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3 days ago · A: France has been home to many influential musicians, including Édith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg, Daft Punk, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Claude Debussy. These artists have left an indelible mark on the global music scene and continue to inspire new generations of musicians. French music's rich tapestry extends beyond the 20 fascinating facts explored ...
May 21, 2024 · One of the most variable facets of opera during its long history has been the balance struck between music and poetry or text. The collaborators of the first operas (in the early 17th century) believed they were creating a new genre in which music and poetry, in order to serve the drama, were fused into an inseparable whole, a language that was in a class of its own—midway between speaking ...
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May 4, 2024 · The Paris Opéra was established as the Royal Academy of Music (Académie Royale de Musique) under a patent granted by Louis XIV in 1669. The company’s first performance was Pomone (1671), a pastoral by the composer Robert Cambert and the poet Pierre Perrin. In 1672 the Royal Academy of Dance was amalgamated with the Royal Academy of Music.
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May 13, 2024 · La Marseillaise, French national anthem composed in one night (April 24, 1792) during the French Revolution by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a captain of the engineers and amateur musician. It came to be called ‘La Marseillaise’ because of its popularity with volunteer army units from Marseille.
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May 23, 2024 · Medieval music encompasses the sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. It is the first and longest major era of Western classical music and is followed by the Renaissance music; the two eras comprise what musicologists generally term as early music, preceding the common practice period.
- c. 1730-1820
- c. 1400-1600
- c. 500-1400
4 days ago · The Baroque ( UK: / bəˈrɒk / bə-ROK, US: /- ˈroʊk / -ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. [1] It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as ...
1 day ago · Music first arose in the Paleolithic period, [45] though it remains unclear as to whether this was the Middle (300,000 to 50,000 BP) or Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,000 BP). [46] The vast majority of Paleolithic instruments have been found in Europe and date to the Upper Paleolithic. [47]
