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Harp
the string family and the percussion family
Invented in 15000 BC, Ancient Egypt
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Flute
Family of Woodwind
Invented in 900 BC, China
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Maracas
Family of percussion
Invented in 500 BC, Brazil
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A symphony is an orchestra's large-scale musical composition, usually requiring 50-80 instruments. https://coloradosymphony.org/symphony-vs-orchestra/#:~:text=A%20symphony%20is%20an%20orchestra's,often%20complex%2C%20elaborate%20classical%20music.
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xylophone
Family of percussion
invented in 9th century, Asia
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Made by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1704
Style: Baroque
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Snaredrums
Family of percussion
Invented in 14th century (no origin)
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Choir of Westminster Abbey
made by Zadok the priest in 1300
style:baroque
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Franciscus Bossinensis
made by Dolce amoroso foco in 1485-1535
style: chant
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Sonata is a style that was popular during the classical period. Many artists such as Beethoven used this style and made songs from it. For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU. This style was invented in the 16th century.
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Alonso Mudarra
made by PAVANA DE ALEXANDRE in 1510-1580
style:string
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Praetorius: February 15, 1571 - February 15, 1621 born in Germany. He was a major influence to people because he was the most famous as well as the most prolific German composer of his time. He has notable works like Musae Sioniae. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tifc2Cuq4kc&list=PLmK0VMQcDKHSg2ovp1SbmooaekR0_HENL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Praetorius
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banjo
family of string
Invented in the 17th century, West Africa
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bongos
Family of Percussion
Invented in 17th century, Africa
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Oboe
Family of Woodwind
Invented In 17th century, France
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Dramatic operas contain many instruments like violens and pianos, there is also people singing, there are many songs created with this style like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs. It was made in somewhere in the 1600s.
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Trombone
Family of Brass
Invented in Mid 15th century, Belgium
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Bassoon
Family of woodwind
Invented in Mid 17th century, France
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Serenade:a musical composition or performance delivered in honor of someone or something. https://www.britannica.com/art/serenade-music
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Made by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1704
Style: Baroque
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Haydn:March 31, 1732-died May 31, 1809
born in Austria
Mozart and Beethoven were influenced by haydn
Notable works:the London Symphonies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55XgmvOIGCM
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The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Made by George Frideric Handel in 1749
style:baroque
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The four seasons
Made by Vivaldi in 1723
style:classical
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hondal: February 23, 1685-died April 14, 1759
Born in germany
Inlfuenced Beethoven
Notable works:Alcina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrhkA4RI300
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Rameae: September 25, 1683-September 12, 1764
Born in france
influenced Gluck and Wagner
Notable works: Hippolyte et Aricie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-4i_Rfax5M
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the transition from classical period to romantic period was because of Beethoven. Beethoven is known for causing the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic period as he expanded on and broke free from the strict rules of Classical music. The Romantic period's music was theatrical, energetic, and emotional, and composers drew on influences from famous art and literature.
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Boyce: Sept. 11, 1711-Feb. 7, 1779, London
Born in England
one of the foremost English composers of church music, known also for his symphonies and stage music, and as an organist and musical editor.
Notable works: secuelar masque https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Boyce
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Classical Period:
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Year made: 1788
Style: Classical
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Mozart: January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791, born in Austria, Mozart had major influence on music because of the intense study of the work of both George Friderick Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach. He has notable works like Don Giovanni, the magic flute, etc https://www.eno.org/composers/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/#:~:text=Wolfgang%20Amadeus%20Mozart%20was%20a,1791%2C%20in%20Vienna%2C%20Austria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIvTXv65hyo
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character piece, relatively brief musical composition, usually for piano, expressive of a specific mood or nonmusical idea. https://www.britannica.com/art/character-piece
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Mellophone
Family of Brass
Invented in 19th century, France
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moonlight sonata
made by Ludwin van Beethoven in 1801
style:sonata
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Romantic Period
Ludwin van Beethoven made Moonlight Sonata in 1801.
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Frenchhorn
Family of brass
Invented In 1814, France
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Ludwig van Beethoven: December 16, 1770 - March 26, 1827,Born in Germany
Beethoven played over 50 Haydn Symphonies with the Esterhazy Court Orchestra as a violist, and left Bonn to go study with the master as a pupil.
He has many notable works such as the Moonlight Sonata, The Emperor Piano Concerto, etc https://www.skoove.com/ https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/b/ba-bn/ludwig-van-beethoven/#:~:text=Ludwig%20van%20Beethoven%20was%20born,the%20Western%20European%20music%20tradition. -
Strauss: 20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870
Born in Vienna
a composer famous for his Viennese waltzes and operettas.
Notable works: Sphären-Klänge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8aNynnlBKE
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Schubert: January 31, 1797-November 19, 1828
Born in Himmelpfortgrun
Schubert's Lieder would come to influence the song-writing of many later composers, including Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Hugo Wolf
notable works: string quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAvBUUlSEOQ
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Schubert: January 31, 1797-November 19, 1828
Born in Himmelpfortgrun
Schubert's Lieder would come to influence the song-writing of many later composers, including Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Hugo Wolf
notable works: string quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAvBUUlSEOQ
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Piccolo
Family of Woodwind
Invented in 1832, Europe
https://artsphere.org/piccolo-2/#:~:text=The%20piccolo%20has%20most%20of,unique%20sound%20in%20classical%20music.&text=The%20piccolo%20originated%20in%20Western,in%20the%20year%20of%201832. -
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Hungarian dance
Made by Johannes Brahms in 1850
style: Romantic
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Rigoletto La Dona e mobile
Made by Giuseppe Verdi in 1851
Style:romantic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg&list=PL8831B45FB61CEAA7&index=4 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rigoletto#:~:text=Rigoletto%2C%20opera%20in%20three%20acts,Venice%20on%20March%2011%2C%201851. -
The five start of career: 1856, ended 1870
their influence can be seen in the works of the French Impressionists Debussy and Ravel.
notable works: Sphären-Klänge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_HSpn3tE_A
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Stravinsky: June 17, 1882-April 6, 1971
Born in US
He had immense influence on the way later composers have felt pulse, rhythm, and form
Notable works: petrushka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvXlFKvpoOg https://www.britannica.com/biography/Igor-Stravinsky/Legacy -
romanticism transitioned to Modernism because modernist artists created art that focused on the reaction felt by individuals who thought deeply on the piece of artwork. While romantic artists focused on their personal reactions to events. Modernism was challenging and confronting traditional values and creating art that reflected that confrontation.
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gershwin: September 26, 1898-died July 11, 1937
Born in US
George Gershwin is important for his great talent as a melodist in both popular and classical genres and for his chamber and orchestral works that ingeniously blend the forms and techniques of classical music with elements of popular song and jazz.
Notable works: Rhapsody in Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc
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Jazz was a popular style during the 1900s, many artists played it, it is still used today but not as much as back then. the most popular instrument used in that era was a saxaphone.
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Copland: November 14, 1900-died December 2, 1990
born in America
influenced by creating a musical style that combined the myths of the American West and the styles of Latin American music into a populist music that spoke to a large segment of American society. Notable works: Appalachian Spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXV8yO1FucA
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Baroque Period
Johann Sebastian Bach made Toccata and Fugue in D Minor in 1704
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Bernstein: August 25, 1918-October 14, 1990
Born in US
conducted the world's major orchestras, generating a legacy of audio and video recordings
Notable Works: West side story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e2igZexpMs https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonard-Bernstein -
a compositional technique in which a fixed series of notes, especially the twelve notes of the chromatic scale, are used to generate the harmonic and melodic basis of a piece and are subject to change only in specific ways. The first fully serial movements appeared in 1923 in works by Arnold Schoenberg. https://www.britannica.com/art/serialism
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Boulez:March 26, 1925-January 5, 2016
Born in Germany
the most significant French composer of his generation, as well as a noted conductor and music theorist who championed the work of 20th-century composers.
Notable works:Le marteau san maître https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljcDXPcWRvI
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Allegro, by Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, 1947. more than 1 violins being played, each at a different time being played some time after the first starts.
Style:Multi-instrumentalist
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Allegro
by Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II 1947
more than 1 violins being played, each at a different time being played some time after the first starts.
Style: Multi-instrumentalist
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Electronic music: music performed using synthesizers and other electronic instruments. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-musicapp-medieval-modern/chapter/electronic-music/#:~:text=Music%20produced%20solely%20from%20electronic,the%20purpose%20of%20composing%20music.
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Jackson: born August 29, 1958, died June 25, 2009, born in the US. Influenced many because of his dance moves. he has many notable works such as beat it, thriller, etc. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jackson https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/michael-jackson#:~:text=His%20earliest%20musical%20influence%20was,postures%20of%20Sammy%20Davis%20Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0
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Take On Me
By A-ha, made in 1985
style:20th century
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Two Merry Lasses
Made by Hortus Musicus in 1989
style:renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=u2NSLYQY5lo&list=PLA5195502B04FFBBC&index=3
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
made by Nirvana in 1990
style: 20th century https://live365.com/blog/top-10-nirvana-songs/#:~:text=The%20band's%20lead%20single%20off,and%20Cobain%20nabbed%20the%20title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg&list=PLyMIVzy133V34H6h48bUbukTD2RI2sqIm&index=3 -
November rain
made by guns n roses in 2009
Style:20th century
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Sebastian: March 21, 1685-July 28, 1750
Born in Germany
creator of the Brandenburg Concertos, The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B Minor etc.
Notable works:Concerto for Violin and Oboe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5szj41Sd4
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Romantic music was often ostensibly inspired by (or else sought to evoke) non-musical stimuli, such as nature, literature, poetry, super-natural elements, or the fine arts https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanticism/Music