Music Appreciation

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Ballata

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Landini

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Chant

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Anonymous

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Chant with Drone

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Hildegard of Bingen

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Estampie

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Anonymous

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Mass (Middle Ages)

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Machaut

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Rondeau

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Machaut

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Galliard and Passamezzo

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Caroubel

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Lute Song

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Dowland

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Madrigal

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Weelkes

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Mass (Renaissance)

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Palestrina

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Motet

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Josquin

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Polychoral Motet

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Gabrielli

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Fugue, suite, concerto grosso, cantata

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Bach

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Opera (English)

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Purcell

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Opera (Italian)

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Monteverdi

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Oratorio

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Handel

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Solo concerto

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Vivaldi

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Trio sonata

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Corelli

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This composer could compose entire compositions in his mind; thus he couldwork quickly and, even though he died when he was 35 years old, he wrotemany compositions.

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Mozart

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Wrote scherzos instead of minuets as the third movement of his four-movement compositions.

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Beethoven

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Wrote much of his music while working for nobility whose last name is Esterhazy.

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Haydn

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The composer who is known as the "father" of the symphony and stringquartet forms.

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Haydn

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The composer whose piano sonatas are the most difficult ones.

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Beethoven

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Was so highly respected in Vienna for his musical accomplishments that three noblemen gave him money to live on in order to keep him from moving to anothertown.

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Beethoven

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Even though his music is very popular today, he died penniless and was buriedas a common, poor person.

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Mozart

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This composer started out writing music using classical period styles andended using romantic period styles; therefore, he, through his music, is thebridge between those two periods.

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Beethoven

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He wrote masterpieces in all forms used during this period but his concertos andoperas are particularly important.

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Mozart

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Symphonies and art songs; wrote the last composition I played in class on 4/14/16.

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Mahler

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Piano transcriptions, very difficult piano music, originated the symphonic (tone) poemform. (Hungarian)

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Liszt

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Most important composer of Czech national music; symphonic (tone) poemexample. (Die Moldau)

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Smetana

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Polish/French: nothing but piano compositions of many kinds; taught in Paris.

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Chopin

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German: called his operas music dramas and used leit motivs; innovative theater.

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Wagner

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Friend of the Schumann's; perfectionist; masterpieces in everything but opera. (German)

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Brahms

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Most important Italian opera composer. (Rigoletto)

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Verdi

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Czech national music; Iowa connection, symphonies and string quartets.

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Dvorak

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Wrote the program symphony in which he used an ideé fixe; important inorchestration. (French)

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Berlioz

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Successor to the person in #7 as the most important Italian operacomposer. (La Boheme)

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Puccini

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Most important art song composer; piano quintet. (Austrian)

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Schubert

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Russian: wrote important ballets, symphonies, concertos and concert overtures; notone of the Russian Five.

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Tchaikovsky

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Short autobiographical piano pieces;art songs; promoted other composers and theirmusic. (German)

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Schumann, Robert

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Violin concerto, incidental music (Romeo and Juliet); neoclassicist. (German)

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Mendelssohn

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Russian: one of the “Big Five”; composed “Pictures at an Exhibition.”

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Mussorgsky