Final Exam Timeline

  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi, this was one of the first known operas. It combined music, drama, and expressions to tell a story.
  • First Public Concerts in England

    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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    JS Bach

    Bach was a German composer and composed various genres such as keyboard works to cantatas and orchestral music.
  • Antonio Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico

    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi, L'Estro Armonico is a collection of concertos for solo instruments and orchestra.
  • Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie

    Jean-Philippes Rameau's explored the prinicples of harmony and provided harmonic practices of the Baroque period
  • Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier Volume 1

    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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    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn was an Austrian composer that was known for his expansive library of symphonies, string quartets, and other instrumental works.
  • Handel's Messiah:

    George Handel's Messiah was a oratorio composed in 1741 based on biblical texts.
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    Viennese Classical Period

    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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    WA Mozart

    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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    Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs

    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.
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni is an opera composed by Mozart that is a dramatical comedic tragedy. It is considered one of Mozart's greatest operatic achievements.
  • Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    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.