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Invented in 3000 B, C., Egypt
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Invented in 1700 B. C., Middle Eastern.
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Invented in 1500 B. C., Egypt
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Invented in 600 B, C., China
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Invented in 500 B. C., Central Chile, Pre-colonial Brazil, Puerto Rico, and West Africa.
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Was invented in 300 B. C., Greece
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Invented in 900, Southeast Asia.
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Born:1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany]
Died: September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen (aged 81)
Major Influences: Elisabeth of Schonua and several monastic woman
Notable Works: Ordo virtutum, Scivias ("Know the Ways", composed 1142–1151), Liber Vitae Meritorum ("Book of Life's Merits" or "Book of the Rewards of Life", composed 1158–1163), and Liber Divinorum Operum ("Book of Divine Works")
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Invented in 1190, Europe.
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Born: Paris, France 1135
Died: 1201
Major Influences: Pérotin
Notable Works: Magnus Liber Organi
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Born: Paris, Fracne 1160
Died: 1238
Major Influences: Steve Reich
Notable Works: Viderunt, Sederunt, Mors
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Invented in 1250, Spain Link
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Invented in 1400, Germany
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Masses are the music setting in either polyphonic or plainchant of the liturgy of the Eucharist. Composers who used the masses are Giovanni da Palestrina, Guillaume Dufay, and John Dunstable. a fact is that the term refers to the Roman Catholic church.
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The Gregorian Chant is liturgical music used with the text of the mass. It was traditionally sung by choirs of men and boys in churches. Popular composers who used the Gregorian Chant were Perotin, Leonin, and Guido of Arezzo. A fun fact is that the Gregorian Chant was named after St. Gregory 1. Link
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Invented in 1450, Germany
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Born: c. 1450, Condé-sur-l’Escaut?, Burgundian Hainaut [France]
Died: Aug 27, 1521, Condé-sur-l’Escaut
Notable Works: Missa de Beata Virgine and Missa Pange lingua; the motets Benedicta es, Inviolata
Major Influences: Ockeghem and Busnois
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Motet is a style of vocal composition which is typically a Latin religious choral composition. Popular composers of motet style music are Leonin, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Giovanni da Palestrina. A fact about motets is that they have gone through many transformations over centuries. Link
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Invented in 1555, Italy
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An opera is a staged drama set with music. It's made up of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and it usually has orchestral overtures and interludes. Popular composers of the opera music style are Jakub Józef Orliński, Harry Lawrence Freeman, La Julia Rhea, and Grace Bumbry. A fun fact about operas is the music can be continuous through an act or broken up into pieces.
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A concerto is a musical composition for a solo instrument set off against an orchestral ensemble. Popular composers of concerto style music are Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. A fact about the concerto music style is that it essentially converts between a soloist and orchestra.
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A sonata is a type of musical composition that is usually for a single instrument or a small group of instruments and is made up of 2-4 sections. Popular composers of the sonata music style are Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johann Sebastian Bach. A fun fact about the sonata music style is that the term has had many of meanings that caused confusion of what the term actually means.
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Was invented in 1636, France
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Born: Feb 23, 1649, Collingham, United Kingdom
Died: Oct. 1, 1708, Westminster, London
Major Influences: Henry Purcell
Notable Works: “Amphion Anglicus” “Venus and Adonis”
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Invented in 1650, France.
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Born: London, England 1659
Died: November 21, 1695, London
Major Influences: Handel, Benjamin Britten
Notable Works: “Abdelazer” ,“Dido and Aeneas” ,"Dioclesian”, “King Arthur"
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Born: June 8/14, 1671, Venice [Italy]
Died: Jan. 17, 1751, Venice
Notable Works: Sinfonie e Concerti a 5 (Opus 2, 1700), the concerti for strings (Opus 5, 1707), and the concerti for one and two oboes in Opus 7 and Opus 9
Major Influences: Bach
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Born: February 23, 1685, Halle, Brandenburg [Germany]
Died: April 14, 1759, London, England (aged 74)
Notable Works: “Acis and Galatea” “Agrippina” “Almira” “Chandos Anthems”
Major Influences: Mozart and Beethoven
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Was invented in 1700, France.
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Born: March 31, 1732, Rohrau, Austria
Died: May 31, 1809, Vienna (aged 77)
Notable Works: “Deutschlandlied” “Emperor Quartet” “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser”
Major Influences: Mozart and of Beethoven
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The Baroque Period was known for its grandiose, dramatic, and energetic spirit but also for its stylistic diversity. The music was composed of complexity of instrumental performance, and also established the mixed vocal/instrumental forms of opera, cantata and oratorio. As the Baroque Period ended, the Classical Period took its place. Music from this period was about harmony, balance, and gracefulness. Variety and contrast within a piece became more pronounced than before.
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A symphony is a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, and they normally have many large sections. Popular composers of the symphony music style are Ludwig van Beethoven ,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, and Franz Schubert. A fun fact about the symphony music style is that it has one section that uses another music style.
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A suite in music is a group of instrumental movements that are self-contained that vary in character. Popular composers of this music style are, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Arnold Schoenberg. A fun fact about this music style is during the 17th and 18th centuries, the music style only consisted of dance moves.
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Chamber music is made up of small ensembles of people who use instruments. It refers to music that is made to be played at home rather than a stage or theater. Popular music composers who used chamber music are Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johann Sebastian Bach. A fun fact about chamber music is that since a home may be small in size, there is no more than one player per part of the music.
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Year Born: January 27th, 1756
Year Died: December 5th, 1791
Birth Place: Salzburg, Austria
Major Influences: Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Schubert, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky,and Robert Schumann
Notable Works: The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte
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Born: December 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne [Germany]
Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria
Notable Works: “Archduke Trio” “Battle Symphony” “Choral Fantasy in C Minor”
Major Influences: Johannes Brahms, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, Milan Kundera
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Born: October 27, 1782, Genoa, republic of Genoa [Italy]
Died: May 27, 1840, Nice, France (aged 57)
Notable Works: “La campanella”
Major Influences: Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Boris Blacher, Andrew Lloyd Webber, George Rochberg, and Witold Lutosławski
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Born: November 14, 1805, Hamburg [Germany]
Died: May 14, 1847, Berlin, Prussia (aged 41)
Notable Works: Easter Sonata, Sehnsucht, and Verlust.
Major Influences: Felix Mendelssohn
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Born: June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony [Germany]
Died: July 29, 1856, Endenich, near Bonn, Prussia [Germany] (aged 46)
Notable Works: “Frauenliebe und -leben” “Konzertstück, Op. 86” “Kreisleriana”
Major Influences: Brahms
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Invented in 1812, Middle Eastern
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Born: May 22, 1813, Leipzig [Germany]
Died: February 13, 1883, Venice, Italy (aged 69)
Major Influences: Johannes Brahms, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann.
Notable Works: Tristan und Isolde, Der fliegende Holländer, Das Rheingold
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The nocturne music style is a music composition about or inspired from the night and it's primarily for the piano. Popular composers who used this music style are Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, Paul Hindemith, and Gabriel Fauré. A fun fact about this musical style is that Claude Debussy transferred the style to the orchestra.
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The musical style overture is a musical composition and introduction to a larger dramatic work but is also an independent work. Popular composers who used this musical style are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, and Felix Mendelssohn. A fun fact about this music style is that it is usually used for an orchestra.
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Program music is instrumental music that has some extra musical meaning. It is compared to what people call abstract music which is artistic. Popular composers of this music style are Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Sergey Prokofiev, and Arnold Schoenberg. A fun fact about this music style is that it doesn't represent a style of music but rather a variety of different music works.
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Was invented in 1832 in Germany.
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Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg [Germany]
Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria] (aged 63)
Notable Works: “A German Requiem” “Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80” “Four Serious Songs”
Major Influences: Arnold Schoenberg
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Invented in 1835, Germany.
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Invented in 1840, Germany.
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Born: June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany
Died: September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (aged 85)
Notable Works: “A Hero’s Life” “An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64” “Arabella” “Ariadne auf Naxos”
Major influences: Unknown
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Born: October 12, 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England
Died: August 26, 1958, London, England (aged 85)
Notable Works: “The Lark Ascending”
Major Influences: John Adams
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Born: June 5 [June 17, New Style], 1882, Oranienbaum [now Lomonosov]
Died: April 6, 1971, New York, New York, U.S. (aged 88)
Notable Works: Notable Works: string quartet “Oedipus Rex” “Persephone” “Requiem Canticles”
Major Influences: Steve Reich, Julian Barnes, Jerry Goldsmith
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The Romantic period was all about trying to express and emphasize how you felt. Music in this period had a lot of expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and passionate songs. As the Romantic Period ended, the 20th Century Period took its place. 20th Century music was aimed to make people move and dance to music and it also explored new forms and sounds. Most of the songs this time were focused on different forms of Jazz, like Swing Jazz, Bebop, cool Jazz, and free Jazz.
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Jazz is a musical form that is improvisational and is influenced by European harmonic structure and African rhythms. Popular composers of this music style are Astrud Gilberto, Roberta Flack, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington. A fun fact about this music style is that it was developed from ragtime and blues.
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Punk Rock is an aggressive form of rock music and is full of energy from being sarcastic, hostile, and for its aesthetic. Popular composers of this music style are Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg, Kurt Cobain, and David Byrne. A fun fact about this music style is that the word punk was borrowed from prison slang.
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Bluegrass music is country and western style music. It is more distinguished meaning it has a more syncopated rhythm. Popular composers of this music style are Ricky Skaggs, Tom T. Hall, Béla Fleck, Bill Monroe, and Ralph Stanley. A fun fact about this music style is that it came from the United States after World War 2.
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Born: August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: October 14, 1990, New York, New York (aged 72)
Notable Works: “Chichester Psalms” “On the Town” “On the Town”
Major Influences: Tania León
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