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What is classical
music?
Do you know?
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-one of the oldest musical styles
-The symphony orchestra
The major time divisions of
classical music are the early music period
,
which includes:
Medieval (500–1400)
and Renaissance (1400–1600),
the Common practice period,
which includes the Baroque (1600–1750),
Classical (1750–1830)
and Romantic (1815–1910) periods,
and the modern and contemporary period, which includes
20th century (1900–2000)
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Baroque
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
(4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741)
- the greatest Baroque composer
Vivaldi is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for
the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over 40 operas.
-The Red Priest"
His best worr are:
-Four seasons: it is a set of four violin concertos
-The texture of each concerto is varied
24. január 1705, Andria –
† 15. júl 1782, Bologna
-Undergone a castration
-When he was fifteen years old
-He made his famous name
- Tour Europe
-Music therapy
-Royal favourite
Farinelli was celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one
of the greatest singers in the history of opera.
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Impressionism
Joseph-Maurice Ravel
(March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937)
He disliked the overtly religious themes of other composers
- Bolero
- Ravel wrote two piano concertos: frst was for Paul Wittgenstein
second
- When Ravel was 24........
Pavane for a dead princess
-Who was this dead princess?
Ravel always assured listeners that the title was nothing more than a fancy of
his, that he imagined the tune to be "a slow Spanish dance to which a little
princess may once have danced."
Impressionism
Gabriel Urbain Fauré
(12 May 1845– 4 November 1924)
-one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical
style influenced many 20th-century composers.
-Pavane, Requiem.
-Debussy's Passepied in his Suite bergamasque
-Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte.
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Modern orchestral music
Craig Armstrong
(born 29 April 1959)
-the Royal Academy of Music from 1977 to 1981
-Royal Shakespeare Company
-He has collaborated with many profesionals....for example:
U2,Madonna,Pavarotti etc...
-many awards
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Escape
One of the most popular tracks composed by Armstrong
He has more worldhearded tracks like Weather Storm
this love and so on...
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Joseph-Maurice Ravel
Craig Armstrong
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