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Between 7th and 9th centuries.First compiler Gregory the Great.Characteristics:
·It has monophonic texture.
·It uses modal scales and in free time.
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The composer is known,it has a monophonic texture with instrumental accompaniment,it´s composed with modal scales and rhythmic modes,it was composed to entertain(about secular or religious topics) and in the vernacular,it was performed by minstrels in public spaces and in palaces.
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A second voice was added to plainsong and polyphony was born.
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He created the four-line stave,invented the Guidonian hand and gave the notes the names we still use today.
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She composed a total of 78 liturgical pieces of musicfor her congregation and the first surviving liturgical drama.
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Is a scenic cantata based on 24 poems from the medieval collection.
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Refers to music developed between the 12th and 13th centuries,mainly by the schools in Santiago and Paris
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This included the first symbols related to metre and assigned different note values depending on the duration of the note.
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Were wondering clerics and mendicant students.Mny of them wrote poetry in latin,wich was often satirical or critical of the church.
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They were written in songbooks from the reing of King Alfonso X the Wise.
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It´s a type of polyphonic texture with several similar but independent melodic lines that imitate each other,starting one after the other.
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It consists of several melodic lines that are played simultaneously,this are similar and all parts perform the same lirycs at the same time.
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In this texture ther is a main melodic line that can be identified clearly.The other parts perform the HARMONIC ACCOMPANIMENT.
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In this period the distinction between religious and secular music continued,characteristics
·It was composed for several parts.
·It was omposed using medieval modal escales.
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MOTET:composition for two or three parts,each part with different lyrics and rhythm.
MASS:based on the fixed parts of the religious ceremony.
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Refers to music developed between the 14th and 15th centuries,coinciding with mensural notation.
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In the Renaissace,the bourgeoisie contributed to its development.
·The madrigal was the dominant form,it described the feelings through the union of music and text.
·In England numerous songs for one voice with instrumental accompaniment were written.
·I n France the same from,chanson,for several voices with instrumental accompaniment were very popular.
·In Spain the main characteristics of secular vocal music were lyrics in Spanish and strong rhythms:
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·Compositions based on vocal music:instumentalists,who usually accompanied vocal pieces,used these as a base for instrumental works.
·Compositions with an improvisational feel:composers started to write down any brief iprovised pieces that were good musical quality.
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Capture of Constantinople and the fall of the Byzantine Empire.(1453)
Marriage of Isabel of Castlle and Fernando of Aragon.(1469)
Invention of the printing press.(1450)
Death of Cosimo de´Medici(1464)
Birth of Erasmus of Rotterdam(1466)
Birth of Josquin des Prés.(1450)
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New social class:the bourgeoisie.Foundations of the modernstate.Science made huge advances and the division of the Church started the wars of religion.Artiss were influenced by humanism and they started to see art as an end in itself,they also tried to achieve an ideal form of beauty in their works.
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War of Succession for.(1475-1479)
The establishment of the Spanish Inquisition(1478)
Birth of Copernicus.(1473)
Jorge Manrique writes Coplas a la Muerte de su Padre.(1476)
The Cancionero de Palacio strts to be compiled(1475)
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Christopher Columbus reaches America.(1492)
Conquest of the kingdom of Granada.(1492)
The exile of the Muslims and Jews.(1492)
First edition of La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas.(1499)
Leonardo da Vinci paints La Gioconda.(1503)
Birth of Cristóbal de Morales and Luis de Milán.(1500)
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This form of musical expression became more and more complex,reached its maximum level.
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Reign of Carlos I of Spain.(1516-1556)
Holy Roman Emperor(1520-1558)
Martin Luther initites the Protestant Reformation.(1517)
Michelangelo finishes the Sistine Chapel(1512)
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Francisco Pizarroconquers the Inca Empire.(1532)
Henry VIII establishes the Church of England.(1534)
Council of Trent and start of the Counter-Reformation.(1545)
Birth of El Greco.(1541)
Birth of Orlando di Lasso and Maddalena Casulana.(1544)
Birth of Antonio de Cabezón(1538)
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He was born in Avila and received his first music lessons there.At the age of 19 he travelled to Rome to complete his musical training with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,the most important composer at the time.In 1587,Victoria became chapel master to the Empress María of Austria in Madrid.He later worked as an organist at the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales.
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Reign of Felipe II of Spain(1556-1598)
Miguel Servet publishes his discoveries on blood circulation.(1553)
First edition of Lazarrillo de Tormes.(1554)
The Cancionero de Upsala is published.(1556)
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The Battle of Lepanto(1571)
Felipe II claims Portugal for the Spanish Cown.(1580)
Pope Gregory XIII introduces the Gregorian clendar.(1582)
Birth of Francisco Correa de Arauxo.(1584)
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Reign of Felipe III of Spain.(1598-1621)
First edition of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.(1601)
First edition of Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes.(1605)
Galileo Galilei makes his first telescope.(1609)
John Dowland publishes his First Booke of Songs or Ayres.(1597)
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It started with the appearance of opera an ended with the death of Johann Sebastian Bach.http://bit.ly/2qVa3JD
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In this period,both vocal and instrumental music was composed with the texture of melody-dominated homophony.https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.earlymusicsources.com%2Fyoutube%2Fbc-1650-1700&redir_token=IWjn3sc4DNUa9P_hSeIFGAXJh9t8MTU0NzU0NTE3MkAxNTQ3NDU4Nzcy
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It consisted of all the instrument families,but was much smaller than it is today.Here are different sections:
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Characteristics:
3It was balanced,clear and bright.
·It aimed to find a musical language to express perfection and beauty.
·It used muical forms with well-define structures and smooth transitions between sections.
·It emphasised the melody.
·The use of a simple harmony.
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Author of Robinson Crusoe
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He is included as a member of the French Academy.
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The harpsichord and the basso continuo stopped being used.It incorporated the clarinet,the French horn and the piano.The number of instruments in the bowed strings section increased which meant that an orchestra conductor was needed.
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Death of Montesquieu,a French thinker and politician of the Enlightenment.
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W.A.Mozart was born,he was an Austrian composer and pianist,he was one of the most influential musicians in the history of music.
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1756-W.A.Mozart was born
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Opera seria:mainly represented by Christoph Willibald Gluck,three-act sructure,mythological or historical plots,simple arias and more expressive recitatives.
Opera buffa:to entertain a wide audience who didn´t need to have musical knowledge.It used everyday situations for its plots,added comedy or romance and used a language that was easy to understand.
Religious vocal music:itwas in a gradual decline,although the Baroque musical forms were still practised mostly the requiem. -
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James Watt invents it in 1763.
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The riots were a response to the control used by a minister of the same name.They resulted in a change of government.
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He was a musician from the trasition between the Classical and the Romantic period,and oe of the most important composers in the history of music
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He was a French thinker and author of The Social Contract
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He was a reformer of the Opera Seria.
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It started with paintings that attempted to capture reality in a subjective way,moving away from a realistic style.They used:
Musical atmospheres inspired by nature or unusual things.
Scales that evoked oriental music.
Imprecise melodic lines and free,irregular rhythm.
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It was a reaction to the first avant-garde styles,it aimed for a return to Classical aesthetics.
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It started in painting,during the First World War in Geramny.The main theme was people and their inner life but from a pessimistic point of view.Characteristics:
It used very strong rhythm.
Compositions were designed for small chamber ensembles.
The melodic line was lost in favour of the Sprechgesang.
It included strong dissonances.
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Atonality is the use of non-tonal music that was full of dissonances that generated tension.
The twelve-tone technique was based on the use of the cromatic scale,it gave the same importance to all twelve notes. -
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J.C.de Arriaga was known as `the Spanish Mozart´.
Vicente Martín y Soler was a composer of operas in the italian style. -
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He was the creator of the modern ballet.
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Napoleon Bonaparte is finally defeated in this battle.
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It was originally called The Velocipede.
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The piano was the most important Romantic instrument.The piano developed technically and achieved a great expressive ability.Types of compositions:
·Short pieces for solo piano.
·Chamber music.
·Longer works.
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Symphony orchestra appeared in the Romantic period.The wind section grew,incorporating instruments that weren´t in common use,the percussion section also grew.The symphony and the concerto stood out
·Programme music:aims to describe a programme inspired by extra-musical elements.
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·Opera´s countries:Italy(bel canto and verismo).France(grand opéra and operetta).Germany(leitmotiv).
·Types of Zarzuela:zarzuela grande and género chico.
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Main characteristics:
·Wanting to be free from Classical rules and express emotions.
·Aiming for virtuosity,mainly on piano and violin.
·Making the melody an important means of expression.
·Using a wider vocabulary on scores to show precise changes in dynamics.
·Using melody-dominated homophony with complex harmonies.
·Appearing in small musical forms designed for smaller venues.
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·Revolutionary movements in Spain,Italy and Greece.
·End of the Spanish American wars of independence.
·Opening of the freight railway.
·Death of Francisco de Goya.
·Birth of Francisco Asenjo Barbieri.
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·Liberal revolution in France.
·Reign of Isabel II of Spain.
·First Carlist War in Spain.
·Death of Goethe.
·Morse´s telegraph is exhibited.
·Composition of Fantastical Symphony.
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·End of European Restoration.
·Start of the French Second Republic.
·Publishment of the Communist Manifesto.
·Death of Felix Mendelssohn.
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·Napoleon III is appointed Emperor of the Decond French Empire.
·PUblishment of Hard Times.
·Publishment of The Flowers of Evil.
·Publishment of Origin of Species.
·Formation of the group The Five.
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·American Civil War and abolition of slavery in the United States.
·Birth of Miguel de Unamuno.
·Opening of the Suez Canal.
·Composition of The Blue Danube.
·Death of Gioachino Rossini. -
·French Third Republic.
·Unification of Italy and Germany.
·Reign of Alfonso XII of Spain.
·death of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
·First telephone.
·Universal Exposition held in Paris.
·Composition of The Ring of the Nibelung.
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·Reign of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
·The Second International is established.
·The first automobile is built.
·The Eiffel Tower is built.
·Birth of Béla Bartók. -
·Start of the Cuban War of Independence.
·First radio communication system.
·The patent of the cinematograph.
·First performance of La Verbena de la Paloma.
·Death of Adolphe Sax. -
Characteristics:
Pursuing novelty,experimentation and originality.
Searching for a new musical lenguage.
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·First Moroccan Crisis.
·Formation of the Triple Entente.
·Death of Friedrich Nietzsche.
·Making of the first powered flight.
·Death of Giuseppe Verdi.
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Spanish musicians soon started to accept the new avant-garde trends coming from Europe.
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It used sounds from their surroundings and then modified them with the latest technology.
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Is a reaction to the rigid rules of the twelve-tone technique and was based on chance and the ability of the performers to improvise.
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It used sounds from their surroundings and then modified them with the latest technology.Process:
·First they recorded the sounds.
·Then they processed them in a recording studio.
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It aimed to creat simple,direct music with minimal resources.
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In this year Spain started to become less isolated and exchange ideas qith the outside world more and more frequently.This is when de Generación del 51 appeared.
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It appeared as a reaction to the rigid rules of the twelve-tone technique and was based on chance and the ability of the performers to improvise.
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Electronic music was produced entirely in a recording studio.
Electroacustic music combined the real sounds of musique concrète with other electronically-generated sounds. -
Electronic: it was produced entirely in a recording studio.
Electroacustic: it combined the real sounds of musique concrète with other electronically-generated sounds.
