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    Era/Period Composers- Musical

    Composition Characteristics of
    Composition
    Medieval Period  Hildegard von Bingen - Ordo virtutum  Medieval music consists of songs, instrumental pieces, and
     Guillaume de Machaut - Messe de Nostre liturgical music. Medieval music includes solely vocal music,
    Dame such as Gregorian chant and choral, solely instrumental music,
     Pérotin and Léonin - Magnus liber organi and music that uses both voices and instruments.
     Adam de la Halle - Jeu de Robin et Marion
    Renaissance Period  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa  Renaissance means rebirth. The style of renaissance church
    Papae Marcelli music is described as choral polyphony, meaning more than
     Josquin des Prez - Missa Hercules Dux one part. Homophonic means moving in chords. Monophonic
    Ferrariae means one melody line. Choral polyphony was intended to be
     Claudio Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata sung a cappella. The main forms were the mass and the motet.
    Vergine
     Guillaume Dufay - Nuper rosarum flores
    Baroque Period  Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew  A characteristic Baroque form was the dance suite. The
    Passion orchestra started to take shape, mainly in the strings, and the
     George Frideric Handel – Hallelujah Chorus violins became the dominant instrument, and most important in
     Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons orchestras. It is basically polyphonic.
    Classical Period  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart– Apollo et  This is an early classical style, and a very courtly style. It was
    Hyacinthus meant to please the listener. This style made more of balance
     Ludwig Van Beethoven – Fur Elise and control, grace and beauty of melody, and the form or
     Franz Joseph Haydn – The Clock Symphony design became important. Classical music is basically
    homophonic. The Orchestra began to grow.
    Romantic Period  Frederic Francois Chopin- Nocturne in E-  Romantic composers aimed for a store powerful expression of
    flat, Op. 9 emotion, often revealing their innermost thoughts and feelings.
     Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Fatum, Romeo As Romantic composers widened the range of their musical
    and Juliet material, we find richer harmonies, more passionate melodies,
     Franz Liszt - Liebestraum and greater use of chromaticism. Songs began to develop in
     Camille Saint-Saens- Danse Macabre, the Romantic period for solo voice and piano.
    Samson et Dalila

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