Music History Study Guide
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pope Gregory "The Great" | 600 AD - Created a system to explain musical scales; gave notes names . . . A,B,C . . . - Gregorian Chant |
| Guido of Arezzo | Devised sensing do,re,mi,fa,so,la,ti,do... also developed a new music notation system using a staff. |
| Catholic Mass | Mass consisted of great choral and orchestral works. |
| Giovanni da Palestrina | 1525-1594, Renaissance. Wrote songs for voices along to be sung in unison, A capella. |
| Madrigal | A piece for at least 3 voices usually without accompaniment. |
| Claudio Monteverdi | 1567-1643, Renaissance. One of the inventors of opera. |
| Baroque | Mid 1600's- mid 1700's, highly emotional. |
| Antonio Vivaldi | 1678-1741, Baroque, Italian. -"The Red Priest" named for his red hair. -Taught violin at the Mercy Hospital for young female orphans. -Wrote Four Seasons. |
| George Frideric Handel | 1685-1759, Baroque, German. - Studied in Italy, composed in England. - Wrote Messiah, an oratorios of solo singers, chorus and orchestra. -Wrote Water Music to perform on the barge as Kind George floated up the Thames River. |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750, Baroque, German. - Organist...wrote at least 215 cantatas for the church. - Used counterpoint which is 2,3, or 4 melodic lines played at the same time. |
| Classical Period | mid 1700's- mid 1800's |
| Joseph Haydn | 1732-1809, Classical Period, Austrian. - Court Musician and for 30 years served Prince Esterhazy where he was able to standardize structures of symphony and string quartet, earning him the name 'Father of Symphony'. |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756-1791, Classical Period, Austrian. - Child prodigy; composed by the age of 4; toured as a child. -Wrotte the opera Don Giovani. -Studied under Papa Haydn. |
| Ludwig can Beethoven | 1770-1827, Classical Period, German. - Studied under Haydn -wrote Eroica (Meaning heroic), a symphony evoking the life of a hero; originally inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte until he proclaimed himself emperor which made the composer fly into a rage. |
| Franz Schubert | 1797-1828, Classical Period, Austrian. - Wrote Lieder, which are songs to be sung by one voice accompanied by piano. |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809-1847, Classical Period. - Rediscovered Bach - Wrote music for Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream |
| Romantic era | 1800's Inspired by nature, feeling, emotion and nursing one's inner child. |
| Carl Maria von Weber | 1786-1826, Romantic era. - 1st conductor to draw up a standard seating chart for orchestra. |
| Frederic Chopin | 1810-1849, Romantic era, Polish. -changed what was possible on the piano |
| Robert Schuman | 1810-1856, Romantic era, German. - Wrote mostly piano pieces - Marries Clara, also a talented pianist. - Went Insane. |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833-1897, Romantic Era, German. - Grew up playing in taverns and brothels. -Was close friends with Clara Schuman ;) - Self critical so that he didn't publish his first symphony until he was 43 |
| Richard Wagner | 1813-1883, Romantic era, German. - Wrote opera and developed in a musical theme for each character. |
| Nationalism | The last part of the 19th century. -Composers of each country threw off bonds of convention and asserted the flavors of their own native vountries. -Music became the symbol of national pride. |
| Antonin Dvorak | 1841-1904, Nationalist, Bohemian. - Childhood was filled with country fold music. - Because of his national pride he reluctantly took over the National Conservatory of Music in NY. |
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