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Guillaume de Machut
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"Quante en moi" motet-isorhythm- writing successive passages in identical rhythms but with distinct melodies MEDIEVAL
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Josquin Deprez
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Pange Lingua Mass- 4 yart mass derived from a hymn called Pange Lingua RENAISSANCE
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Violin Concerto in G- last of Vivaldi's Opus 4 and the best one. A concerto for solo violin and the basic Baroque orchestra of strings and basso continuo BAROQUE
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J.S. Bach
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Brandenburg concertos #5- concerto grosso for flute, violin and harpsichord BAROQUE
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W.A Mozart
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Symphony No. 40 in G minor- most famous and admired work, very rare to have a symphony in minor mode, written in sonata form CLASSICAL
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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symphony No. 95- composed for his first tour in 1791, this work was composed later in his life (last 20 years) starts in minor than transforms to major CLASSICAL
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Fifth Symphony- wrote 9 symphonies but this is his most famous, had few works than Mozart and Haydn but his works were more grand. motive is repeated throughout the piece ROMANTIC
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Richard Wagner
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Ring Cycle- called Nibelung's Ring, based off of German and Norse legends involving gods, giants, and magical prophecies. 4 part musical drama ROMANTIC
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Robert Schumann
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Lied writer with piano roles that are more complex than most, was greatly influenced by Schubert ROMANTIC
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Gustav Mahler
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Symphony No. 1- written in 1888, had a special style where he would combine solo players LATE ROMANTIC
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Stravinsky
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Rite of Spring- 1913 the first performance caused a riot, ha had a barbaric style, visceral and unpredictable rhythms, dissonance without any consonance MODERNIST
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Alban Berg
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Wozzeck- his music is influenced by Wagner, was a student of Schoenberg, this is an operal but has no arias, contains many leitmotivs
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