painter).

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Art song

An art song is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical art music tradition.

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Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone or "bari sax" is one of the largest members of the saxophone family, only being smaller than the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones.

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Bass clarinet

The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Cello

The cello (plural cellos or celli) or violoncello is a string instrument.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Chord progression

A chord progression or harmonic progression is a succession of musical chords, which are two or more notes, typically sounded simultaneously.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments.

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Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (15 May 1567 (baptized) – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s to early 1990s, which includes modernist, postmodern, neoromantic, and pluralist music.

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Crispian Steele-Perkins

Crispian Steele-Perkins (born 18 December 1944) is an internationally acclaimed classical trumpeter who was educated at Copthorne Preparatory School, Marlborough College and the Guildhall School of Music.

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Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause (born 4 June 1950) is a German singer, best known for her work with avant-rock groups including Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, and Art Bears.

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David Cunningham (musician)

David Cunningham (born 20 December 1954) is an Irish composer and music producer.

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David Purser

David Purser (born 7 July 1987) is an English soccer player who last played for Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division.

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David Roach (saxophonist)

David Roach (born 1955, Darlington, Co. Durham, England) is a British saxophonist who released a solo single, "Emotional Jungle" in 1984.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Duet

A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists.

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E.G. Records

E.G. Records was a British artist management company and independent record label, mostly active during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Etruscan language

The Etruscan language was the spoken and written language of the Etruscan civilization, in Italy, in the ancient region of Etruria (modern Tuscany plus western Umbria and northern Latium) and in parts of Corsica, Campania, Veneto, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna.

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Euphonium

The euphonium is a large, conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (εὖ eu means "well" or "good" and φωνή phōnē means "sound", hence "of good sound").

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Facing Goya

Facing Goya (2000) is an opera in four acts by Michael Nyman on a libretto by Victoria Hardie.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Film score

A film score (also sometimes called background score, background music, film soundtrack, film music, or incidental music) is original music written specifically to accompany a film.

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John Greaves (musician)

John Greaves (born 23 February 1950) is a British bass guitarist and composer, best known as a member of Henry Cow and his collaborative albums with Peter Blegvad.

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John Harle

John Harle (born 20 September 1956, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is an English saxophonist, composer, educator and record producer.

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Kurzweil Educational Systems

Kurzweil Education is an American-based company that provides educational technology.

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Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman.

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Madrigal

A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras.

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Memorial (Nyman)

Memorial is an epic funeral march-like piece, composed by Michael Nyman around 1984-1985.

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Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway), and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano.

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Michael Nyman Band

The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic.

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Music Works

MusicWorks, also MusicWorks Personal, is a music notation sequencing program for Windows 10 and earlier that uses MIDI protocol technology.

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Omar Ebrahim

Omar Ebrahim (born 6 September 1956 in Greasbrough, Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English baritone vocalist and actor.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Paddy Kingsland

Paddy Kingsland (born 30 January 1947) is a composer of electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on BBC radio and television whilst working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

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Paul Richards (artist)

Paul Richards (born 1949) is a British figurative painter and part-time lecturer at the Slade School of Fine Art.

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Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942 in Newport, Wales) is a British film director, screenwriter, and artist.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Quantel Paintbox

The Quantel Paintbox is a dedicated computer graphics workstation for composition of broadcast television video and graphics.

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Sarah Leonard (singer)

Sarah Leonard (born 10 April 1953) is an English classical soprano, known for her performances of contemporary classical music by composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Harrison Birtwistle, Pierre Boulez and Michael Nyman.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Soprano saxophone

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s.

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Synchronised swimming

Synchronised swimming (renamed as artistic swimming since July 2017 by the global governing body FINA), is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.

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Tango music

Tango is a style of music in 4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the "Rioplatenses").

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Tenor saxophone

The Tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s.

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The Cold Room

The Cold Room is a 1984 cable television film by James Dearden.

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne.

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Tristram Shandy (opera)

Tristram Shandy is an unfinished opera project by Michael Nyman based on his favorite novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne, begun in 1981.

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Trumpet

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Types of trombone

There are many different types of trombone.

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Viola

The viola is a string instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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1984 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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1990 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_and_Other_Movements

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