SYLLABUS
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History 9 - Baroque to Modernity
Instructor - Andrew James Clark - www.andrewjamesclark.ca
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This survey course introduces students to western art music and provides the vocabulary needed to discuss musical styles and topics. Students will learn to summarize stylistic traits of various historical eras, observe how composers interacted with society, and discover the overarching musical patterns and developments which have lead us to now. A substantial amount of new terminology and their definitions must be committed to memory.
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ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678 - 1741)
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Italian Composer and Violinist
Master of Violin at the Devout Hospital of Mercy Orphanage
Accomplishments: Wrote 400 Concertos (and some opera)
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JOHANN SABASTIAN BACH (1685 - 1750)
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German Composer and Organist
Cantor of St.Thomas and Director of the Collegium Musicum
Accomplishments: The Founder of Western Art Music
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685 - 1759)
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German British Composer
Composer of the Chapel Royale
Accomplishments: The first Celebrity Composer
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 - 1809)
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Austrian Composer
Esterhazy Family Kapellmeister
Father of the Symphony and the String Quartet
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
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German Composer
The Hero Artist of Western Civilization
Integrated Shakespearian Character Development with Music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
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Austrian Composer
Imperial Court Chamber Music Composer
Advanced all Elements of the Classical Style
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Franz Schubert "The Mushroom" (1797 - 1828)
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Viennes Composer
Unemployed
Wrote over 1000 separate works including 600 Leider
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Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
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Polish Composer
A Piano Teacher
Inventor of the Modern Piano Style
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Hector Berlioz " (1803 - 1869)
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French Composer
Recipient of the Legion d'honneur
Prolific writer, composer and master of orchestration
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Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
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French Composer
A Sad and Ignored Composer
Wrote one of the most Popular Operas Ever
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Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
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French Composer
Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
The Founder of Modern Art Music
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Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
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Russian Composer
20th Century Celebrity Composer
Featured in Time Magazine's Most Influential People!
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