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40-501: The Star Sisters were a female Dance/Pop trio from The Netherlands that were very popular during the 1980s, most notably as the ladies who performed the chorus as members of Jaap Eggermont 's studio act Stars on 45 and in a spinoff in which they performed a medley of Andrews Sisters songs that charted internationally in 1983. In 1984, they performed the ending theme for the Japanese film The Return of Godzilla . Between 1983 and 1987

80-733: A boom in the late 1980s. In the UK, this manifested itself in the dance element of Tony Wilson 's Haçienda scene (in Manchester) and London clubs like Delirium, The Trip, and Shoom. The scene rapidly expanded to the Summer Of Love in Ibiza , which became the European capital of house and trance. In 2018, the release of Fisher's "Losing It ," a significant tech-house crossover by the Australian EDM producer, marked

120-449: A cherished tradition in both Western and Eastern African civilizations, where dynamic movements synchronized with percussion instruments such as drums, bells, and rattles serve as integral expressions of cultural identity, social cohesion, and spiritual significance. Folk dance music is music accompanying traditional dance and may be contrasted with historical/classical, and popular/commercial dance music. An example of folk dance music in

160-468: A dance craze. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music which used lavish orchestral arrangements. Genres : Disco , funk , R&B , hip hop In 1970, the television show Soul Train premiered featuring famous soul artists who would play or lipsync their hits while the audience danced along. In the early '70s, Kool and the Gang, Ohio Players , and B.T. Express were popular funk bands. By

200-533: A notable shift in trends within the dance music landscape. Many music genres that made use of electronic instruments developed into contemporary styles mainly due to the MIDI protocol, which enabled computers, synthesizers, sound cards , samplers, and drum machines to interact with each other and achieve the full synchronization of sounds. Electronic dance music is typically composed using synthesizers and computers , and rarely has any physical instruments . Instead, this

240-451: A suite in the 20th-century would come from the progressive rock band Pink Floyd . Their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother included the epic 23 minute-long Atom Heart Mother Suite on the first side of the record. The dance suite was a collection of dance music popular in the Baroque era . It consists of the following movements in this order: A suite may be introduced by a movement such as

280-567: Is mixed into the intro of the next. Suite (music) A suite , in Western classical music , is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral / concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that by the early 17th century it comprised up to five dances, sometimes with a prelude . The separate movements were often thematically and tonally linked. The term can also be used to refer to similar forms in other musical traditions, such as

320-474: Is replaced by analogue and digital electronic sounds, with a 4/4 beat. Many producers of this kind of music however, such as Darren Tate and MJ Cole , were trained in classical music before they moved into the electronic medium. Associated with dance music are usually commercial tracks that may not easily be categorized, such as " The Power " by Snap! , " No Limit " by 2 Unlimited , " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) " by C+C Music Factory , and

360-465: The Shining series), or entirely original movements ( Holberg Suite , The Planets ). Estienne du Tertre published suyttes de bransles in 1557, giving the first general use of the term "suite" 'suyttes' in music, although the usual form of the time was as pairs of dances. The first recognizable suite is Peuerl 's Newe Padouan, Intrada, Dantz, and Galliarda of 1611, in which the four dances of

400-1234: The Beatmasters ' " Rok da House " but the term "dance music" is applied to many forms of electronic music , both commercial and non-commercial. Some of the most popular upbeat genres include house , techno , gqom , drum & bass , jungle , hardcore , electronica , industrial , breakbeat , trance , psychedelic trance , UK garage and electro . There are also much slower styles, such as downtempo , chillout and nu jazz . Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Subgenres of house include acid house , kwaito , electro house , hard house , funky house , deep house , afro house , tribal house , hip house , tech house and US garage . Subgenres of drum & bass include techstep , hardstep , jump-up , intelligent D&B/atmospheric D&B , liquid funk , sambass , drumfunk , neurofunk and ragga jungle . Subgenres of other styles include progressive breaks , booty bass , Goa trance , hard trance , hardstyle , minimal techno , gabber techno , breakcore , broken beat , trip hop , folktronica and glitch . Speed garage , breakstep , 2-step , bassline , grime , UK funky , future garage and

440-595: The Estampie . The earliest of these surviving dances are almost as old as Western staff-based music notation . The Renaissance dance music was written for instruments such as the lute , viol , tabor , pipe , and the sackbut . In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance ). Examples of dances include the French courante , sarabande , minuet and gigue . Collections of dances were often collected together as dance suites . In

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480-507: The Turkish fasıl and the Arab nuubaat . In the Baroque era, the suite was an important musical form , also known as Suite de danses , Ordre (the term favored by François Couperin ), Partita , or Ouverture (after the theatrical " overture " which often included a series of dances) as with the orchestral suites of Christoph Graupner , Telemann and J.S. Bach . During the 18th century,

520-433: The classical music era , the minuet was frequently used as a third movement in four-movement non-vocal works such as sonatas , string quartets , and symphonies , although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era, as the minuet evolved into the scherzo (literally, "joke"; a faster-paced minuet). Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw

560-559: The electronic dance music genre. By 1981, a new form of dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs , radio stations , shows and raves . During its gradual decline in the late 1970s, disco became influenced by electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers. sampling and segueing as found in disco continued to be used as creative techniques within trance music , techno music and especially house music . Electronic dance music experienced

600-551: The jazz genre. Perhaps the most notable composer is Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn , who produced many suites, amongst them: Black, Brown and Beige , Such Sweet Thunder , The Far East Suite , the New Orleans Suite , the Latin American Suite , and many more. Suites are also used in free jazz ( Max Roach : Freedom Now Suite , Don Cherry , John Coltrane 's A Love Supreme , etc.). Another example of

640-439: The reggae -inspired dubstep are all subgenres of UK garage . During the early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls . Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. Nightclubs were frequented by large numbers of people at which a form of jazz , which was characterized by fancy orchestras with strings instruments and complex arrangements, became

680-425: The 1750s, the suite had come to be seen as old-fashioned, superseded by the symphony and concerto, and few composers were still writing suites during that time. But since the 19th century , composers have frequently arranged ballets, operas, and other works into suites for concert performance. Arrangement into a suite can make the music more accessible and available to a wider audience, and has greatly helped popularize

720-2029: The 1950s because of rock music. In contrast to the 1920s, however, the use of live orchestras in night clubs was extremely rare due to its expense. The disco craze reached its peak in the late 1970s when the word "disco" became synonymous with "dance music" and nightclubs were referred to as "discos". Genres : Funk , hip hop , New jack swing , R&B , bounce , Miami bass , boogie , disco , jaiva , contemporary R&B , new wave , dark wave , Italo disco , Euro disco , post-disco , synth-pop , dance-pop , dance-rock , house , kwaito , acid house , hip house , techno , freestyle , electro , hi-NRG , EBM , cosmic disco , Balearic beat , new beat Genres : New jack swing , contemporary R&B , dancehall , hip hop , G-funk , Miami bass , house , Italo dance , Italo house , Eurodance , Europop , hip house , electro , electroclash , progressive house , French house , techno , minimal techno , trance , alternative dance , drum and bass , jungle , big beat , breakbeat , breakbeat hardcore , rave , hardcore , happy hardcore , speed garage , UK garage , soca , reggaeton , trance , psytrance , Goa trance , Afro house Genres : Electropop , dance-pop , snap , crunk , dancehall , reggaeton , dance-punk , nu-disco , electro house , minimal techno , dubstep , grime , bassline , UK funky , contemporary R&B , hip hop , drum and bass , progressive house , hardstyle , funky house Genres : Electropop , synthpop , gqom , glitchpop , hip house , nu-disco , new wave , new rave , trance , house , hi-NRG , hard NRG , dance-pop , electro-industrial , deep house , drum and bass , dubstep , techstep , liquid funk , electro house , progressive house , breakbeat , hardstyle , dubstyle , drumstep , hip hop , ghetto house , Jersey club , trap , drill , moombahton , moombahcore , dancehall , tropical house , UK garage , Europop , hyperpop The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart tracks

760-468: The Royal Fireworks in this form. Handel wrote 22 keyboard suites; Bach produced multiple suites for lute, cello, violin, flute, and other instruments, as well as English suites , French suites and Partitas for keyboard . François Couperin 's later suites (which he called "Ordres") often dispensed entirely with the standard dances and consisted entirely of character pieces with fanciful names. By

800-462: The United States is the old-time music played at square dances and contra dances . While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians), the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances such as carols and

840-458: The age of 23. In the late 19th century, Sibelius's Karelia Suite was written for the students of the Helsinki university. Brought on by Impressionism , the piano suite was reintroduced by early 20th-century French composers such as Ravel and Debussy . Debussy's Pour le piano is a suite in three movements, published in 1901, and his Suite bergamasque , revised in 1905, is probably one of

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880-455: The bands were classified as " pop groups ". This type of music is mostly popular in the Nordic countries . Disco is a genre of dance music containing elements of funk , soul , pop , and salsa . It was most popular during the mid to late 1970s, though it has had brief resurgences afterwards. The first notable fully synthesized disco hit was " I Feel Love " by Donna Summer . Looping ,It inspired

920-526: The early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls . Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. In the 1930s, known as the Swing era, Swing music was the popular dance music in America. In the 1950s, rock and roll became the popular dance music. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music. Dominican and Cuban New Yorkers created

960-480: The gigue appearing later than the others. Johann Jakob Froberger is usually credited with establishing the classical suite through his compositions in this form, which were widely published and copied, although this was largely due to his publishers standardizing the order; Froberger's original manuscripts have many different orderings of the movements, e.g. the gigue preceding the sarabande. The publisher's standardized order was, however, highly influential especially on

1000-578: The group released six singles in Europe, including their best known hits "Are You Ready For My Love" in 1986, "He's The 1 (I Love)" in 1985, and a cover of American singer Regina’s “ Baby Love ” in 1987. The group consisted of Sylvana van Veen (born 1950), Patricia Paay (born April 7, 1949) and Yvonne Keeley (born September 6, 1952). Paay and Keeley are actually sisters. Dance music Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music. During

1040-523: The mid-1970s, disco had become one of the main genres featured. In 1974, Billboard added a Disco Action chart of top hits to its other charts (see List of Billboard number one dance club songs ). Donna Summer , the Bee Gees, the Village People and Gloria Gaynor gained pop hits. Disco was characterized by the use of real orchestral instruments, such as strings, which had largely been abandoned during

1080-473: The most famous suites, especially the third movement, Clair de Lune . Ravel is particularly well known for his Miroirs suite for piano and lesser known for Le tombeau de Couperin , both requiring tremendous skill and dexterity from the pianist. Arnold Schoenberg 's first use of the twelve-tone technique throughout an entire work was in his Suite for Piano, op. 25 . Modeled on the Baroque keyboard suite,

1120-414: The most popular tracks played by radio stations using a "dance music" format . Modern dance music is typically a core component of the rhythmic adult contemporary and rhythmic contemporary formats, and an occasional component of the contemporary hit radio format in the case of dance songs which chart. Mixshows are radio programmes which feature a sequence of dance music tracks where each track's outro

1160-470: The music itself, such as in Tchaikovsky 's suite from The Nutcracker , or Aaron Copland 's suite from Appalachian Spring . Suites for orchestra or concert band usually consist of one or more movements . An example is Grieg 's Peer Gynt Orchestral Suites I and II, each consisting of four movements. Such suites may consist of Carl Nielsen made a Suite for String Orchestra his Opus 1 in 1888 at

1200-460: The name of the corresponding dance, e.g. waltzes , the tango , the bolero , the can-can , minuets , salsa , various kinds of jigs and the breakdown . Other dance forms include contradance , the merengue ( Dominican Republic ), and the cha-cha-cha . Often it is difficult to know whether the name of the music came first or the name of the dance. Ballads are commonly chosen for slow-dance routines. However ballads have been commonly deemed

1240-560: The opposite of dance music in terms of their tempo. Originally, the ballad was a type of dance as well (hence the name "ballad", from the same root as " ballroom " and " ballet "). Ballads are still danced on the Faeroe Islands . "Dansband" ("Dance band") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music , "dansbandsmusik" ("Dance band music"), to partner dance to. These terms came into use around 1970, and before that, many of

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1280-570: The piece consists of six movements entitled Präludium (Prelude), Gavotte , Musette , Intermezzo , Menuett (Minuet, with Trio), and Gigue . Other famous examples of early 20th-century suites are The Planets by Gustav Holst , a "Suite for Orchestra" in which each piece represents the astrological significance of one of the seven uninhabited planets then known, as well as his First Suite in E-flat and Second Suite in F for Military Band . There are as well several examples of suites being used in

1320-534: The popular salsa dance in the late 1960s which stemmed from the Latin music genre of salsa . The rise of disco in the early 1970s led to dance music becoming popular with the public. By the late 1970s, electronic dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in nightclubs , radio stations , shows and raves . Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Dancing to rhythmic music has long been

1360-424: The rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle , mazurka and polonaise . Also in the romantic music era, the growth and development of ballet extended the composition of dance music to a new height. Frequently, dance music was a part of opera . Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music. Dance music works often bear

1400-447: The second (but without the internal repeats), thus I, II, I. The later addition of an overture to make up an "overture-suite" was extremely popular with German composers; Telemann claimed to have written over 200 overture-suites, Christoph Graupner wrote 86 orchestral overture-suites and 57 partitas for harpsichord , J.S. Bach had his four orchestral suites along with other suites, and Handel put his Water Music and Music for

1440-719: The standard music at clubs. A particularly popular dance was the fox-trot . At the time this music was simply called jazz, although today people refer to it as "white jazz" or big band . Marabi evolved in South Africa in the 1920s, rooted in South African folk music, ragtime , jazz and blues . People were able to dance endlessly without having to have been familiar with the songs being played, before. Genres : Swing music , mbube , Congolese rumba , Western swing . Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller gained swing jazz hits. Genres : Rock and roll , kwela In 1952,

1480-408: The suite fell out of favour as a cyclical form, giving way to the symphony , sonata and concerto . It was revived in the later 19th century , but in a different form, often presenting extracts from a ballet ( Nutcracker Suite ), the incidental music to a play ( L'Arlésienne , Masquerade ), opera , film ( Lieutenant Kije Suite ) or video game ( Motoaki Takenouchi 's 1994 suite to

1520-406: The television showed that American Bandstand switched to a format where teenagers dance along as records are played. American Bandstand continued to be shown until 1989. Since the late 1950s, disc jockeys (commonly known as DJs) played recorded music at nightclubs. Genres : Rock and roll , R&B , funk , mbaqanga In 1960, Chubby Checker released his song " The Twist " setting off

1560-448: The title appear repeatedly in ten suites. The Banchetto musicale by Johann Schein (1617) contains 20 sequences of five different dances. The first four-movement suite credited to a named composer, Sandley's Suite , was published in 1663. The Baroque suite consisted of allemande , courante , sarabande , and gigue , in that order, and developed during the 17th century in France,

1600-404: The works of Bach. Many later suites included other movements placed between sarabande and gigue. These optional movements were known as galanteries : common examples are the minuet , gavotte , passepied , and bourrée . Often there would be two contrasting galanteries with the same name, e.g. Minuet I and II, to be played alternativement , meaning that the first dance is played again after

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