Antonio Vivaldi: 16781741

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Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 (Italian
Baroque) The Four Seasons wrote 400 concertos
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George Frideric Handel 1685-1759 (Baroque) Mes
siah Water Music Music for the Royal Fireworks
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Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 (Baroque) Bran
denburg Concertos The Well-Tempered Clavier St.
Matthew Passion
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Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 (Classical) Known as
Father of the Symphony Farewell
Symphony Surprise Symphony
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 (Classical)
Operas The Magic Flute Don Giovanni Jupiter
Symphony A Little Night Music
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Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-1827 (Romantic) Symp
hony No. 3 in E-Flat (Eroica) only wrote one
opera Fidelio Ode to Joy - last movement of
9th symphony Moonlight Sonata Für Elise known
for his 9 symphonies deaf in later life
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Giocchino Rossini 1792-1868 (Italian
Opera) The Barber of Seville Overture to
William Tell
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Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 (Romanticism) Over
ture to A Midsummer Nights Dream Wedding
March
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Frederic Chopin 1810-1849 (Romanticism) lover
of George Sand (the female novelist) Polish
pianist Minute Waltz
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Franz Liszt 1811-1886 (Romanticism) one of
the greatest pianists in history Hungarian
Rhapsodies
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Richard Wagner 1813-1883 (Romanticism) German
opera The Flying Dutchman Tannhauser Lohengrin
Tristan and Isolde The Ring of the Nibelung
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Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901 (Foremost Italian
opera composer) Rigoletto La
Traviata Aida Otello
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Johann Strauss II 1825-1899 (The Waltz
King) By the Beautiful Blue Danube Tales from
the Vienna Woods Die Fledermaus (The Bat -
operetta)
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Stephen Foster 1826-1864 (US composer of
popular songs) Beautiful Dreamer My Old
Kentucky Home Oh! Susanna Swanee River or
Old Folks at Home
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Johannes Brahms 1833-1897 (Classical) Brahms
Lullaby Academic Festival Overture Symphony No.
1 in C Minor Violin Concerto in D Quintet for
Clarinet and Strings in B Minor
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Georges Bizet 1838-1875 (French) Carmen
(opera)
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Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893 (Russian) 1
812 Overture First Piano Concerto Nutcracker
Suite Sixth Symphy, the Pathetique Swan
Lake Sleeping Beauty
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Sir Arthur Sullivan 1842-1900 (the other half
of W. S. Gilbert known for their comic
operas) The Mikado H. M. S. Pinafore The
Pirates of Penzance Onward Christian Soldiers
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Claude Debussy 1862-1918 (French pianist known
for musical Impressionism) Prelude to
LApres-Midi dun Faune (Afternoon of a
Faun The Preludes Clair de Lune
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Scott Joplin 1868-1917 (Pulitzer Prize-winning
American pianist and father of ragtime) Maple
Leaf Rag
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Maurice Ravel 1875-1937 (French
Composer) Bolero
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Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 (Russian
Composer) Petrushka The Firebird Suite The
Rite of Spring
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Sergei Prokofiev 1891-1953 (Russian
Composer) Peter and the Wolf Romeo and
Juliet
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George Gershwin 1898-1937 (U.S.
Composer) Rhapsody in Blue An American in
Paris Porgy and Bess (opera) songs
Summertime I Got Plenty o Nuthin Bess,
You Is My Woman Now It Aint Necessarily
So other songs I Got Rhythm Lets Call the
Whole Thing Off Someone to Watch Over Me They
Cant Take That Away from Me
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Aaron Copland 1900-1990 (U.S. Composer) Rodeo
(ballet) Appalachian Spring (written for Martha
Grahams dance company) Billy the Kid
(ballet) Fanfare for the Common Man
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John Philip Sousa - The March King The Stars
and Stripes Forever
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Irving Berlin -Alexanders Ragtime Band -Blue
Skies -God Bless America -White
Christmas" -There's No Business Like Show
Business
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Baroque Period Three of the greatest geniuses of
this period were Vivaldi, Bach and Handel.
During this time, the first operas appeared in
Italy. The orchestra began to take its modern
shape, and forms like the sonata (for piano and
one other instrument) and concerto (for solo
instrument and orchestra) emerged. Most Baroque
music is highly decorated with very complex
melodies.
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Classical Period The death of Johann Sebastian
Bach in 1750 signaled the end of the Baroque
period and the introduction of a style of music
now called Classical, which is plainer and more
disciplined. Classical music was often written
on a larger scale, and its finest expression is
the four-movement symphony. Haydn and Mozart,
the greatest composers of the Classical period,
also brought the sonata and the concerto to a
high degree of perfection.
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Romantic Period Ludwig van Beethoven, who began
as a Classical composer, broke the mold with his
revolutionary Eroica in 1804 and dominated the
musical scene until 1827. European music would
never be the same again. Precise forms became
less important than the expression of powerful
feelings, and Romantic composers like Schubert,
Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky put emotion into
music as no one had ever done before. At the
same time, Liszt, Dvorak and Grieg began using
music to express patriotic sentiments.
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Modern Period The early 1900s saw the beginning
of the Modern period, which is much more diverse
and complicated. All the traditional rules of
music have been challenged, including seemingly
basic principles of harmony and rhythm. Some
20th-century music is harsh and difficult to
appreciate. But Modern composers like Holst,
Debussy, Stravinsky and Copland have entered the
mainstream and will be enjoyed for as long as
music is played.