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In Nomine

In Nomine is a title given to a large number of pieces of English polyphonic, predominantly instrumental music, first composed during the 16th

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Incelcore

Incelcore is an Internet microgenre of rock music and online subculture that emerged in 2019 with the release of the compilation album MSG Vol. 1. The style was originally pioneered by musician and

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Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music,

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Indeterminacy (music)

Indeterminacy is a composing approach in which some aspects of a musical work are left open to chance or to the interpreter's free choice. John Cage, a pioneer of indeterminacy, defined it as "the

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Indian classical music

Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is generally described using terms like Shastriya Sangeet and Marg Sangeet. It has two major traditions: the North Indian

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Indian film music

Indian film music refers to the music produced for India's mainstream motion picture industry and written and performed for Indian cinema. In cinema, music directors make up the main body of

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Indian folk music

Indian folk music is sung in various languages and

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Indian hip-hop

Indian hip hop is a genre of popular music developed in India. Desi hip-hop is a term given by Bohemia for music and culture which combines the influences of hip-hop and the Indian subcontinent; the

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Indian pop

Indian pop music, also known as Indi-pop or I-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from film soundtracks for Indian cinema. Indian pop is closely linked to Indian cinema

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Indian rock

Indian rock is a music genre in India that may incorporate elements of Indian music with rock music, and is often topically India-centric. While India is more often known for its (northern and

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Indie classical

The "indie classical" genre is generally used to describe the music that follows certain classical music practices but is produced and distributed through independent record labels. The term was

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Indie folk

Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk

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Indie music

Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedom, low budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation. It

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Indie pop

Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music

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Indigenous metal music

Indigenous metal is heavy metal music played by indigenous peoples of various colonized regions. Bands may play music from across the metal spectrum, though most center indigenous themes, stories, or

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Indigenous music of Australia

Indigenous music of Australia comprises the music of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, intersecting with their cultural and ceremonial observances, through the millennia

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Indigenous music of Canada

Indigenous music of Canada encompasses a wide variety of musical genres created by Aboriginal Canadians. Before European settlers came to what is now Canada, the region was occupied by many First

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Indigenous music of North America

Indigenous music of North America, which includes American Indian music or Native American music, is the music that is used, created or performed by Indigenous peoples of North America, including

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Indigenous rock

Indigenous or Aboriginal rock is a style of music which mixes rock music with the instrumentation and singing styles of Indigenous peoples. Two countries with prominent Aboriginal rock scenes are

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Indo jazz

Indo jazz is a musical genre consisting of jazz, classical and Indian influences. Its structure and patterns are based on Indian music with typical jazz improvisation overlaid. While the term itself

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Indo pop

Indo pop (), also known as Indonesian pop () or I-pop, is loosely defined as Indonesian pop music; however, in a wider sense, it can also encompass Indonesian pop culture, which also includes

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Indonesian hip-hop

Indonesian hip-hop is hip-hop created in

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Indonesian rock

Indonesian rock is rock music from Indonesia, a product of the culture and globalizing outlook of the country, similar to this genre's music

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Indorock

Indorock is a musical genre that originated in the 1950s in the Netherlands, formerly the colonial exploiter of the Dutch East Indies. It is a fusion of Indonesian and Western music, with roots in

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Industrial folk music

Industrial folk music, industrial folk song, industrial work song or working song is a subgenre of folk or traditional music that developed from the 18th century, particularly in Britain and North

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Industrial hip-hop

Industrial hip hop is a fusion genre of industrial music and hip hop. Originally emerging in the mid-1980s, the genre incorporates the production elements of industrial music with that of traditional

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Industrial metal

Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent

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Industrial music

Industrial music (or simply industrial) is a subgenre of experimental music that emerged in the mid-to late 1970s, primarily inspired by industrial society, while drawing influences from avant-garde

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Industrial musical

An industrial musical is a musical performed internally for the employees or shareholders of a business to create a feeling of being part of a team, to entertain, and/or to educate and motivate the

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Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. Originally emerging in the late 1970s to early 1980s, pioneered by artists such as Chrome, Killing Joke, Swans, Big Black

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Industrial techno

Industrial techno is a subgenre of techno and industrial dance music that originated in the

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Insertion aria

An insertion aria ( in Italian, also known as suitcase aria, interpolated aria, or trunk aria) is an aria sung in an opera for which it was not composed. It was a practice that began in the

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Instrumental

An instrumental, instrumental music, or sometimes "instrumental song" is music without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band

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Instrumental rock

Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes instrumental performance and features very little or no singing. Examples of instrumental music in rock can be found in practically every subgenre of

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Intelligent dance music

Intelligent dance music (IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s, defined by idiosyncratic experimentation rather than specific genre constraints. The music often described

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Intermezzo

In music, an intermezzo (, , plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a

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Internet music

Internet music (also known as online music or digital music ) is a style of music influenced by Internet culture and practices that originated from or were significantly shaped by the Internet, as

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Internet rap

Internet rap (also known as online rap or originally blog rap) is a style of hip-hop that emerged in the late 2000s, initially spreading through the online blogosphere, and early social media

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Intuitive music

Intuitive music is a form of musical improvisation based on instant creation in which fixed principles or rules may or may not have been given. It is a type of process music where instead of a

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Inuit music

Traditional Inuit music (sometimes Eskimo music, Inuit-Yupik music, Yupik music or Iñupiat music), the music of the Inuit, Yupik, and Iñupiat, has been based on drums used in dance music as far back

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Inuit throat singing

Inuit throat singing, or katajjaq (), is a distinct type of throat singing uniquely found among the Inuit. It is a form of musical performance, traditionally consisting of two women who sing duets in

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Invention (musical composition)

In music, an invention is a short composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) in two-part counterpoint. Compositions in the same style as an invention but using three-part counterpoint are known

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