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Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1450
Middle Ages
Time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Music was Sacred and the Catholic Church served as both the protector and limiter or musical expression. Sacred music was mostly Plain Chant. Monks were the keepers of the muse. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
The Renaissance
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Oct 14, 1450
Printing Press Invented
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Baroque Period
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George Frideric Handel
George Frederic Handel was born and trained in Halle, Germany. He then worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy until he moved to London where he became well known for operas, orations, anthems and organ concertos. -
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J.S. Bach
What’s the Deal with Bach ? Johann Sebastian is one of the most influential composers of all time. In the world of Music Theory, he is responsible for perfecting the tonal harmony system, creating the "Well Tempered" tuning method. He is noted for being the last Baroque composer, and for his innovative and impeccable compositional technique. -
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Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn was a hard-working Austrian composer during the Classical era who didn't have a lot to base his work off of with very little money as a young adult, but he persevered and became one of the best composers of his era, teaching people to the likes of Beethoven. -
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Classical Period
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was a German composer with strong perseverance to work for what he truly loved even when faced with the toughest obstacles. during his time he composed 722 pieces ranging from symphonies to concertos and sonatas. -
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Hector Berlioz
Born in France, 1803, Berlioz was a romantic composer best known for writing 'Treatise on Instrumentation' (a book on Western instruments) and for composing 'Symphonie fantastique'. -
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Frédéric Chopin
Chopin was a Polish composer who shaped the Romantic era with his technically challenging but sensitive and emotional piano works. -
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Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner was an influential German composer/opera-writer of the Romantic era who lacked all interest in music during his childhood, but went on to become one of the most respected composers/opera-writers in history. -
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Romantic Period
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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer from the Romantic Era who was the first to combine traditional Russian and Western styles in music, thus starting a new style. He is most commonly known for his ballets; The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. Apart from his ballets he is known for the 1812 Overture and Romeo and Juliet, which is based on the shakespearean play. -
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Giacomo Puccini
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Gustav Mahler
Richard Wagner was an influential German composer/opera-writer of the Romantic era who lacked all interest in music during his childhood, but went on to become one of the most respected composers/opera-writers in history. -
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Claude-Achille Debussy
Born in France on August 22, 1862 to China shopkeepers, Claude Debussy was a dominantly impressionist composer during the transition between the Romantic and Contemporary eras. He was accepted to the Paris Conservatory of Music at age 11 and went on to teach high wealth children how to play piano and, later, become a well-known but controversial composer. -
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Impressionistic/Post Romantic Period
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Maurice Ravel
A French composer who's fascinated by the musical elements used in the past, while also exploring new possibilities to be used in his works, creating a feel of "Unique French sensibility and refinement". "The only relationship I need is between me and my music" -
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Béla Bartok
Béla Viktor János Bartók (born March 25th 1881 and died on September 26th 1945) was a Hungarian pianist and composer who was considered one of the most vital and influential of the 20th century. The way in which he analyzed folk music made him also one of the founders of ethnomusicology, which is the studying of music from social and cultural facets of the people who compose such music. Him and Liszt are known as Hungary’s “greatest composers.” -
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Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky was interested in music, however his parents didn't want him following their footsteps and persuaded him to study law. When his father died in 1902, Stravinsky felt free to work towards his musical career. He has written pieces such as “Scherzo Fantastique” and “Feu d’Artifice”, however he is most famously known for his full-length ballet score “The Firebird”. -
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Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev was a Soviet composer, conductor, and pianist, most well known for composing modern classical music with odd harmonies. -
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George Gershwin
Gershwin was a modern American composer who is most known for composing numerous famous musicals and other orchestral works such as Rhapsody in Blue. -
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Jazz & Popular Music Period
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Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland is one of the most, if not THE most important American composer, influencer, and conductor who taught many students including Leonard Bernstein. -
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Shostakovich
Shostakovich was an influential 20th century Russian composer. He composed 15 symphonies and three operas as well as many other pieces of music. -
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John Cage
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Contemporary Period
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Philip Glass
Philip Glass is an American composer who was born in Baltimore on January 31, 1937. He is considered to be one of the most influential music makers of the late twentieth century. He is known for his minimalist approach to music making. -
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Ernesto Cordero
Ernesto Cordero is a Puerto Rican composer born in New York and raised in Puerto Rico, who redefined the Neo-Classical movement by introducing Caribbean style and is most well known for his unorthodox harmonic structure. -
Odell's Birthday!
A most important day in musical history -
Death of Harambe
RIP Harambe -
The Fall of Rome
