All We Like Sheep Analysis The Passion of Jesus Christ is such a compelling truth that has drawn many of the great composers of history to attempt doing it justice through music. George Fredric Handel‚ from England‚ is recognised as a great composer of the Baroque era (1600-1750). He composed the magnificent oratorio the “Messiah”. This took him 260 manuscripts and just 24 days to complete and it became a legendary piece in the history of music. An oratorio is basically a large musical composition
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narrator. The cantata addresses a religious topic‚ but it is not narrative. Rather it is a collection of commentary set to music‚ and the cantata is used in worship. In the religious music orb‚ the work methods of the two most important composers‚ G.F. Handel and J.S. Bach differed extensively. As early as the middle of the seventheenth century‚ the aria had supplanted the recitative as the most important musical component of the opera. This hierarchy remained intact throughout the Baroque period. The
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Being famous is subjective to what the people want and what they people understand and/or know. I gathered eleven surveys and averaged out their numbers to get the most famous composers. They are in order from 1st to 5th. As the first-most famous composer‚ Johann Sebastian Bach was consistently first place in online surveys. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer who lived from 1685-1750‚ part of the Baroque Period. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ‚ choir‚ as well as many other instruments
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capstone performance I have selected four pieces of vocal literature: The Monk and His Cat by Samuel Barber‚ Si mes vers avaient des ailes by Reynaldo Hahn‚ Una donna a quindici anni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ and V’adoro Pupille by George Frideric Handel. This repertoire includes a variety of pieces in different styles and languages‚ and overall I believe it encompasses my work as a classical vocalist. The Monk and His Cat is a 9th century Irish poem set to music by 20th century American composer
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This term is used to describe the emotional and ornate art and architecture of the 1600s. [pic] a. Romanesque [pic] b. Gothic [pic] c. Classical [pic] d. Baroque status: correct (1.0) correct: d your answer: d feedback: Correct. [pic] 2 The colonnaded piazza added to St. Peter’s is the achievement of this architect. [pic] a. Borromini [pic] b. Michelangelo [pic] c. Bramante [pic] d. Bernini status: correct (1.0) correct: d your answer: d feedback:
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MIDTERM REVIEW SHEET Music 15 – Fall 2013 Date: Thursday‚ October 31 Time: 11:00 am – 12:15 pm (Please be early‚ if possible‚ Value: 40 points (20% of total grade) Format: The exam will consist of listening identification and general knowledge questions‚ definitions‚ and one short answer question. Please bring a black or blue pen. Section One – Listening Identification (15 points) Identification of listening examples from the syllabus (title‚ composer‚ time period‚ genre‚ other elements
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Defining the Humanities Paper University of Phoenix Introduction to Humanities - The Ancient World to Medieval Times HUM/100 Isabelle Rucks November 15‚ 2010 Defining the Humanities Paper Introduction The purpose of this paper is to define the humanities and explain how the humanities differ from other forms of human expression and inquiry. The author of the paper will describe a cultural event that she has experienced or encountered and explain how this cultural event expressed
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Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Josquin Despres (c. 1440-1521) was acknowledged by his contemporaries as the most accomplished composer of his time. Martin Luther proclaimed that‚ “Josquin is a master of notes‚ which must express what he desires; on the other hand‚ other choral composers must do what the notes dictate.” Although very little is known about Josquin’s early life in the lowland region of northern France‚ he most likely received his musical training through his
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Patrick Langteau 12/4/13 Music Appreciation Timeline Assignment The Middle Ages (450-1450) Genres: Gregorian Chant‚ Secular music‚ Church Music Time period: Church was the center of the musical scene at this time period‚ most music at the beginning was just vocal and sacred because instruments were not allowed in church at this point in time. As time progressed secular music began to pick up because people wanted to be able to have music outside of church and generally wanted something with
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took place from around the 1600’s to the 1800’s. This is when music was just reaching its peak of success; composers achieved great accomplishments during this time in history. Three of the most famous composers are Antonio Vivaldi‚ George Frideric Handel‚ and Johann Sebastian Bach. This type of music opened up composers to create a different kind of sound with more artistic freedom. “...Baroque music...was filled with complex melodies and
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