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Composed by Claudio Monteverdi, this was one of the first known operas. It combined music, drama, and expressions to tell a story.
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The first public concerts in England were around the late 17th century. John Banister organized public concerts in 1672 to make music accessible to a broader audience.
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Bach was a German composer and composed various genres such as keyboard works to cantatas and orchestral music.
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Composed by Antonio Vivaldi, L'Estro Armonico is a collection of concertos for solo instruments and orchestra.
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Jean-Philippes Rameau's explored the prinicples of harmony and provided harmonic practices of the Baroque period
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Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of 24 preludes and fugues written for keyboards. He used the well-tempered tuning system for the foundation of these works.
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Haydn was an Austrian composer that was known for his expansive library of symphonies, string quartets, and other instrumental works.
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George Handel's Messiah was a oratorio composed in 1741 based on biblical texts.
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The Viennese Classical Period was a musical period in Vienna that saw the rise of composers like Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven.
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Mozart was a child prodigy and became one of the most influential composers of the classical era. His works include symphonies, operas, chamber music, and piano compositions.
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Saint-Georges was a composer, violinist, and conductor. He served as director of Concerts in Paris and was one of the first Black conductors in classical history.
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Don Giovanni is an opera composed by Mozart that is a dramatical comedic tragedy. It is considered one of Mozart's greatest operatic achievements.
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Symphony No. 94 in G major was once of Haydn's best and well-known works. The second movement is one of the best known out of the symphony.