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Light music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of "light" orchestral music, which originated in the 19th century and continues until the present day. Its heyday occurred during the mid‑20th century.〔Geoffrey Self, ''Light Music in Britain Since 1870: A Survey'' (Ashgate, 2001)〕〔Lamb, Andrew (2002). (British light music: sound good, feel good ), ''Gramophone'' November 2002, pp.34–38, accessed 12 September 2011.〕 The style is a less "serious" form of Western classical music, featuring through-composed, usually shorter orchestral pieces and suites designed to appeal to a wider audience than more serious compositions. The form was especially popular during the formative years of radio broadcasting, with stations such as the BBC Light Programme featuring a playlist largely consisting of light compositions. Occasionally known as mood music or concert music, light music is often grouped with the easy listening genre, albeit this designation is misleading.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Expired website - This website has expired )〕 Although mainly a British phenomenon, light music was also popular in the United States and in continental Europe, and many compositions in the genre are still familiar through their use as film, radio and television themes. ==Origins== Before Late Romantic orchestral trends of length and scope separated the trajectory of lighter orchestral works from the Western Classical canon, classical composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Joseph Haydn won as much fame for writing lighter pieces such as ''Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'' as for their symphonies and operas. Later examples of early European light music include the operettas of composers such as Franz von Suppé or Sir Arthur Sullivan; the Continental salon and parlour music genres; and the waltzes and marches of Johann Strauss II and his family.〔H. E. Jacob, ''Johann Strauss - Father and Son - A Century of Light Music'', 1977, ISBN 978-0-8369-5701-3〕 The Straussian waltz became a common light music composition (note for example Charles Ancliffe's "Nights of Gladness" or Felix Godin's "Valse Septembre"). These influenced the foundation of a "lighter" tradition of classical music in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The light-music genre as it is currently recognised probably has its origin in the seaside orchestras that flourished in Britain during the 19th and early 20th century.〔Lyndon Jenkin's CD notes to "British Light Music" (EMI)〕 These played a wide repertoire of music, from classical music to arrangements of popular songs and ballads of the time. From this tradition came many specially written shorter orchestral pieces designed to appeal to a wider audience. Notably, even "serious" composers such as Sir Edward Elgar wrote a number of popular works in this medium, such as the "Salut d'Amour", the ''Nursery Suite'', and ''Chanson de Matin''.〔 The conductor Sir Thomas Beecham became famous for concluding his otherwise serious orchestral concerts with what he termed "lollipops", meaning less serious, short or amusing works chosen as a crowd-pleasing encore.〔EMI CD CDM 7 63412 2, published in 1991.〕 Influenced by the earlier "promenade concerts" held in London pleasure gardens, a similar spirit embued many of Henry Wood's early Queen's Hall Proms concerts, especially the "Last Night".〔(Proms 2010: Last Night of the Proms 1910 Style ), accessed 18 November 2010〕 However, in the late 1920s with the introduction of radio broadcasting by the BBC the style found an ideal outlet. This increased after the launch of the BBC Light Programme in 1945, featuring programmes such as ''Friday Night is Music Night'' and ''Music While You Work''. The halcyon days of the genre date from this period until the early 1960s.〔Brian Kay: "Music Everywhere" (2005 BBC Television programme)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Light music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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