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Oratorio
A musical composition that is often based on a religious theme. It's similar to opera but with no costume, scenery, or acting.
Prominent Composers:
-Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including orchestral music.
Famous Work: 'D Minor Partita'
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Baroque: Opera
"Opera, a staged drama set to music in its entirety, comprises vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with orchestral overtures and interludes." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Italy
- Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797-1848) Italty
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Austria -
Baroque: The Oratorio
"Oratorio is a large-scale musical composition on a sacred or semisacred subject, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. An oratorio's text is usually based on scripture, and the narration necessary to move from scene to scene is supplied by recitatives sung by various voices to prepare the way for airs and choruses." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Johann Sebastian Bach, (1685-1750) Germany
- Johann Christian Bach, (1735 - 1782) Germany
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Baroque: The Sonata
"Sonata is a type of musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or a small instrumental ensemble, typically consisting of two to four movements, or sections, each in a related key but with a unique musical character." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composer:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Austria
- George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Germany/Britan
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Baroque: 3 songs
- John Sebastion Bach: Easter ORATORIO, BWV 249 Style: Oratorio Year made: 1725 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qMXxaSaoOg
- J.S. Bach: Sonata in E Minor, Gigue Style: The Sonata Year made: 1714 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j69IL3QAVdg
- Handel: Agrippina Style: Opera Year made: 1709 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcDRKgeqQWs
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Classical: String Quartet
"String quartet, musical composition for two violins, viola, and cello in several (usually four) movements. It has been the predominant genre of chamber music since about 1750. See quartet; chamber music." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Germany
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Germany
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Classical: Trio Sonata
"Trio sonata, a major chamber-music genre in the Baroque era (c. 1600–c. 1750), written in three parts: two top parts played by violins or other high melody instruments, and a basso continuo part played by a cello." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Italy
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Germany
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Classical: Solo Concertos
"Concerto, Musical composition for solo instrument and orchestra. The solo concerto grew out of the older concerto grosso. Giuseppe Torelli's violin concertos of 1698 are the first known solo concertos. Antonio Vivaldi, the first important concerto composer, wrote more than 350 solo concertos, mostly for violin." -www.britannica.com
Prominent Composer:
- Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Germany
- Béla Viktor János Bartók (1881-1945) Romania
- Johannes Brahms(1833-1897)Germany -
Classical: 3 songs
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 21, Prussian No. 1 Style: String Quartet Year made: 1789 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaHt2yBEMnE
- Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 2 by Arcangelo Corelli Style: Trio Sonata Year made: 1689 https://youtube.com/watch?v=CwJRzYv6HNI
- Vivaldi Violin Concerto in A minor RV 356 by Antonio Vivaldi Style: Solo Concerto Year made: 1711 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0Ux5oBf8w
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
Famous Work: the Jupiter Symphony
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music and he span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
Famous Work: Scherzo: Allegro
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Romantic: The Rhapsody
"A piece of music that is meant to express a lot of emotion and does not have a regular form." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) France
- Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) Sweden
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Romantic: The Nocturne
"In music, a composition inspired by, or evocative of, the night, and cultivated in the 19th century primarily as a character piece for piano." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composer:
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918) France
- John Field (1782-1837) Ireland
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Romantic: The Concert Etude
"Etude, in music, originally a study or technical exercise, later a complete and musically intelligible composition exploring a particular technical problem in an esthetically satisfying manner." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungary
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Germany
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russia -
Romantic: 3 songs
- Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin Style: The Rhapsody Year made: 1924 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU
- Nocturne in E Flat Major (Op. 9 No. 2) by Chopin Style: The Nocturne Year made: 1831 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29JUpsOSTE
- A. F. Goedicke: Concert Study op.49 Style: The Concert Etude Year made: 1948 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv6tYYvE5xw
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20th Century: 3 songs
- Black And Tan Fantasy
Style: Jazz
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20th Century: Jazz
"A type of American music with lively rhythms and melodies that are often made up by musicians as they play." -www.britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Duke Ellington (1899-1974) USA
- John Coltrane (1926-1967) USA
- George Gershwin (1898-1937) USA -
20th Century: Rock
"Rock music is a form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and can be defined as “a form of music with a strong beat”—it is difficult to be much more precise. It is also called rock and roll." -www.Britannica.com
Prominent Composer:
- Bruce Springsteen (1949-today) USA
- Bob Dylan (1941-today) USA
- David Bowie (1947-2016) England -
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Eminem is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip-hop in Middle America and is regarded as among the greatest rappers of all time. He is also a personal favorite of mine.
Famous Work: Lose Yourself
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20th Century: Hip-hop
"Hip-hop, a cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and ’90s and also the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement’s most lasting and influential art form." -Britannica.com
Prominent Composers:
- Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) USA
- Eminem (1972-today) USA
- Juice WRLD (1998-2019) USA
