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Organ
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Period: 1400 to
Famous Renaissance Period styles
Church music: Christian music written to be performed in church
Famous composers:
William Boyce,William Byrd, Giovanni Gabrieli Madrigal: Secular vocal music.
Famous composers: Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, Giaches de Wert Secular music: Non religious music.
Famous composers: Josquin Des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Philippe de Vitry, Thomas Morley -
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Period: 1450 to 1521
Josquin des Prez
Born in France, Was influenced by the Italian frottola and Lauda
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Period: 1480 to
Famous Renaissance Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpYGgtrMTYs- Luciano Pavarotti - Ave Maria (Schubert). Renaissance style. Year 1480 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8- Palestrina - Sicut cervus - The Cambridge Singers. Renaissance style. year 1580 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NPFUz-kIu4- [choral music score] Now Is The Month Of Maying - Thomas Morley. Renaissance and madrigal style. year 1595 -
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Period: 1505 to
Thomas Tallis
Born in Kent, United Kingdom. Tallis works had the influence of John Taverner and Robert Fayrfax -
Period: 1525 to
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Born in Palestrina, Italy. He had a massive influence on church music. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyDRSI1joa8 -
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Period: 1563 to
John Dowland
London, United Kingdom, Major influence on consort songs. Famous song: Lachrimae pavane -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Born in Cremona, Italy, Was influenced by the composer Giaches de wert. And works had a lasting impacts from the renaissance to the baroque period. Famous Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUep3sqe35o- Claudio Monteverdi - L`Orfeo -
Period: to
Famous Baroque styles
Opera- Combines singing, dancing and acting
Most famous composers were: Georg Friedrich Handel, Claudio Monteverdi, Johann Sebastian Bach Oratorio: A dramatic musical based on religious or a biblical theme and performed without acting.
Famous composers: Giacomo Carissimi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Georg Philipp Telemann Cantata: is a vocal composition that is played along with other instruments.
Famous composers: Barbara Strozzi, Giacomo Carissimi, Tomaso Albinoni, Philippe Courbois -
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Henry Purcell
Born in Westminster, United Kingdom. Had major influence on French schools. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXWjQls0dUc -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Born in Venice, Italy. Was influenced by the composer Arcangelo Corelli. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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George Frideric Handel
Born in Halle, Germany. major influences were the Baroque musical style and the composer Arcangelo Corelli. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw8YjSbKd4-George Frideric Handel's - Water Music -
Period: to
Domenico Scarlatti
Born in Naples, Italy. Had major influence on Spanish and Portuguese music. Famous song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPr74bOvSA-SCARLATTI - PIANO SONATA, K 555 -
Period: to
Famous Classical period Styles
Classical music: Western Art music that focuses on harmony and melody
Famous composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Symphony: Music written for a orchestra, menaing many musicians playing different instruments
Famous composers: Marianna Martines, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn Sonata: Music composition written for one or two instruments
Famous composers: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Muzio Clementi, Jan Ladislav Dussek -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born in Salzburg, Austria. His greatest influence was Johann Christian Bach. his work influenced many composers of the classical period. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCKBl-TpRzc- Mozart - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (12 variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman) -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Born in Bonn, Germany. Was influenced by popular music and folk music. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfF0zHeU3Zs- Beethoven - Für Elise -
Period: to
Famous classical songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc1mDieQI8.-Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 [complete]. Classical style. 1788 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8SQRIKntE- Symphony No. 9 in D Minor 'Choral', Op. 125: "Ode to Joy". Ludwig van Beethoven. Style Classical and Symphony .year 1824 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2bfx2vpWMo- Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 - 2. mvt (Surprise symphony). Symphony style. Year 1791 -
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Born in Hamburg, Germany. Major influences were her familys musical heritage especially great-aunts Fanny von Arnstein and Sarah Levy Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vou8Hs2e7cIp- Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) - Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel (1831) -
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Robert Schumann
Born in Zwickau, Germany. Was influences by beethoven and his own friend
Johannes Brahms Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EGMIh8QB0 --Schumann: Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44, I. Allegro brillante -
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Frédéric Chopin
born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. Major influences are Polish Music and the Romantic Movement. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29JUpsOSTE --Chopin - Nocturne in E Flat Major (Op. 9 No. 2) -
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Franz Liszt
Born in Raiding, Austria. His major influence was Federic Chopin by the way he played the piano. And Beethoven's symphonies Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJbg9V2KnD8-Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 [André Laplante] -
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Famous Romantic period styles
Musical drama: Combines music, singing, and acting to create a theatrical performance.
Famous composers: Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lied: is a type of song written for only 1 piano and 1 singer. Famous composers: Franz Schubert, Fanny Mendelssohn, Hugo Wolf Nocturne: Type of music that is written usually for piano that has sounds like the nightime
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Romantic Period Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29JUpsOSTE- Chopin - Nocturne in E Flat Major (Op. 9 No. 2). Nocturne romantic style. Year 1830. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2RiOhYpRFc- UBC Symphony Orchestra - Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries from "Die Walküre" Romantic style. year 1856 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALqOKq0M6ho- Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Romantic style. year 1847 -
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Johannes Brahms
Born in Hamburg, Germany. His major influences were Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and early romantic composers. Famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9LvC9WkkQ- Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 -
