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 – 2014         Peter Maxwell Davis
--                  Judith Weir
+- 2024          Judith Weir
-Peter Maxwell Davies was appointed for a ten-year period, the first not to be appointed for life. Judith Weir has also been appointed for a ten-year period
+-                   Errollyn Wallen

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 Double bass – played either with a bow (arco) or by plucking the strings (pizzicato). In orchestral repertoire and tango music, both arco and pizzicato are employed. In jazz, pizzicato is the norm. Double bass has four strings
-Duclian – a Renaissance bass woodwind instrument with a double reed, the predecessor of the modern bassoon
+Dulcian – a Renaissance bass woodwind instrument with a double reed, the predecessor of the modern bassoon
 Dulcimer – a stringed instrument. Two types – Appalachian, and Hammered
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 Fipple – a whistlelike mouthpiece for certain wind instruments
-Flageolot – a small flutelike instrument with a cylindrical mouthpiece, four finger holes, and two thumbholes
+Flageolet – a small flutelike instrument with a cylindrical mouthpiece, four finger holes, and two thumbholes
 Flugelhorn – a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. A type of bugle. Translation from German is ‘wing horn’

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-Conductors
+== Conductors ==
 '''Claudio Abbado''' served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra from 1989 to 2002, when he retired
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 '''Henry Wood''' conducted the Proms for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences. After his death, the concerts were officially renamed in his honour. When the Queen's Hall was destroyed by bombing in 1941, the Proms moved to the Royal Albert Hall. ''Fantasia on British Sea Songs'' is a medley of British sea songs arranged by Sir Henry Wood in 1905 to mark the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. For many years it was seen as an indispensable item at the Last Night of the Proms concert
+== Musical terms ==
 A cappella – vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella is Italian for ‘in the manner of the chapel’
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 Volta subito (VS) – turn the page quickly
+== Notes and chords ==
 Barre chord – a type of guitar chord
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 The most common tuning system is twelve-tone equal temperament, which divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equal on a logarithmic scale
+== Instruments ==
 Alto viola – full name of the viola
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 Zither – played by strumming or plucking the strings like a guitar
+== Orchestras ==
 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (RLPO) society was founded in 1840. It is the UK's only orchestra that has its own hall
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 When the orchestra tunes, the oboe plays an ‘A’ and the rest of the instruments tune to match that pitch
+== Opera houses ==
 English National Opera is resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane
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 Sydney Opera House opened in 1973. Designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon
-Awards and competitions
+Royal Academy of Music is a conservatoire and a constituent college of the University of London. It was founded in 1822 and is Britain's oldest degree-granting music school. It received a Royal Charter in 1830. The Academy's current facilities are situated on Marylebone Road
 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal is the Society’s highest honour and is awarded for the most outstanding musicianship. It was initiated in 1870 to commemorate the Centenary of Beethoven’s birth
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 BBC Young Musician of the Year was established in 1978 by Humphrey Burton. It is held biennially
 The Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund holds an Annual Competition before a public audience at the Wigmore Hall in London every April
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 Polar Music Prize is a Swedish international award founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson. The award is annually given to one contemporary musician and one classical musician. First awarded in 1992 to Paul McCartney, and the Baltic States
+== Musicians ==
 Yehudi Menuhin founded a school of music in Surrey in 1963
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 Andre Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. During the first half of 2009, Andre Rieu was the world’s most successful male touring artist, according to Billboard magazine
+== Vocalists ==
 Farinelli, whose real name was Carlo Broschi, was one of the most famous Italian soprano castrato singers of the 18th century
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 Bryn Terfel is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart
+== Master of the King’s Music (or Queen’s Music) ==
 Nicholas Lanier was the first Master of the King’s Music, a title created by Charles I in 1626. Recent holders –

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