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6 Cards in this Set
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Medieval |
500-1400 AD Notre Dame Polyphony 1150-1250 Leoninus (1150's) [Magnus Liber] -measured organum with introduction of Discant Clausulae
Guillaume de Machaut (1300) [Hoquetus David] and the Ars Nova |
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Renaissance |
1400-1600 Ockeghem (1420) [Missa Prolationum] -use of PROLATION - a notation device analogous to time signatures - to create a complex canon from one melody Josquin (1450) [Ave Maria ... Virgo serena] -complex motet that implements imitative counterpoint and homogenous textures
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Baroque |
1600-1750
Claudio Monteverdi (1567) [L'Orfeo] Henry Purcell (1659) [Dido and Aeneas] -story of the love between Dido, queen of Carthage, and Trojan hero Aeneas, who abandons her, sending her into despair - English Composer and Organist
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Classical |
1730-1820 (rise of performed music) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756) [The Magic Flute] -Widely regarded as his best opera -composed many symphonies and concertos Giovanni Pergolesi (1710) [La Serva Pedrona] - best regarded Opera Buffa (comedic opera) composer
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Romantic |
1820-1910 Richard Wagner (1813) [Tristan and Isolde] -the "Tristan chord" which defied harmonic analysis at the time Gustav Mahler (1860) [Sixth Symphony] -finest conductor of his time -only composed 9 symphonies and a few lieder -Sixth Symphony has 3 hammer strikes for three tragedies in his life, the third of which is his death, which was not added until after he died as he was very superstitious -spoke in favor of Schoenberg |
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Modern |
1890-1945 Igor Stravinsky (1882) [Rite of Spring] -his musical ideologies and composition techniques changed over time, ranging from late romantic, to neoclassical, and eventually to serialism in the early 50's
Arnold Schoenberg (1847) [Guerrelieder] -applied a new compositional method called 12 Tone Composition -fostered the growth of Alban Berg and Anton Webern as composers |
