church. The musical genre of the oratorio emerged in the late 16th century and focused on the subject of religious texts. Oratorios‚ unlike operas‚ perform without costumes‚ scenery or action and are often divided into two distinctive parts. Popular composers of the oratorio are J.S. Bach‚ Antonio Vivaldi‚ and George Frederic Handel. The cantata‚ in early history confused with oratorio‚ consists of recitatives and set pieces which include arias‚ duets and choruses often in religious
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since the composer decided not to continue the work on this piece while he was still alive. James M. David: AUTO ’66: for Solo Clarinet and Wind Ensemble I. Lamborghini Miura; II. Mini Cooper S; III. G.T.O. This clarinet concerto is scored for Piccolo‚ 2 Flutes‚ 2 Oboes‚ 2 Bassoons‚ Contrabassoon‚ 4 Clarinets in B-Flat‚ Bass Clarinet‚ B-Flat Contrabass Clarinet‚ 2 Alto‚ Tenor and Baritone Saxophones‚ 3 Trumpets in B-Flat‚ 4 Horns‚ 2 Tenor Trombones‚ Bass Trombone‚ Euphonium‚ 2 Tubas and 5 Percussions
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What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? Guillaume Dufay was a very influential composer of the fifteenth century. He was a Flanco-Flemish composer who wrote in almost all forms and limited himself to basically nothing. 5. Who was William Byrd? What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? William Byrd was an Englishman‚ born in 1543‚ that had been one of the first composers to make consort music. Critical Thinking Questions 1. How did music in the Renaissance
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increasing the power of the brass and woodwind sections. New chords and novel ways of using the familiar chords were used to create colorful harmony. More emphasis was given to harmonic instability and less to stability and resolution. Romantic composers characteristically expressed themselves in musical miniatures and monumental compositions‚ meaning that they could last just a few minutes that were to be heard in a home or great works that required many performers‚ last for several hours and designed
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music in half an hour. At five he was playing the clavier incredibly well. At six he began composing‚ writing his first symphonies at the age of eight. He was constantly traveling all over Europe with his father‚ Leopold Mozart‚ a violinist‚ minor composer and Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The musical feats and tricks of young Wolfgang were exhibited to the courts (beginning in Munich in 1762)‚ to musical academicians‚ and to the public. Between the ages of seven and
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After several decades of various composers in the like of Debussy‚ Schoenberg‚ and Stravinsky fearlessly challenging the establishment through their own thresholds for dissonances‚ the 1960’s saw a new‚ contrasting approach to rebelling against previously defined boundaries. Unlike the majority of movements found in Western Art music‚ this new movement did not immerge from the depths of European circles‚ but instead‚ in the United States. While there are several parallels that can be drawn between
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He decided to take a three year lesson from a composer named Jozef Elsner at the same university he started. After taking lessons from the great composers ‚ Chopin decided to do a concert by Moscheles. This concert was a
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gamba. 4. Who was Guillaume Dufay? What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? One of the early renaissance composers. He wrote music in almost every music form at the time‚ including chants‚ motets‚ chorales‚ and masses. His music influenced many of the composers that came after him. 5. Who was William Byrd? What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? A composer who created consort music. He composed over 470 pieces of music in a range of music forms‚ including motets and church
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Romantic and Modern Composers As social and political views changed throughout history‚ a revolution in the art world followed. Artists use their pieces to explain their point of view‚ this includes writers‚ painters‚ and especially musicians. The end of the French Revolution inspired hope and visions for the future‚ which musicians responded by entering the Romantic period. In order to compare musicians in the Romantic period and those in the modern era‚ we must look into the stylistic choices
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pieces for musicians‚ or history facts for musical historians to learn to gain an acceptable level of knowledge. There is one common point within these three categories of studies: Johann Sebastian Bach. J-S Bach was a composer of the «Baroque» era (1600-1750). The end of the era was defined by the death of Bach in 1750. Now‚ one can talk about evolution of music throughout the centuries up to today‚ but there is in reality no real evolution‚ simply a change in the way
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