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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval period
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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
The innovation in this document was 4 line staff, relative pitch, sight singing syllables, and Round b(flat) and square b(natural). -
1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus(Little Treatise)
The innovation in this document is the 4 line staff, relative pitch, sight singing syllables, and round b(flat) and square b(natural). -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
The important innovation is the time and prolation. -
Period: 1450 to
Renaissance period
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Period: 1450 to
Renaissance period
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1485
Josquin's Ave Maria...Virgo serena Motet
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1485
Josquin's Ave Maria...Virgo serena Motet
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1529
Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)
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1529
Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)
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1538
Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1538
Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
The legend/significance of this piece is that it exemplifies Palestrina’s Style, which became a model for subsequent generations and is still the ideal in present-day textbooks on counterpoint. -
1567
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
The legend/significance of this piece is that the work exemplifies Palestrina’s Style, which became a model for subsequent generations and is still the ideal in present-day textbooks on counterpoint. -
Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte
Sonata pian’e forte is part of Gabrieli's Sacrae symphoniae. It was written in St Mark's Basilica in 1597. The two fold importance is that it is among the first instrumental pieces to designate specific instruments in its printed parts. The first choir has a cornett and three sackbuts, while second has a violin and three sackbuts. -
Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte
The piece was written in 1597 at St Marks Basilica. The two fold importance is that it is among the first instrumental pieces to designate specific instruments in its printed parts. The first choir is a cornett and three sackbuts(early trombones), while second one is a violin and three sackbuts. -
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Baroque Period
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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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Period: to
JS Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico
The significance of this piece is that it was published by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam, the most prestigious publisher in Europe, it was the most influential publication of any music in the early 18thcentury,and it launched the immense popularity of the Italian concerto throughout Europe. -
Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1
The significance of this piece is that it contains 24 preludes and fugues in each major and minor key, and that it demonstrates the possibilities for playing in all keys using an instrument tuned in near-equal temperament -
Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie
The significance of this piece are the innovations of the triad and 7th chord primal importance, the defined root of chord and recognized inversions, fundamental bass line, consonance vs. dissonance, usage of terms tonic, dominant, and subdominant, established these 3 chords as pillars of harmony, the V7 – I was the strongest progression, and although a piece could modulate, each had a central tonic key. -
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PreClassical Period
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Period: to
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Handel's Messiah
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Period: to
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
The significance is that he was a virtuoso violinist, composed 12 violin concertos and 18 string quartets, a master swordsman, the son of a French colonial official and an African slave on Guadeloupe, he was sent to France for education, he was one of France’s best composers, conductors, and violinists, and that US President John Adams called him “the most accomplished man in Europe” -
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WA Mozart
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Viennese Classical Period
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"