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Module C/D/E composers Flashcards

1
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Adams

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20th C Minimalist

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Adams

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“China Gates”

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JS Bach

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Baroque period

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JS Bach

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born Germany 1865

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5
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JS Bach

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big family of musicians

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6
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JS Bach

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last great master of polyphony

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7
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JS Bach

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sang/played organs at churches

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JS Bach

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works contain emotional and religious themes

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JS Bach

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technical master of range and technique

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Beethoven

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lost hearing

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Beethoven

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born Germany 1770

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12
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Beethoven

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Classical period

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13
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Beethoven

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bad family situation/ abusive father

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14
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Beethoven

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concertos, string quartets, symphonies

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15
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Beethoven

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taken in by aristocracy

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16
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Beethoven

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themes of suffering and triumph

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17
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Beethoven

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found composing difficult

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18
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Debussy

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French Impressionist 20th C

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Debussy

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revolutionary music ideas; ignored traditions of past

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20
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Debussy

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went to Paris Conservatory

21
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Debussy

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small works, orchestral pieces, operas

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Haydn

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original sophisticated music w/ hard to hear qualities

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Haydn

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born Austria 1732

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Haydn

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Baroque/Classical period

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Haydn

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symphonies and quartets

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Hildegard

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first female composer whose name is known

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Hildegard

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European naturalist, had visions

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Machaut

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born 1300 France

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Machaut

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supplied music and poetry to great courts

30
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Machaut

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wrote masses and secular music

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Machaut

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there are few recordings of his work

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Mahler

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Romantic, herald of Modernism

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Mahler

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symphonic giganticism

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Mahler

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Vienna Conservatory and Opera

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Mahler

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led Metropolitan Opera and NY Philharmonic

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Mahler

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born Bohemia 1860, Jewish, tragic childhood

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Mozart

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Viennese classicist, born 1756 Austria

38
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Mozart

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followed traditions and norms of the Classical Era

39
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Mozart

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veiled emotions, but every part of his song was valued

40
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Mozart

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concertos, chamber music, string quartets, operas

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Perotin

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13th C sacred polyphony; began polyphonic tradition

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Purcell

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Baroque, born England 1659

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Purcell

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organist of Westminster Abbey

44
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Purcell

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plays, cantatas, odes, opera

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Reich

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20th C Minimalist

46
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Reich

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“It’s Gonna Rain”

47
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Webern

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beauty and terror of silence

48
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Webern

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born Vienna 1883

49
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Webern

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short pieces

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