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MBMT133 History of Western Music 12 Nov 2022

Prepare a 15 minute oral presentation that will help all of us to appreciate and comprehend the
main tenants that inform each of the musical periods below.

Group Baroque- The Baroque Era

(Khamu, Kasanga,Gumbo, Bangira, Lubinda)

Music in the Baroque- The formative and philosophical and Aesthetic Ideals of the Baroque
The Doctrine of Affections
The Concerto Grosso and Ritorhello form
The Fugue
The elements of Opera
Major composers- Monteverdi, Purcell, Vivaldi, Johan Sebastian Bach , George Frideric Handel
The Chorale
The Oratorio

Group Classical- The Classical Era

(Ziyambi,Kachidza, Gumunyu, Makuwaza,Matsvimbo, Mutete)

The classical style-The Age of Reason, The age of Revolution, The Age of Industry
Sonata form
Themes and variation
Minuet and Trio
The Classical symphony
Classical Concerto
Chamber Music
Influential Composers: Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven

Group Romanticism

(Shekede, Mutyambizi,Midzi, Chitakura,Nherera, Kanomanyanga)

Romanticism in Music
The Art song
Program Music
Nationalism in 19th Century Music
Influential composers- Franz Liszt, dvorak, Johannes Brahms, Guiseppe Verdi, Puccini

Group 20th and 21st Century Contemporary

(Chipesi, Mbana,Tsuro, Mabiyana, Mazvaramhaka)


Music and Musicians in Society
Impressionism, Expressionism, Symbolism. Primitivisim
Neoclassicism
Nationalism/ Conservatism
Minimalism

Political figures, Scientists

Major composers- Claud Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland

Jazz

The American Musical

Rock

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