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A treatise in which Guido describes the use of solmization (ie; sight singing syllables), using a six note system (ie; the hexachord system), created the four line staff, the idea of relative pitch, and accidentals using a rounded b (flat) and a square b (natural).
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This treatise laid the ground work for modern notation introducing meter along with new note shapes and values.
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This work, dedicated to the pope, demonstrated that sacred words can be intelligible in polyphonic music with six voices. To this day, this work is an ideal model for counterpoint.
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This work, composed in Venice, was the first to ever specify which instruments were to play what line. It was also the first ever to indicate dynamics.
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A collection that was the most influential publication of any music in the early 18th century. It launched the popularity of the Italian concerto throughout Europe.
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These works demonstrate the possibilities for playing in all the keys using an instrument tuned in near-equal temperament.
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The most influential of all theoretical works, this treatise introduced the terms tonic, dominant, and subdominant (established 3 chords as pillars of harmony) and it defined the root of a chord and recognized inversions. This treatise became the basis for teaching functional harmony that is still used today.
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The Concert des Amateurs was one of the finest orchestras in Europe, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges led one of the world's first modern orchestras at the time.
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It was written in 1791, but premiered in London in 1792.
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This symphony was written in the 2nd of 3 style periods that infused drama and expression. It was four movements constructed of only 4 notes.
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This piece was one of 59 songs set to texts by JW Goethe. It was also the first song that Schubert attempted to have published.
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Famous for encompassing on of the most famous patter arias (Figaro).
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Theme and variations, this theme served as the basis for variations by other composers.
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This was the first time mazurkas, typically played by multiple instruments, were written for piano.
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One of the first programmatic symphonies.
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A program piece which was one of 400 of Mendelssohn's most famous compositions that features character pieces, twelve months, plus a postlude.
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A piece written based on Gottschalk's tours through the Caribbean.
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A suite of 10 pieces for piano. This suite is the most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for pianos.
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A semiserious opera about that uses the music to characterize the characters, such as using an augmented 2nd motive to represent Carmen.
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A cycle of 4 music dramas. The music dramas feature continuous music, extensive use of leitmotifs, diminished importance of virtuosic singing, and elimination of musical numbers to enhance continuity.
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Brahms' final symphony.
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This symphony incorporates music Mahler had previously composed.
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