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3000 BCE
Corinthian- Renaissance Era
5000-3000 BCE
Originating from the ancient city of Corinth, this music style draws inspiration from various musical traditions, including Byzantine chants, folk tunes, and classical compositions.
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2500 BCE
Harp
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2000 BCE
Cymbals
Invented in 2000 B.C
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Xylophone
Invented in the 2000 B.C
Percussion Family
Originated from Southeast Asia
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900 BCE
Flute
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300 BCE
Organ
3rd century BC
Percussion
Ancient Greece
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Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.-Baroque period
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1400
Snare Drum
Invented in the 14th century
(1301 - 1400 )
Percussion Family
Originated from Medieval Europe
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1485
Ave Maria ... Virgo Serena.- Renaissance era
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1490
Luis de Naráez
1490
1490-1547
Born in Granada, Spain
he was raised in affluent circumstances and received a good education.
Influences Camillo Aggrippa Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza Federico Ghisliero
Los seys libros del Delphin de música de cifras para tañer vihuela
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1500
Doric-Renaissance Era
500 AD to 1500
Dorian mode or Doric mode can refer to three very different but interrelated subjects: one of the Ancient Greek harmoniai (characteristic melodic behaviour, or the scale structure associated with it); one of the medieval musical modes; or—most commonly—one of the modern modal diatonic scales, corresponding to the piano .
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Jan 30, 1505
Thomas Tallis - Renaissance Period
January 30, 1505- November 23, 1585
Born in Kent, United Kingdom
Very little is known about Tallis' early life. We're not even sure if he was actually born in 1505 and we don't know anything about his childhood.The music of his faith influenced his compositions.
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Mar 27, 1521
Joaquin des Prez- Renaissance period
year and date born unknown - August 27, 1521
Born in Condé-sur-l'Escaut, France
Very little is known about Josquin's early life. Scholars estimate that he was born in Picardy.
influence of composers such as Ockeghem and Busnois.
Josquin's most famous mass is the Missa Pangw lingua (sing in tongues),
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1537
ionic- Renissance Era
1547
The Ionian mode is a musical mode or, in modern usage, a diatonic scale also called the major scale. It is named after the Ionian Greeks.
Bob Dylan
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1570
Renaissance Era- Spem in aluminum
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Francesca Caccini- Baroque period
September 18, 1587- 1640
Born in Florence Italy
Caccini was born in Florence, and received a humanistic education (Latin, some Greek, as well as modern languages and literature, mathematics) in addition to early musical training with her father.
She was heavily influenced by her father
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Orland Di Lasso - Renaissance Period
Year Born Unkown- June 14, 1594
Born in Mons, Belgium
As a child he was a choirboy at St. Nicholas in Mons and because of his beautiful voice was kidnapped three times for other choirs.
No influence
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Cello
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Opera- Baroque Era
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet
Benjamin Britten
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Concerto-Classical period
concerto is a piece of classical music that features a soloist accompanied by an orchestra. The soloist stands or sits at the front of the stage near the conductor so that they can be seen and heard clearly. Concertos are usually very difficult for the soloist and require technical and expressive expertise.
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Triangle
Invented in the 16th Century
(1501-1600)
Percussion Family
Originated from Ancient Egypt
https://newsroom.posco.com/en/trio-steel-humble-triangles-musical-impact/#:~:text=The%20triangle%20was%20first%20introduced,worship%20and%20other%20religious%20purposes. -
Barbara Strozzi- Baroque Period
August 6, 1619- November 11, 1677
Born in Venice Italy
Barbara grew up in a household frequented by the greatest literary and musical minds of the age.
her father's literary influence
"Lagrime mie" (Lamento), Op. Barbara Strozzi, Ensemble Poïésis.is one of her famous works.
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Miserere. 314 Gregorio Allegri Chant Play
1630
Miserere (Allergri)
Medieval style of harmonization
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Henry Purcell- Baroque Period
10 September 1659 - 21 November 1695
Born in Westminster, London, United Kingdom
His father was a musician in service to the king, and Purcell received his early training as a chorister in the Chapel Royal. influenced by the French school, and especially by Jean Batiste
[Link](.https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Henry-Purcell/276587#:~:text=Purcell%20was%20born%20in%20Westminster,chorister%20in%20the%20Chapel%20Royal.c) -
Antonio Vivaldi - Baroque Period
March 4, 1678- July 28, 1741
Born in Venice Italy Vivaldi's childhood. The family had six children, of whom Antonio was the eldest. Vivaldi was influenced by the dominant forms performed in Italy at the time, especially the music of Corelli. Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) of 1723 is his most famous work
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Clarinet
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Timpani
Invented in the mid-17th century
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the oratorio- Baroque Era
oratorio, 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.
Giacomo Carissimi
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Cantata-Baroque Era
1700
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. Soloquartet and strings.
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 1700.-Baroque period
1700
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque, Organ, Choral
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The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) 2881 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto 1723 Play.- Baroque period
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Joseph Haydn- Classical Period
March 31, 1732- May 31, 1809
Born in Rohrau ,Austria
As a young boy, Haydn was sent to live with his uncle, who was a schoolmaster in Hainburg.
He was influenced by George Frideric Handel
He was notable for the London Symphonies, The Creation, Trumpet Concerto, and Cello Concerto
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The symphony-Classical Era
A symphony is a specific form that many composers used when writing music. These pieces are usually large in scale, were written for a large orchestra, and are made up of four individual movements.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Luigi Boccherini - Classical period
February 19, 1743 May 28, 1805
Born in Lucca, Italy
Luigi received his first music lessons at age five by his father, who taught him cello, and then continued his studies at age nine with Abbé Vanucci, music director of a local cathedral, at San Martino
Boccherini was influenced by the polyphonic tradition
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Marianna Martines -Classical period
May 4, 1744 - December 13, 1812
Vienna, Austria
Major influences were Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
Growing up, Martines lived in an apartment block in the center of Vienna. Upstairs in the attic lived the struggling young composer Franz Joseph Haydn.
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Maddalena Laura Sirmen- Classical period
December 9, 1745- May 18, 1818
Born in Venice, Italy
She began her studies at the San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti in Venice at the age of seven.Influenced by Leopold Mozart.
Six Quartets,Six Trios , Six Violin Concertos
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The transition between baroque and Classical music
The phase between the baroque and the rise of the classical. With its broad mixture of competing ideas and attempts to unify the different demands of taste, economics and “worldview".Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music, but a more varying use of musical form, which is, in simpler terms, the rhythm and organization of any given piece of music. A Prominent composer was Johann Sebastian Bach. -
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Classical to Romantic Era
Classical music was known for its clarity and regularity of structure, or "natural simplicity", thought of as an elegant international musical style with balanced four-bar phrases, clear-cut cadences, repetition, and sequence.Romantic music was a self-conscious break from the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment.In the Romantic period there was more freedom, allowing composers to be more expressive with emotions & theatrics. A prominent composer that caused the transition was Beethoven. -
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French Horn
Invented in 1814
Brass Family
Originated from Germany
https://study.com/academy/lesson/french-horn-history-facts-songs.html#:~:text=These%20evolved%20into%20French%20hunting,horn%20player%20named%20Heinrich%20Stossel. -
Cornet
Invented in the 1820s
Brass Family
Originated from France
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Piccolo
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Edward Elgar Elgar: Salut D'amour- Romantic era
1888
Edward Elgar Elgar
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Sonata-Classical Era
1900
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Microtonal music-20th century
1901-2000
Microtonal music appeared as an alternative to the mainstream soundscape at a time of sa- tiety. As a result of the historical disposition of the principles of sound or- ganization in Western tradition, microtonal music was understood as a pitch system rather than a system of twelve-tone equal division.
Alois Hába
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Nationalism-20th Century
1901-2000
Drew on folk tunes and their styles, as well as folk dances and themes from folklore and village life, to develop distinctive repertories.
Edvard Grieg
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Modernism-20th Century
1901-2000
In music, modernism is an aesthetic stance underlying the period of change and development in musical language that occurred around the turn of the 20th century, a period of diverse reactions in challenging and reinterpreting older categories of music, innovations that led to new ways of organizing and approaching
Ruth Crawford Seeger
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Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto- Romantic era
1901
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No- 20th century
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Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande (1902)
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op.27 lll. Adagio- Romantic era
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Lili Boulanger: Faust et Hélène (1912)
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Puccini – 'O mio babbino caro' from Gianni Schicchi- Classical Era
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Bass
