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15 Cards in this Set
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Bach |
17, B - Musical parents - Polyphonic style |
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Beethoven |
18, B - Changed music forever - Couldn't hear his music |
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Berlioz |
19, R - Family instructed him early in his musical life - Notable for melody and harmony |
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Tchaikovsky |
19, R - Started in C, transitioned to R - Known for his emotion in his music |
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Mahler |
19, R - Artistic director of the Vienna Court Opera - Had to convert religions for music - Operatic background |
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Stravinsky |
19, Neo - Serialism: 12 tone tech- Personal twist in Russian ballets |
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Brahms |
19, R - Unable to express emotions other than in music - Roma (gypsy) influence - Classical tradition was questioned |
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Schubert |
18, B/C - Family instructed him early in his musical life- Notable for melody and harmony |
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Gershwin |
19, R - Parents bought him a piano at a young age - Song plugger: hired to promote and sell sheet music |
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Dello Joio |
20, Neo - Family of musicians - Synthesizes Italian opera, liturgic music, and jazz - Pantonality: equal importance to notes |
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Weinzweig |
20, C - Serialism: chromatic scale - Created the Canadian League of Composers - Father of classical music |
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Glass |
20, C - Minimalism: extended repetition - Father owned record shop- Influenced by Ives and Webern |
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Louie |
20, C - Taught electronic music - Asian, Europe, and North American music combined - Throat singers |
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Zimmer |
20, C - German born composer - Played piano and synthesizer - Nemo, Lion King |
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Chopin |
19, R - Original harmonics - Chromatics |
