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Guido d’Arezzo was known for inventing the written staff.
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Famous for her powers of revelations. Wrote religious poetry and was the first female composer in contemporary musicology to receive scholarly research.
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Leonin is one of the early composers of the from the early Renaissance. Leonin identified as one of the cantors of the Cathedral of Notre dame. He was the First composer of polyphonic music.
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Served in the court in Montferrat in northwestern Italy. He had written 35 poems and also wrote music until dieing in battle in 1207.
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Perotin is one of the early composers of the early renaissance. Perotin identified as one of the cantors of the Cathedral of Notre dame. -
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Philippe de Vitry was the first composer of the Ars Nova.
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This was a style of music. When it was created it was a new rhythmic polyphony. In this style of art, music notation was written in artistic styles.
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Guillaume de Machaut was the most famous composer and poet of the 1300's.
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Francesco Landini was the most famous italian composer of the fourteenth century. He was a theorist, composer, poet, and organist. He was very famous because he was blind.
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Much of his work was not ever published until 1953 due to the fact that in his time a lot of other composers were writing their own music and putting John Dunstable name on it leading to a great difficulties in identifying which pieces were truly written by him.
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Johannes Tinctoris was a composer and music theorist who wrote the first terms that were used for music.
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He was a very important writer, painter, poet and inventor.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti was known for his very realistic statues that were made with incredible detail.
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Raphael was a very famous painter of his time.
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an important artist known for one work named " the three ages of man"
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He was an English composer who wrote motets that had many voices in them.
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Palestrina is the most important composer of the renaissance era.
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a very important Italian painter known for his works such as "The Allegory of Wisdom and Strength"
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he was a composer, teacher, singer, writer, and instrumentalist. also one of the founders of opera. and influenced the new baroque style.
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He was known as "Ill zazzerino" which was inspired by the name zazzera which means to have a very fashionable hair but that is made with bad taste. also was known to have invented opera
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He lived in the Baroque era but many Renaissance pieces were used in his plays.
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was an Italian string player and composer and was also a priest and choir master.
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the highest paid woman of her time and the first woman to compose opera. she was an Italian composer. singer and music teacher.
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An Italian singer and composer and was known to be the artist of that time with the most printed music.
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was a composer and violinist. was from a small country and published much of his music.
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he was a composer and violinist. His music was important because it developed the technique of violin and the modern sonatas and concertos.
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was a virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest. is regarded as one of the best baroque composer.
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He was an English composer and combined Italian and French styles into his compositions and also his style was a unique English form
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known for his operas and chamber cantatas. he was considered the most important of the Neapolitan school of opera. most was Sicily to Naples.
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he was an Italian composer from Naples known for his influence on the classical style
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was a German composer and was known for is orchestra music and cello suites and organ works.
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was a German British composer and was known for his opera and concerti grossi, and organ concertos.
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was a german composer, singer, and teacher of music. also was very popular in his time.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky learned practices of western composition and wrote music that made an impression among the whole world and also made him the first Russian composer to be recognized for his music around the world.
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Mahler wrote very important music that connected traditional German music to the modern music of the 20th century. During the rise of the Nazi period, Mahler's music actually became banned in much of Europe. Mahler was one of the leading writers for the post-romantic period.
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Debussy is one of the most influential composers of the post romantic period. Debussy wrote many great works that wouldn't be recognized until later but would influence the whole world.
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Richard Strauss had many successes in opera and music which led him to being one of the most influential composers of the post-romantic period. Although his plays could be unusual he was also known for the beautiful motives.
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Arnold Schoenberg is known for not only his contributions but also the methods he invented such as using atonality and 12 tones. Arnold Schoenberg became an influencer of his time and also the composers of today.
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Ives was an American composer and most of his life the music he wrote was ignored. Many consider Ives to have been ahead of his time for writing music that was not yet being written until around the 1930's.
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Igor Stravinsky is known for one of his most popular works "right of spring" and his constant "reinventing of the wheel" when writing music. Igor Stravinsky had a very big influence on how other composers constructed rhythmic patterns in a piece and was seen as a pioneer.
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Robert Nathaniel Dett was a Canadian-American composer who was known for his use of African-American folk songs and spiritual songs that he incorporated into his compositions.
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Price was an African-American composer, Music teacher, Pianist/Organist. Price is known as the first African-American to be recognized by as a symphonic composer.
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Nadia Boulanger is known for being the teacher for many of the most important 20th century composers. After her sister died she decided to make a living teaching others to find their own voice in their compositions.
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The Nickel-in-the-Slot Phonograph was basically the worlds first juke box which for a nickel would allow people to listen to music on it. listeners could listen from 4 listening tubes. -
In the post-romantic period there were a lot of pieces written for orchestras and operas. Poems would be written that would inspire music created for them. For example, the classical guitarist Barrios wrote music that would sometimes be based on the poems his brother would write. This also was what would be done with operas.
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The melodies written within this time period were more focused on Whole tone scales and the use of chromaticism. By using these ways of writing it allowed for more freedom than there previously were.
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Prokofiev was a Russian composer who later in life worked for the soviet union and is known as one of the many important composers of the 20th century.
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William grant still was an American composer who wrote almost 200 compositions. He was also the first American to have his opera produced by the New York city opera.
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Leo Ornstein was an American experimental composer. many of his works were written on piano and were considered very shocking for his time.
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Henry Cowell was an American composer who was one of the biggest early influencers for modernist composers of the 20th century. He wrote many experimental pieces.
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Aaron Copland was an American composer, many call his works the sound of American music.
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Elliott Carter was an American composer that was very respected for his works of compositions that were written in modernism. He worked in the late 20th century.
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The first headphones that resembled more modern headphones. These headphones were the first to use padding that allowed listeners to listen for longer periods of time without their ears hurting. -
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John cage was an American composer and also a theorist. Cage was known for creating music that challenged the definition of what is music. Cage famously wrote the song 4'33" composed of john cage sitting at his piano with various background sounds.
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The first commercially licensed radio station located and run in Pittsburgh. -
The Great Barrios wrote his best piece ever for post-romantic guitar called "la catedral" which was written with romantic characteristics and was focused on the experience Barrios had when he walked into the cathedral. https://youtu.be/uacX4rdzfIA -
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The electric organ allowed the elaboration of the original organ to grow. With the electric organ it was also possible to imitate other instruments to create a different texture. -
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The first electronic drum machine