ICtonal music‚ chant (plainsong‚ plainchant)‚ organum‚ motet‚ Reformation‚ a cappella‚ word painting‚ counterpoint‚ chanson‚ madrigal‚ modulation‚ continuo‚ doctrine of affections‚ libretto‚ overture‚ recitative‚ aria‚ ensemble‚ chorus‚ cantata‚ oratorio‚ fugue‚ rondo‚ theme and variations‚ minuet and trio‚ metre‚ texture‚ suite‚ sonata‚ concerto‚ composers‚ instruments‚ historical periods‚ the Enlightenment‚ syllabic‚ melismatic‚ sonata-allegro form La peri fanfare Boulez Bird Chopin
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Charlemagne‚ also known as Charles the Great or Charles I‚ was king of the Franks. In 800 A.D.‚ Charles the Great was consecrated emperor and Augustus by Pope Leo III (750-816). Pope Leo III‚ along with all other high priests‚ saw it fit to crown Charles as emperor as not only a sign of respect gained through his supplied protection from Roman rebels but also because he already held places of power in Rome and in cities of Italy‚ Gaul‚ and Germany. Also considering the fact the imperial throne remained
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A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period‚ Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was born in the Franconian city of Nuremberg‚ one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was a brilliant painter‚ draftsman‚ and writer‚ though his first and probably greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking. Dürer apprenticed with his father‚ who was a goldsmith‚ and with the local painter Michael Wolgemut‚ whose
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Religion ’s Profound Effect on Musical Development Religion has been an important part of man ’s life. Man has allowed religion to control and influence his life in many different ways‚ affecting both his behavior and his actions. So its not surprising that music‚ one of man ’s earliest expressive forms‚ has also been influenced by religion. Religion has had an effect on man ’s music all throughout history‚ from the early Egyptians to even now. So it is only natural that Western music should
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Abigail Gilmore Music appreciation. Summer session 2 Module 2- assignment questions 1. The beginning and ending dates of the Middle Ages was from 450-1450 C.E 2. The beginning and ending dates of Renaissance was from 1450-1600 3. Filippo Brunelleschi and Giotto are two artistes from the middle ages. 4. Andrea Palladio and Paolo Veronese are two artistes from the renaissance 5. Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant‚ a form of monophonic‚ unaccompanied sacred song
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literary standards. Although Dutch and standard German are not mutually intelligible‚ there are transitional dialects that are‚ for example‚ Limburgish‚ spoken in parts of the Netherlands‚ Belgium and a very small part of Germany‚ and some other Low Franconian dialects spoken across the border in Germany which are known as South Guelderish (however‚ Limburgish is nowadays sometimes considered a language in its own right). Another example was the area where the river Rhine crosses the border from Germany
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Turning back the clocks four hundred years ago and zoom into Europe‚ there can be found many different small‚ crowded and somewhat unorganized states and civilizations running about. Some are kingdoms‚ some are dukedoms‚ some are neither. A few of these states include Saxony‚ Franconia‚ Burgundy‚ Bavaria‚ and Austria. These‚ though‚ were all vassals of Germanic lands and formed something even greater‚ and that was the Holy Roman Empire. Though most historians don’t consider it to be very holy‚ roman
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of the mass or motets‚ sacred compositions based on Latin poetry suitable for inclusion in a church setting. Josquin’s four-voice motet Ave Maria...virgo serena (1502) is an outstanding Renaissance choral work. This Latin prayer to the Virgin is set to delicate and serene music. Josquin connected the composition to music already existing within the church by adapting the melody for the opening phrases from a Gregorian chant‚ a technique known as parody. The rest of the motet was not based on
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Elements Music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time. Also the universal language of man or something who knows Pitch is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound Tone is a sound that has a definite pitch Interval is the distance in a pitch between any two tones Tones are separated by an interval called the octave Tones have a specific frequency in music Pitch range is the distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce
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The Arkansas Philanthropic Orchestra (APO): APO was founded in 2008 by a group of people who have been inspired by music and have a great love for it. Miles Fish was the leading pioneer in the founding of this Orchestra. Their goal in establishing the Orchestra was to provide professional performance opportunities for musicians‚ educational concerts for younger people and provide an after-school string program. Steven Byess is currently running the Orchestra and strives to build the community with
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