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Egypt 2nd millennium bce, Brass
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China 900BC, woodwind
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France 15 Century, Brass
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Date of birth: May 15, 1567
Date of death: November 29, 1643
Country of origin: Cremona, Italy
Major influence(s): Giaches de Wert
Notable works:
- L’Arianna
-La favola d’Orfeo
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Italy 16th Century, strings
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Spain 16th century, strings
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Italy 16th century, strings
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Baroque Period Styles:
-Opera: Staged dramas, sung from beginning to end
-Oratorio: Large-scale composition that tells a sacred story in the creation without staging or acting
-Cantata: One or more voices in solos, duets, and choruses, singing with also an instrument Prominent Composers:
-Arcangelo Corelli
-Alessandro Scarlatti
-François Couperin https://shorturl.at/SdECv
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Date of birth: February 17, 1653
Date of death: January 8, 1713
Country of origin: Fusignano, Italy
Major influence(s): Giovanni Benvenuti
Notable works:
--12 Chamber Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Violone or Harpsichord
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Date of birth: February 23, 1685
Date of death: April 14, 1759
Country of origin: Halle, Germany
Major influence(s): Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti
Notable works:
-Messiah Oratorio
-Theodora Oratorio
Funfact: His father wanted Handel to be a lawyer but Duke Johann Adolf I convinced him to take Handel to music lessons after seeing him perform
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Date of birth: March 31, 1685
Date of death: July 28, 1750
Country of origin: Eisenach, Germany
Major influence(s): Johann Pachelbel.
Notable works:
-Brandenburg Concertos
-Christmas Oratorio
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France 17th Century (estimated), woodwind
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Italy 1709, percussion
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Created by François Couperin in 1714, the style people describe the creation is a soloist virtuoso performance. https://open.spotify.com/search/Le%C3%A7ons%20de%20t%C3%A9n%C3%A8bres
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Created by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1721, the style people describe the creation as concerto grosso. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCPM8DEsvmc
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Date of birth: March 31, 1732
Date of death: May 31, 1809
Country of origin: Rohrau, Austria
Major influence(s): George Frideric Handel
Notable works:
-Deutschlandlied
-Emperor Quartet
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Created by Arcangelo Corelli in 1739, the style people describe the creation as baroque concerto grosso. https://open.spotify.com/search/Concerti%20grossi%2C%20Op%206
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Classical Period Styles:
-Symphony: Used for the song's most dramatic and long part
-Sonata: Organizes the music material
-String Quartet: Four instruments play like a symphony usually in four movements: the fast sonata form, slow movement, minuet or scherzo, and the fast fourth movement. Prominent Composers:
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Franz Joseph Hadyn
-Ludwig Van Beethoven https://shorturl.at/6EKyp
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Date of birth: January 27, 1756
Date of death: December 5, 1791
Country of origin: Salzburg, Austria
Major influence(s): Johann Christian Bach and Giovanni Battista Sammartini.
Notable works:
- A Musical Joke
-Adagio für Harmonika K. 356
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Date of birth: December 17, 1770
Date of death: March 26, 1827
Country of origin: Bonn, Germany
Major influence(s): Franz Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Notable works:
-Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
-Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Funfact: The actual birth of Beethoven is unknown
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven
https://classicalmusiconly.com/composer/ludwig-van-beethoven/works
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Created by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791, the style people describe the creation as Singspiel. https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Magic%20Flute
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Created by Franz Joseph Hadyn in 1798, the style people describe the creation as baroque-style. https://open.spotify.com/search/Nelson%20Mass
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Created by Ludwig Van Beethoven in 1799, the style people describe the creation as both classical and romantic. https://open.spotify.com/search/pathetique
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Austria 18th Century, Percussion
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Date of birth: December 11, 1803
Date of death: March 8, 1869
Country of origin: La Côte-Saint-André, France
Major influence(s): Ludwig Van Beethoven
Notable works:
-Symphonie fantastique
-Dramatic piece La Damnation de Faust
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Date of birth: February 3, 1809
Date of death: November 4, 1847
Country of origin: Hamburg, Germany
Major influence(s): Carl Friedrich Zelter
Notable works:
-Italian Symphony
-A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Date of birth: October 22, 1811
Date of death: July 31, 1886
Country of origin: Raiding, Austria
Major influence(s): Niccolò Paganini
Notable works:
-Totentanz for piano and orchestra
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Romantic Period Styles:
-Opera: Tells a story through song
-Operetta: Contains a spoken dialogue along with a song
-Rhapsody: Ecstatic expression of an emotion Prominent Composers:
-Hector Berlioz
-Felix Mendelssohn
-Franz Liszt https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanticism/Music
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Berlin 1822, percussion
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Created by Felix Mendelssohn in 1826, the style people describe the creation as a traditional sonata. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MF58APd3YV72Ln2eVg710
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Berlin 1829, Brass
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Created by Hector Berlioz in 1830, the style people describe the creation as programmatic music. https://open.spotify.com/search/Hector%20Berlioz%20-%20Symphonie%20Fantastique
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Date of birth: May 7, 1840
Date of death: November 6, 1893
Country of origin: Votknisk, Russia
Major influence(s): Anton Rubinstein and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Notable works:
-Romeo and Juliet overture
-The sleeping Beauty 1889
Funfact: When he was 4 years old he began composing
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky
https://tchaikovsky101.weebly.com/people-who-influenced-him.html
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Paris 1846, woodwind
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Created by Franz Liszt in 1856, the style people describe the creation as program music. https://open.spotify.com/search/Mephisto%20Waltz
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Date of birth: August 22, 1862
Date of death: March 25, 1918
Country of origin: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Major influence(s): Richard Wagner, Aleksandr Borodin, and Modest Mussorgsky.
Notable works:
-Clair de lune
-Nocturnes
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Date of birth: June 17, 1882
Date of death: April 6, 1971
Country of origin: Lomonosov, Russia
Major influence(s): Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.
Notable works:
-Oedipus Rex
-Persephone
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Date of birth: April 29, 1899
Date of death: May 24, 1974
Country of origin: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Major influence(s): Bubber Miley
Notable works:
-Take the 'A' Train
-Echoes of Harlem
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Nuremberg 19th Century, woodwind
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Date of birth: November 14, 1900
Date of death: December 2, 1990
Country of origin: Brooklyn (NY) U.S
Major influence(s): Nadia Boulanger
Notable works:
-The Red Pony
-Symphony No 3.
Funfact: He received multiple honorary degrees (more than 30) and many additional awards
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20th Century Styles:
-Impressionism: a style that explores mood using the pitches of instruments, orchestration, and harmonic concepts.
-Expressionism: focuses on emotion, inner experiences, and spiritual themes.
-Neoclassicism: rebirth of the classical style. Prominent Composers:
-Igor Stravinsky
-Duke Ellington
-John Cage Funfact: The 20th century was the first century of recorded music. https://shorturl.at/fHTed
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Date of birth: September 5, 1912
Date of death: August 12, 1992
Country of origin: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Major influence(s): Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies
Notable works:
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Created by Igor Stravinsky in 1913, the style people describe the creation as modernism. https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Rite%20Of%20Sring
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Created by Duke Ellington in 1941, the style people describe the creation as a jazz standard. https://open.spotify.com/search/take%20the%20%22A%22%20train
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Created by John Cage in 1952, the creation is complete silence, with people performing on stage for four minutes and thirty-three seconds for Cage to show there was no true silence. https://open.spotify.com/search/john%20cage%204%E2%80%9D%C2%B233%E2%80%9D%C2%B3
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