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    groups. GROUP I Contestants must choose one major work from either the Baroque or Classical musical periods. Contestants must select one movement from the work. Examples would be: Works from the Baroque Period J. S. Bach: The Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue; Partita No. 2 in C minor or No. 6 in E minor; English Suite No. 2 in A minor or No. 3 in G minor; the Italian Concerto Scarlatti: a set of three Sonatinas Works from the Classical Period Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 2‚ No.2 in A Major; Op. 2‚ No. 3 in

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    History: Baroque to Romantic Practical Similarities and Differences of Stile Antico and Stile Moderno When the general public thinks of Baroque music‚ they might think of the High Court sounding French concerto‚ or one of Bach’s many and well-known fugues. These highly structured pieces with their vigorous counterpoint and technical brilliance might be considered “tight” and “incredibly mechanical.” However‚ these pieces though full of well thought out lines‚ phrases‚ and ornamented passages are

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    The Baroque Era The Seventeenth Century Nikita Reid   “A General Overview of the Chapter” During the end of the sixteenth century to the mid eighteenth century‚ the Baroque Era prospered in Europe and its provinces. This section studies the Baroque expressions and the political setting against which they created. The writing of this period incorporated various subjects and structures‚ some recognizable yet numerous new and inventive. As the government developed progressively absolutist the

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    Music Comparison: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Ludwig van Beethoven Inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven and the ideas of Romanticism‚ the new group of composers in music were born. One composer‚ Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel‚ grew to love composing music‚ like Beethoven. The child prodigies both delighted in learning and performing music at a young age. Hensel learned music from many different teachers‚ but Beethoven was taught by more known instructors. Although the two composers both lived in Germany

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    that life has to offer. “If that is possible‚” we say to ourselves‚ “then everything is possible”; a new phase in the history of human awareness has been opened‚ just as it was opened up when people first read Dante‚ or first heard Bach’s 48 preludes and fugues‚ or first learned Hamlet and King Lear." (Russell 13) This new art spoken of‚ the coined “secret revolution” that was a part of the new phase opened up‚ was modern art. This revolutionary form began shortly before 1914 (Russell 126) and is

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    On October 8th‚ 2014 at 6:00 P.M‚ I attended The Sisters of Sigma Alpha Iota‚ Alpha Upsilon Chapter which was located in the Davis Hall‚ of the Gallagher-Bluedorn in Cedar Falls‚ Iowa. This was a classical recital being performed. The reason I chose to attend this recital‚ I saw on the website one of the instruments being played was a piano. The first performance of this recital was a song “Sigma Alpha Iota Chorale” by Margaret Blackburn Arr. E.K.W. Xi Chapter 1946‚ sung by Linnea Casey‚ Stephanie

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    Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Study of Études-Tableaux Op.33 Mike Mayrand Music of the Early Twentieth Century MUS 244 Prof. F. Gaudette April 14‚ 2006 Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was born April 1st‚ 1873 in Semyonovo‚ Russia and can be classified as a Russian-American composer‚ pianist and conductor. While his reputation as a composer only came later in life‚ Rachmaninoff ’s skill as pianist was well-known and highly respected. He was one of the greatest pianists of his generation‚ having

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    Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth

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    Spears Mosaics for Percussion by Del Borgo South of the Border by Freytag Suite for Percussion in Three Movements by Erickson Grade 3 Ancient Voices‚ Distant Storms by Varner Bayport Sketch by Spears Bien Sabroso by Sanchez arr. Mayor Chopin Prelude in E Minor arr. Steinquest Easy Winners‚ The by Joplin arr. Freytag Entertainer Rag‚ The by Joplin arr. Moore Hannibal’s Revenge by Narell Marche by Stanley Leonard Mozambique by Brooks Proclamation by Spears Shifting Waves by Gottry Three

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    a. Caravaggio b. Gianlorenzo Bernini c. Nicolas Poussin d. Johannes Vermeer Page ref: 264 6. What would one expect to hear during a performance of Monteverdi’s Orfeo? a. a concerto grosso b. a hymn c. a recitative and aria d. a prelude and fugue Page ref: 265 7. Which What term is best associated with the unification of European states like France and Spain under all-powerful monarchs‚ who used their power to subdue the nobility and bring central order to government? a.

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