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Guido D'Arezzo was born and died in Italy. His lifespan is not certain but he was born around 991 and died after 1033.
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Born in Bermersheim von der Höhe, (modern day Germany) and lived until 81 when she died in Bingen.
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Pérotin worked in Paris. We are unsure of his dates but he flourished in the 12th century.
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Léonin was born in Paris in an estimated year of 1135-1150, he died in Paris in an assumed 1201. His timeline is not as certain as other composers.
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Machart was born in Reims, Northeast France and died in Reims (we think) at the estimated age of 77.
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Death began ravaging Europe
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It is not known exactly when the movable type printing press was invented. It appears to have been invented around 1439 or 1440. Gutenberg's invention was profoundly important. It launched a revolution in printing.
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Josquin was born in either Picardy, Northern France or Belgium and lived to the age of 71. He died in Conde-sur-Escaut, France
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Ardent was born in what is probably France or Belgium at an unknown specific year, he died in France at the age of 62
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Monteverdi was born in Cremona, Italy and died in Venice, Italy at the age of 76.
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Cozzolani was born in Milan, Italy and lived there all her life. She died in her mid seventies.
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Vivaldi was born in Venice, Italy and died in Vienna Austria at the age of 65.
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Bach was born in Eisenach, Central Germany and died at the age of 65 in Leipzig, Eastern Central Germany
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Scarlatti was born in Naples, Italy and died in Madrid Spain at the age of 71.
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Born in Rohrau, Eastern Austria and died in Vienna at the age of 77.
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Mozart was born in Salzburg Austria and died at the age of 35 in Vienna.
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Born in (modern day) central west Germany and died in Vienna, Austria at the age of 56.
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century.
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Accompanists, either pianists or entire orchestras, were hired to drown out the noise made by the projector during silent film viewing
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Joseph Carl Breil wrote the first feature length musical score for The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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The Jazz Singer (1927) was the first feature length film with synchronized dialogue and song sequences
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Most of the songs used are traditional Jazz standard
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The rising popularity of jazz music revolutionized the way music for film was written and the format of orchestration
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