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Guido of Arezzo’s Micrologus allowed for the development of a 4-line staff, relative pitch, and the use of sight singing.
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Ars Nova had replaced Ars Antiqua, allowing for a reformation to be made to music notation. This treatise set the groundwork for what we use in modern notation.
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It was an example of Palestrina’s style featuring Counterpoint, and was used as a model for generations afterwards. It was also created to demonstrate that sacred words can be understood within the polyphonic texture of 6 voices.
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It was created at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy. It’s two fold importance would be how it was the first piece to display dynamics and it was also the first piece to indicate what instrument plays on what voice line.
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It has an expanded and interesting harmony that heavily stood out, especially as its' title means "The Harmonic Inspiration."
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It was the most influential of all theoretical works as it became the basis for teaching functional harmony.
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It proved that Bach's tuning allowed for each of the twelve major and minor scales could be played on the keyboard, allowed for students to learn and use each of the scales.
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One of the finest orchestras in Europe being led by Le Mozart Noir, or the Black Mozart. He was one of France’s best composers, conductors, and violinists.
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“The March of the Peasants”, written about the farmers within the inner parts of Puerto Rico with inspiration from the wandering bands’ Christmas songs.
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The whole-tone scale and the break of uniformity was Debussy's Niche, and had given the piece a mysterious but eerie sort of feeling, with a loud and faster break inbetween the mystery.
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Schonberg had written this piece with a focus towards the test to allow for the atonality and sprechstimme to speak for itself and allow for his story to be relayed properly.
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This piece had the Second Viennese School's edition of the 12 tone system which did not put emphasis on any specific note but rather ensured the 12 chromatic notes were all equally played.
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I believe Armstrong had introduced Scat Singing in this piece, which sets syllables to an improvised line.
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It attempted to conform to the soviet symphonic style to represent a hero’s journey.
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Propaganda to rally the Russians to fight for their home,
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It brought new approaches to writing music that highlight other members of the band as well as show the importance of improvisation.
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Uses bird noises to create a sense of freedom in a piece that is designed to feel endless due to the rhythmic qualities.
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Captured the idea of the American dream, with people believing in prosperity where people could be United.
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Bartok wrote this piece with a soloistic mindscape, allowing for emphasis upon individual instruments in the orchestra, all while being influenced by Hungarian Folk Music
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Proved to the world that any auditory experience can be considered music.
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Varese composed it to be a liberation of sounds using non musical noise throughout.
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It popularized a new approach to improvisation.
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It had bizarre voice effects along with other experimental sounds and instruments to give a creepy yet virtuosic sense to poems by Federico Garcia Lorca
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A minimalist piece designed to evoke the emotion of riding in a sports car, though you wish you had not gotten in the car. It used repetition, steady beats, and harmonic language to evoke these emotions.