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gluck
was a German composer, from the Bohemian region, Czech Republic. He is considered one of the most important opera composers of Classicism in the second half of the 18th century. He completely reformed the opera by eliminating the da capo arias, suppressing the extensive dry harpsichord recitatives and replacing them with recitatives accompanied by the orchestra. -
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Classicisms
The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. 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. -
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romanticism
was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjectivity, imagination, and appreciation of nature in society and culture in response to the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution -
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XX century
El siglo XX se caracterizó por los avances de la tecnología, medicina, y ciencia, la disminución de la esclavitud en los llamados países subdesarrollados, la liberación de la mujer en la mayor parte de los países occidentales. También el siglo se destacó por las crisis y despotismos humanos en forma de regímenes totalitarios, que causaron efectos tales como las guerras mundiales, el genocidio y el etnocidio, las políticas de exclusión social y la generalización del desempleo y de la pobreza.