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    Renaissance Polyphony

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    Renaissance Polyphony: The Foundation of Modern Western Music Renaissance Polyphony: The Foundation of Modern Western Music The music of the Renaissance was essentially the beginning of all modern musical thought- the first to truly integrate various forms of harmony with definite structure. The music provided rapid and significant advancements in harmony within western music‚ evolving from the parallel lines of Ars Nova and culminating in the base ingredients for tonality and monodic chord

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    Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in western musical history. More than 1‚000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the art of fugue‚ Brandenburg Concerti‚ the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord‚ the‚ Mass in B-minor‚ the motets‚ and the Easter and Christmas oratorios. Bach came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians in his family over a period of 300 years. His father Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ was a talented violinist‚ and taught his son the basics for string

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    Middle Ages Dates: 500-1450 1. What was going historically during this era?  What was life like? It was a chaotic period of social and political unrest. Religious and political differences between and within regions led to nearly constant warfare. The life of all the classes was dominated by the feudal system - feudalism. 2.  Who or what had the power? The church 3.  Who were learned or literate? holy men or people of important status such as kings‚ queens‚ and knights most other people were

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    Knowledge of music is and always has been a vast part of a proper education. Fine arts in any sense help shape our society and us but it has not always been available to middle and lower classes. This is due to music being considered a more advanced level of education that only wealthy and upper classes could afford to have. Two time periods that reflect these views are the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The Renaissance‚ the period of rebirth. It is also the period in which there was a dominant

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    Linguistics

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    1. Linguistic features of Germanic languages: vowels. Germanic languages also have some peculiarities in the sphere of vowel sounds‚ which distinguish them from other Indo-European languages. Their main characteristic feature in this sphere is the treatment of the Indo-European short vowels o and a and the long vowels o and a. Indo-European short o and a appear as short a languages. E.g.:in IE Germanic Russ. Яблоко germ. Apfel Lat. Noctem goth. Nahts Russ.ночь germ. Nacht Indo-European

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    The Odyssey

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    Ave Maris Stella Ave Maris Stella is composed by Guillaume Dufay. He was born in approximately 1398 and died in about 1474. He was known as the innovator of the 15th century during the renaissance. When he was younger he was brought up as a choirboy in the Cambrai cathedral. That is also where he spend majority of his time. In about 1420 he was ordained a priest. From then on he got a degree and was appointed to many important and influential positions in the church. He traveled to many different

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    Middle Ages Dates: 450-1450 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? The Middle Ages was a time of migrations‚ upheavals‚ and wars. People were divided by three main social classes: nobility‚ peasantry‚ and clergy. 2. Who or what had the power? Nobility 3. Who were learned or literate? Clergy 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? Men and Nuns 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred. But Secular music was

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    de Machaut. Most of Guillaume de Machaut’s compositions were focused around courtship love. He wrote loosely in five genres: the ballade (a short‚ lyrical piece of music)‚ the rondeau (lyrical poem)‚ the lai (very tempo intensive lyrical poem)‚ the motet (a short piece of sacred choral music)‚ and the virelai (a rhyming poem set to music). Guillaume de Machaut’s greatest achievement by far was to introduce a polyphonic mass into the Catholic Church. Guillaume de Machaut saw to it that his works were

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    in the world in terms of market share. They became a brand synonymous with luxury‚ high class‚ high quality and a must have status symbol amongst the rich and famous. One of the most significant event for the brand was the creation of Louis Vuitton Motet-Hennessy (LVMH) in 1987; a merger between Louis Vuitton‚ Moet et Chandon and Hennessy; making it the largest luxury goods company in the world. The appointment of designer Marc Jacobs‚ as the art director of Louis Vuitton‚ took the brand to an all

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    Music is Part of our life

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    Music is part of our lives whether we realize it or not‚ whether we actively participate in it or not‚ whether we appreciate its power or not. This is‚ in fact‚ the real power of music ? that it can affect us whether we are aware of it or not. We need only think of the music heard on the soundtrack of most movies. We may be aware of the action and the dialogue‚ the scenery‚ costumes and special effects‚ yet music is supporting it all and guiding the emotional context. In the best films‚ music is

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