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A major music theory treatise introducing staff notation and early ideas about teaching sight singing
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A German composer, and writer. She created sacred music full of vivid imagery and wrote the musical drama Ordo Virtutum.
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A key document that introduced new rhythmic notation, allowing for greater complexity. It marked a shift from earlier, simpler styles.
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A powerful hymn of the Reformation that became a symbol of Protestant faith.
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One of the most famous early madrigals.
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A mass that, according to legend, showed that clear polyphony could meet the Catholic Church’s needs for text clarity after the Council of Trent.
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A beautifully expressive mass based on Victoria’s own motet.
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One of the first great operas and helped define early opera as an expressive art form blending music and drama.
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The first ticketed public concerts in England, marking a shift toward concerts as a commercial public event.
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Bach is one of the most influential composers of the Baroque era.
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Is a set of twelve concertos that greatly influenced the development of the concerto grosso and solo concerto.
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A landmark theoretical work that codified tonal harmony and became a major reference for Classical composers.
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A collection of 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, demonstrating the practicality of well-tempered tuning and inspiring future keyboard composers.
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Haydn shaped Classical style and mentored both Mozart and Beethoven.
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famous for its “Hallelujah” chorus, it is a major work performed frequently to this day.
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A prodigy who mastered every major genre of his time.
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Saint-Georges, led the prestigious Concert des Amateurs in Paris, making it one of Europe’s finest orchestras and showcasing Black excellence in Classical music.
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Don Giovanni blends opera seria and opera buffa, showing Mozart’s dramatic genius.
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Nicknamed “Surprise” for its unexpected loud chord in the slow movement.