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Baroque
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Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
- The first opera to enter the standard repertory
- Libretto was printed for the first performance to serve as a sing along for the audience
- Music wasn’t published until 1609 and revised in 1615
- Greek myth of Orpheus
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First Public Concerts in Enland
-December 1672, public concert at Mr. John Bannister’s house
-Middle class had more desire to listen to music
-Famous performers would play in public concerts in service of the royal court and theaters
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JS Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico
-Published by the most prestigious publisher in Europe, Etienne Roger in Amsterdam
-Most influential publication of any music in the 18th century
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Bach’s The Well-Tempered Cavalier volume 1
-Each volume contained 24 preludes and fugues in each major and minor key
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Rameau’s Traité de l’harmonie
-Most influential of all Theoretical Works
-Became basis of teaching functional harmony still used today
-Defined root of chord and recognized inversions
-V7-I strongest inversion
-Terms tonic, dominant, and subdominant
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PreClassical Period
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Franz Josef Haydn
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Handel’s Messiah
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Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
-One of the finest orchestras in Europe
-Music Director from 1773-1781
-“le Mozart noir”
-Virtuoso violinist that composed 12 violin concertos and 18 string quartets
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WA Mozart
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Viennese Classical Period
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Mozart’s Don Giovanni
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Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”