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He discovered Harmony - along with a math equation named after him.
Who is Pythagoras?
A drama that is primarily sung, accompanied by instruments, and presented on stage. Choruses and dances are also frequently included.
What is Opera?
Bonus Question: Bougie means _____ in French.
What is Candle?
The lowest class of people - craftsmen, laborers, tenant farmers, and musicians (unless they were employed by the church or someone of higher status)
What is the Working Class?
BONUS QUESTION: Sharks have this many bones.
What is None?
This German composer came from a long line of musicians (including his brother who raised him). He was not made famous until years after his death, but is now known as one of the "Greats".
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Music for the church
What is Sacred?
The most important invention of the Renaissance period.
What is the Printing Press?
The two middle classes; one is well off but not the richest, and the other were usually people who owned farms but worked alongside their employees.
What are the Gentry and the Yeomen Class?
BONUS QUESTION: This was the first year that the Buffalo Bills played in the NFL.
What is 1960?
This Austrian composer is the one true GOAT - starting from an early age as a child prodigy and writing over 600 musical works before his death at 35 years old.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
a single (one) melody typically sung by a single singer or played by an instrument player without accompanying harmony
What is Monophonic?
A non-religious vocal piece that's typically performed without instruments and features multiple voices. Often based on poetic lyrics and are known for popularizing word painting.
What is a Madrigal?
This instrument produces sound by plucking its strings instead of striking them.
What is a Harpsichord?
BONUS QUESTION: According to Guinness World Records, this is the best-selling book of all time.
What is The Bible?
She was the first EVER notable composer that we've studied. Known for writing the Ordo Virtutum and for being a woman.
Who is Hildegard Van Bingen?
This event sparked tons of people leaving the corrupt Catholic Church. The founder nailed his 95 Thesis on the church door.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
A short, Sacred piece of music. It is JUST singers (no instruments) where multiple singers are singing at the same time.
What is a Motet?
The belief that music was a powerful tool of communication and could arouse any emotion in its listeners came from these two places.
What are the Romans and the Greeks?
The movement in Europe where people started to prioritize fact and reason over superstition.
What is The Age of Enlightenment?
A German-British composer: He is known for writing Operas such as Agrippina.
Who is George Friederich Handel?
The highest class of people in the Baroque Period
What is the Nobility?
French Composer who wrote both sacred and secular pieces but was most famous for sacred motets and masses.
Who is Josquin De Perez?
The first formation of the Orchestra only had these instruments. (3)
What are the strings, the harpsichord and maybe a lute?
This means to mirror the age of Antiquity and is based on ideas from the Romans and the Greeks.
Classicism