Terms | Definitions | Sequence | Restatement of a pattern on successive or different pitch levels. | Duetting | Song performed by two. | Imitation* | Repeating a melody‚ with one voice entering at different times slightly altered. | Canon* | Several voices sing the same melody entering at different times. | Cantus firmus* | Polyphonic mass when each work is based on the same polyphonic work. | Stile recitativo | Style used in operas‚ oratorios‚ and cantatas where the text is declaimed
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In Baroque Era‚ you can see the style throughout various of life forms in that time‚ for the purpose of this response‚ we are focusing on the architect and musical style of the Baroque Era. Bach’s composition No. 5 (Brandenburg)‚ has polyphonic texture and uses the string and woodwind instrument family. You can hear the violins‚ flute‚ and harpsichord in this piece. The musical form of this piece is a three-part ritornello‚ and there are 3 movements. The movements go: (1) fast‚ (2) slow‚ and (3)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most famous composers of this generation. He is arguably best known for his stage/film adaptations of Cats and Phantom of the Opera. He has won many awards for his work and a variety of honors. Lloyd Webber made a huge impact in theatre. Early Life First things first‚ Lloyd Webber was born on March 22nd‚ 1948 in London‚ England. Everyone in his immediate family were involved with music in some way. His dad was the direction at a music college
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born on March 16‚ 1750 in Hanover‚ Germany. She was one of 10 children of Anna Ilse Moritzen and Issak Herschel. Caroline didn’t get a great education‚ but she learned how to read and write. However‚ she didn’t receive a formal degree. When Caroline was ten years old‚ she was diagnosed with the Typhus disease. Caroline’s family was very big in music‚ and one of her older brothers‚ William‚ later moved to England to pursue a music career. When Caroline was 22‚ she moved
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Kenzie Espinoza-Finch 11/18/15 George Martin George Henry Martin‚ sometimes known as “the fifth Beatle” was born January 3‚ 1926 in London‚ England. His interest in music started early‚ at the age of six when his family bought their first piano and he started taking lessons. However‚ he only went to eight lessons due to disagreements between the piano teacher and his mother. In 1943 at the age of 17‚ Martin enlisted in the Royal Navy and served until 1947. After leaving the Navy
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Show Choir Learning Design Information Project Title: Show Choir Developer(s): Amy Hanson Development Date: 06/15/1998 Revised By: Amy Hanson Revision Date: 10/19/1998 Organization: Shawano-Gresham School District Department: music Instructional Area: Music & Arts Instructional Level: 6-8 Total Credits: 0 Target Population 6th-8th grade students Course Description Show Choir is an elective class that integrates choreography
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Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen‚ Norway on June 15‚ 1843. Edvard Grieg began learning music from his mother‚ who was a pianist. At a young age‚ he developed an amazing talent for music. When he turned 15‚ he went to Leipzig Conservatory to study more about music. Leipzig Conservatory was located all the way in Germany. After he finished his schooling there‚ he traveled to Denmark. While studying in Denmark he met the composer‚ Norwegian. Norwegian taught him all about folk music. Grieg traveled all
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Heinrich Schutz 1585-1672 Born in Bad Lostriz in 1585 and moved to Landgrave in 1598 where he served as the choir boy and studied with Georg Otto. Schutz studied law at the Universtiy of Marburg‚ but was advised to instead study music with Gabrieli and Landgrave gave him the finanical means to do so. Heinrich Schutz studied with Giovani Gabrielli from 1609-1672. He composed a polychoral psalm setting that is much in the style of his teacher‚ Gabrielli. During this time Schutz was employed
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One of the lesser known composers represented in the album‚ French composer‚ conductor‚ educator and organist Henri Büsser was born in Toulouse in 1872. Showing signs of musical proclivity from a young age‚ and with encouragement from his organist father‚ Büsser began his musical studies at the Ecole Niedermeyer in 1885 where he studied with Alexandre George [French organist‚ composer‚ and harmony teacher]. In 1889‚ Büsser entered The Paris Conservatoire‚ studying organ with Franck and Widor‚ as
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Guillaume Dufay’s mass‚ Missa Se La face ay pale is largely based on his previous ballade Se la face ay pale. In fact‚ the cantus firmus is completely based on the tenor line used in his ballade. Dufay maintained the durations that were used in the tenor part in his ballade‚ but he added verbal cue to change the durations when in performance. Because of this‚ all the different parts of the mass had the tenor line moving at different paces. The result of this is a different sounding polyphony in each
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