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Literature and History Topics |
Elements of Music
- Melody
- Harmony
- Rhythm
- Texture
- Timbre
- Style
- Medium
- Text
- Form
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Musical Forms
- Fugue - "Little" Fugue in G minor - J.S. Bach
- Art Song - "The Erlking" - Franz Schubert
- Sonata Form - Sonata #7 in C for piano, K. 309 - W.A. Mozart
- Symphony - Symphony #5 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Opera - Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten
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Western Classical Music
- Medieval Era - La Messe de Nostre Dame - Guillaume de Machaut
- Renaissance Era- "Ave Maria...Virgo Serena" - Josquin des Prez
- Baroque Era - Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F major - J.S. Bach
- Classical Era - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - W.A. Mozart
- Romantic Era - Carnaval - Robert Schumann
- Impressionism - L'apres-midi d'une faune - Claude Debussy
- Expressionism - Pierrot Lunaire - Arnold Schoenberg
- Serialism - Suite pour piano, op. 25 - Arnold Schoenberg
- Primitivism - Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky
- Electro-Acoustic - Poeme Electronique - Edgar Varese
- Neo-Romanticism, Aleatory Music, and Minimalism - various excerpts by John Cage, Steve Reich, and John Corigliano
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Ethnomusicology - The Study of Music in Culture
- India - art music of the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, modern Bollywood
- China - silk and bamboo ensembles, Beijing opera, Chinese rock
- Africa - traditional music of sub-Saharan cultures, modern Afropop
- Native America - traditional vocal and flute music, modern pantribal music
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American Popular Music
- The Blues - country blues, Chicago blues, Muddy Waters
- Jazz - New Orleans, swing, bebop, Miles Davis
- Country Music - traditional, bluegrass, modern
- Rock Music - roots and founders, Motown, heavy metal, punk, rap, The Beatles
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