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  1. 5 days ago · It is the epitome of instrumental music, and is certainly the oldest and most enduring form of 'pure' and independent instrumental composition, beginning around 1600 and lasting to the present day. Schmidt-Beste analyses key aspects of the genre including form, scoring and its social context - who composed, played and listened to sonatas?

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      Call Numbers for Music Theory and Composition: ML 128.T5...

  2. 1 day ago · Signature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as ...

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  4. 5 days ago · The oldest surviving written source is the Winchester Troper. Around the year 1000 it was sung widely in Northern Europe. [failed verification] Shortly, [clarification needed] a similar Christmas play was developed, musically and textually following the Easter one, and other plays followed.

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  5. 4 days ago · John Cage was an American avant-garde composer whose inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas profoundly influenced mid-20th-century music. The son of an inventor, Cage briefly attended Pomona College and then traveled in Europe for a time.

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  6. 3 days ago · The best-preserved example of a classical Greek theatre, the Theatre of Epidaurus, has a circular orchêstra and probably gives the best idea of the original shape of the Athenian theatre, though it dates from the 4th century BC.

  7. 5 days ago · Each volume features 10-25 complete musical scores or complete movements from multi-movement compositions, many of which have been previously difficult to access. Expert scholars provide original essays about the composers, including biographical information, a discussion of the music in historical content, and critical analysis of each work.

  8. 3 days ago · Join us as we explore the top 15 best classical music pieces that have left an indelible mark on the world of music. 1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – Ludwig van Beethoven. 2. The Four ...