stylized into a recipe‚ including improbable plots‚ small motivations for the characters‚ and magical transformations‚ which were signs of opera’s baroque nature. Oprheus united drama‚ dance‚ elaborate stage mechanisms‚ and scenery with music. Johann Sebastian Bach was one artist whose greatest legacy was religious music. His works are distinguished by their inventiveness and complete mastery of major and minor tonality. George Frideric Handel was renowned for his Italian-style operas. He had a brilliant
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Square Programme J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 851 [duration] J. Haydn Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49 I: Allegro II: Adagio e cantabile III: Finale: Tempo di Minuet [duration] F. Schubert Impromptu in G flat major Op. 90 No. 3 [duration] F. Poulenc Trois Novelettes No.1 and No.2 I: C major II: B flat minor [duration] [total duration] Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 851 (from the Well -tempered Clavier Part I) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) J.S. Bach was a German composer
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Monophonic Hildegard of Bingen‚ Columbia aspexit (L 1/8) Homophonic Wolfgang A. Mozart‚ Piano Concerto No. 21‚ in C‚mvt. ii (MEB 1/4) Ludwig van Beethoven‚ The Ruins of Athens‚ “Turkish March” (MEB 1/9) Polyphonic‚ imitative Johann Sebastian Bach‚ The Art of Fugue‚ Contrapuntcus 1 Polyphonic‚ nonimitative Sergey Prokofiev‚ Montagues and Capulets‚ Dance of the Knights- Mid-section combination of textural types: Georges Bizet‚ L’Arlésienne Suite‚ “Farandole” LISTENING EXERCISE
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domes‚ and large masses as seen in the Royal Palace at Versailles‚ Trevi Fountain in Rome‚ Salzburg Cathedral and Mirabell Palace in Salzburg. In music‚ the Baroque style makes up a large part of classical music. Important composers include Johann Sebastian Bach‚ George Handel‚ and Antonio Vivaldi. This style’s popularity was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church‚ which had decided at the Council Of Trent that the arts should portray religious themes and direct emotional involvement in response
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a negative description of the elaborate and heavily ornamented music of this period. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon‚ being widely studied‚ performed‚ and listened to. Composers of the baroque era include Johann Sebastian Bach‚ George Frideric Handel‚ Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Philipp Telemann. The development of functional tonality happened during the baroque period. Functional tonality is the relationship between chords (cadences - perfect‚ imperfect‚ interrupted)
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the music of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a talented composer and pianist of the classical era. Mozart’s music had a bold expression with complexity and depth. He composed many sonatas‚ symphonies‚ masses‚ concertos and operas. Johann Sebastian Bach of German descend‚ was a multitalented composer and musician. He was a well-known organist‚ pianist‚ violinist‚ harpsichordist‚ of the Baroque era. Mozart’s music is different than that of Bach’s in the sense that the orchestras differ in size
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•DEFINITION •GENERAL FEATURES •LITERARY STYLE •THE RISE of the NOVEL •MAIN AUTHORS What is an Augustan Age? A period which is considered the most important and productive for the high forms of literary expression it produces. Every national Literature has its “Augustan Age”: Corneille‚ Racine‚ Molière in France; in the Roman Empire: Virgil‚ Ovid‚ Horace. The name Augustan derives from Emperor Augustus. The AUGUSTAN AGE 1688 – James II is removed from the throne:Glorious Revolution 1776 – America
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similarities and differences‚ one must take a closer look at two important composers of both periods to gain a grasp on the individual notions of each and how they helped to drive the periods. “The Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D Major‚” a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)‚ was part of a larger series called the “The Brandenburg Concertos”. This series was given as a gift to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. This particular piece was of great importance to the Baroque style‚ expressing very dramatic
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Baroque Music (ca. 1600-‐1750) IV! DEADLINE TODAY! DEADLINE TODAY! Henry Purcell. “When I am laid” from Dido and Aeneas. (also known as Dido’s Lament)(1689) hDp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEaLviMEJls&feature=related (starRng 1:00) Listen: Ground bass -‐ repeaRng bass line used throughout a work‚ oUen with a disRnct rhythmic paDern
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THE MUSIC IN OUR LIVES My two mediums that I’m comparing are the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach and Fort St. Elmo. The Well-Tempered Clavier was done in 1722 in Germany and was developed to teach the youth how to play. The Fort St. Elmo is a Maltese fort that was built in 1522. It stands on the ocean side of the Sciberras Peninsula in Valetta‚ Malta. The reason that I have chosen to compare these two are because I find a lot of interesting
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