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    Throughout this unit the theme is the concept of a central idea and the idea that works of art often have more than one idea they want to convey to their audience. The poems “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe‚ “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh‚ and “Raleigh Was Right” by William Carlos Williams use an overarching story of a shepherd pronouncing his love to a nymph and she rejects this love while “Rules of the Game” is a story about a girl named Waverly

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    more recognized and more expressive than in the previous era. The collection of instrumental music became more varied along with the invention of new musical instruments. Secular music also became more common which now included other forms like motets‚ madrigals‚ and songs. Polyphonic lines were used in a different way. The development of music during this period was mainly in Rome since the Church occupied a dominant position in society. Most of the works by the composers are in Latin. The birth of

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    which possibly lead him to write Sonata pian’e forte. At the time‚ composers could not make a living out of just writing music so Gabrieli became an organist at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco‚ and then became a teacher‚ giving lessons on writing madrigals and other works.1 Sonata pian’e forte was composed in 1597 to be performed in a Catholic service at St Mark’s in Venice. It is written for eight instruments that are split into two broken consorts; one with three trombones (or sackbuts) and a cornett

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    Baroque Dates: (1600-1750)   1. What does “musical style” mean? Different types of musical compositions developed throughout different eras 2. What was going historically during this era?  What was life like? New ideas and art was being introduced everywhere. It was a time of personal expression and drama. There was controversy between Catholics and Protestants which caused long periods of religious war. It was also a time of scientific research and astronomical studies. 3. Was did

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    orbs upon the green; The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies‚ fairy favours; In those freckles live their savours; I must go seek some dewdrops here‚ And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear.  A Madrigal Crabbed Age and Youth Cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance‚ Age is full of care; Youth like summer morn‚ Age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave‚ Age like winter bare: Youth is full of sports‚ Age’s breath is short

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    He expresses his desire to luxuriate in the pleasures of the present. He further elaborates his proposal saying‚ And we will sit upon the rocks‚ Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks‚ By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals (4-8) Nature‚ which holds the very essence of purity‚ is analogous to his naive infatuation. He places himself and his love interest in a picturesque landscape where they lounge on rocks by a cascading river and submerse in the serenity of the

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    From religion to entertainment to swooning over girls‚ artists have used music as a way to express their emotions towards a specific subject. Throughout time‚ the effects music has on the mind has been overlooked; that music has the ability to do so much more than just be a form of entertainment. Due to recent experiments‚ music has been shown to change the behavior of an individual by stimulating the brain and increasing neural connections. Music can not only entertain‚ but it can also advance

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    Thomas Coleman Diversity in Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Mathematics (DSTEM) Hegemony hides under the guise of many names. In his book the seventeen irrefutable laws of teamwork John Maxwell identifies the term “group think”‚ and warns against its power to blind productivity and narrow the focus of a team(Maxwell‚ 2001). He suggests that in every meeting there should be someone assigned the task of maintaining a view of opposition to the rest of the group. This form of hegemony

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    is just one of the 155 works that he composed during his life.” The NME (2010‚ online) tells us that the “Italian composer and organist‚ was an organist at S. Lorenzo in Florence between 1369 and 1396‚ and in 1379 was paid 9 solidi for writing five motets - an extremely rare record of payment to a composer.” This piece composed by Francesco Landini was composed in the genre of medieval music. Medieval music was very sacred and secular in these times. Medieval music is European music written during

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    composition (or section or movement of a larger work) in which a theme‚ called a subject‚ is introduced in one voice and then imitated repeatedly at different pitch levels or in different keys by all of the parts’. The fugue originates from the Renaissance motet‚ an instrumental piece from the 16th and 17th centuries usually with a title such as ‘fantasy’. Contrapuntal style during this time was used within the constraints of the modal system‚ but the majority of contrapuntal features and devices of fugue

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