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The Story of Great Music

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  1. Introduction

    Instructions & Setup
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  2. The Renaissance and Baroque Eras
    1. Renaissance
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  3. 2. Early Baroque
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  4. 3. Handel
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  5. 4. Bach
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    1 Quiz
  6. The Classical Era
    5. Haydn
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    1 Quiz
  7. 6. Mozart
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  8. 7. Beethoven
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  9. The Romantic Era
    8. Early German Romantics
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  10. 9. French Romantics
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  11. 10. Masters of the Piano
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  12. 11. Romantic Opera
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  13. 12. Brahms
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  14. 13. Romantic Nationalism
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  15. 14. Russian Romantics
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  16. The 20th Century
    15. French Impressionism
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  17. 16. Finland, England, & America
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  • Writing
    • Mozart encountered financial troubles throughout his career. Imagine his biography without this lack. How would his career have been different? What innovations and works might he not have composed out of necessity?
  • Art
    • Simple: Design a playbill for the premiere of one of Mozart’s operas, such as The Marriage of Figaro in Vienna or Prague.
    • Intermediate: Draw a costume for one of the characters in The Magic Flute. Watch some performances for inspiration, but come up with your own design. Add in fun details like pieces of fabric glued or sewed onto the paper.
    • Advanced: Sketch the mechanics of a fortepiano and of a modern piano. Use your diagram to explain the difference in sound to a friend of family member.
  • Listening
    • “Lively” and “playful” are adjectives often used of Mozart’s work (though they are hardly the only ones). Using at least three different pieces of different forms, justify the use of these adjectives. Think of the instruments, tones, and tempos used.