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    Luis Milan lived from 1500 to 1561 in Valencia, Spain. He was a Spanish renaissance composer who was the first composer to write and publish music for the vihuela. In 1536, Milan published a book entitled Libro de Música de Vihuela de Mano Intitulado de Maestro. This book is his most famous, and is the first book in history that consisted of vihuela music. It included many villancicos, pavanas, and over 40 fantasias. It also included vocal pieces with accompaniment provided by the vihuela

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    Chapter One: Composer Biography “My composer is Guillaume De Machaut. People believe that he was born around the year 1300 but yet they don’t know what day he was born on. He died on April 13, 1377. He was both born and died in Reims, France. Very little is know for Guillaume but he was employed by John of Luxembourg, who was the king of Bohemia. He was named canon (a canon is someone that can play two or more instruments of something) of Verdun in 1330, Arras in 1332, and Reims in 1337. We

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    Claude Debussy was one of the renowned French composers of the late 1800’s. He used a compositional device to dilute the sense of directed motion found in traditional progressions. Although it took while for the listening public and critics to warm up to this bold and new experiment in harmonic freedom, he was soon a distinguished music composer (Claude Debussy). Debussy’s life, style, and influences all play a role in this famous composers history. Born in France on August 22, 1862, Claude Debussy

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    Mozart as he was more commonly known, is one of the most influential composers to ever live. His incredible success during the Classical Period has brought him lots of attention from everyone from classical music listeners to classical music scholars and performers. Childhood and Early Career Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertyl. His father was a violinist and a composer and was the man whom introduced him to music at a very young age, and

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    Leonard Bernstein is seen as one of the greatest composers in America. Bernstein composed great music, conducted great music, and also preformed great music as a pianist. Bernstein is probably most known for his film score in the production West Side Story. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.” Being born and educated in the United States, Bernstein was the first American to obtain worldwide acclaim. He is also

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    5 things I believe we need to work on as an ensemble is tone quality, rhythm, intonation, dynamic changes and articulation. I believe this because the judges mentioned these things more than 3 times altogether. One of the judges commented that we should blow more air as we play so we don’t go flat or sharp. Another comment was that we should know other people’s parts in the ensemble. Some people in the ensemble play their parts way too loud that we can’t hear the woodwinds when they have the melody

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    Cage(1912-1992) who was an experimental American composer. The basic description of this composition is that all the performers of any instruments not to play their instruments during the entire duration of the piece throughout the three movements which makes it become one of the most important and meaningful musical compositions of the 20th century. Until now, it is still an controversial question to “define” 4’33’’ as a joke or music. John cage was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist.

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    gifted American composer. His music appeared as if he captured the spirit of the times. His significance lays with the use of his jazz imitation methods creating blue notes. He left behind three of the most impactful concert score ever written by an American composer. He additionally made the only American opera that truly has entered the global performance. What makes him unique is that he was from an immigrant family entering this new world. Becoming an internationally celebrated composer. Nothing was

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    During the late 18th century, Ludwig van Beethoven, pianist and composer, began to his glorious rise to fame in the world of music. After moving to Vienna and becoming a pupil of the celebrated Joseph Haydn, Beethoven commenced his period of compositional productivity and creativity, as known as the “Heroic Phase” or “The Middle Period”. Beethoven’s musical style and productivity were heavily based off Romanticism, the idea of expressing one self’s thoughts and emotions freely through the arts

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    Many composers have impacted music since the beginning of time. Out of all composers we have studied Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Armstrong all stand out to me. They have all contributed to the history of music in amazing ways. Out of those that stand out to me, I think Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Armstrong are the most influential composers. Each in their own way have affected the course of music and how it is composed and also appreciated. Ludwig Van Beethoven perfected the

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