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ComposersBritney
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Bach•Lived from 1685-1750•Was born in Eisenach, Germany•Wrote Desiring and St. Matthew Passion•40 members of his family are
remembered for their musical talents•His parents died when he was9•Married his cousin 1st then married
Anna after his cousin died. •He had 20 children
Handel• Lived from 1685-1759• Wrote Messiah and The Cuckoo and the
Nightingale• Born in Halle, Germany• Father hated music• 1st teacher F.W. Zachau• Quick temper• No wife or children• Moved to England
Hayden• Born in Austria• Lived from 1732-1809• Wrote The Farewell Symphony and “The
Surprise” Symphony• Father of the symphony “Papa Haydn”• Pleasant, not arrogant• Great sense of humor• Only 1 employer• Loved jokes• Witty
Mozart• Born in Austria• 1756-1791• Wrote A Little Night Music eventually it
was stolen and put to the words “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
• Taught by Haydn• Child Prodigy• Died of scarlet fever• Dies writing Requiem• Genius
Beethoven• Born in Germany • Lived from 1770-1827• Favorite emotion: anger• Wrote Symphony #5 in C Minor and Fur Elise• Changes status of musicians and music forever• Changes piano• Forced to grow up fast, and raise younger
brothers• Dad an alcoholic • Is Acid Rock Bands’ favorite composer
Daily Art
The Fate of the Animals• Artist: Franz Marc
• Made in 1913• Back then pollution was
worse than it is now• Deforestation was a major
issue also• Died in 1916• He was killed in WW1 by a
gun-shell• In this painting are 2
horses a deer, a pack of wolves and 2 boars.
• Painting has permanent damage from a fire
“Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where are We
Going?”• By: Paul Gauguin• Dog is the observer (him)• The person’s pulling a fruit
off the tree of knowledge and giving it to the kid
• The woman in the far right is next to an ailing woman, symbolizing the after life
• The blue statue stands for The Beyond
• Lived with Van Gogh when he cut off his ear
• Goes to Tahiti• Born in Brazil
The Kiss• By: Gustav Klimt• One piece of his art
sold for 143million• Austrian• Self-Portrait and a
model• Loved red heads• Girl in picture sued
for part of his estate• He used real gold
mixed in with his paints
The Persistence of Memory
• Self-Portrait• Had a seriously
weird mustache• Painted surrealism• Died in the 1980s• Draping clocks
were inspired by melting cheese
• BFF: Picasso
The Son of Man• Artist: Rene Magritte• Surrealism• Painted in 1965• Self-portrait• “Everything we see
hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Human’s hide their secrets too well…” Was his famous quote
Types of Composit
ion
Fugue•Started in the 1600s•Subject/answer melodies•Multiple voices and instruments•Melodies had just slight variations
•Musician who wrote Fugue: Bach
Symphony • 4 movements• 1st- Fast paced with a number of
melodies• 2nd- very slow• 3rd- minute or waltz in ¾ time• 4th- VERY fast with short, short notes• Main composer: Haydn, commonly
called “Papa Haydn” and Father of the Symphony
Ragtime•Played on the piano•Steady “boom-chick” bass•“ragged melody”•Main composer: Scott Joplin the first American to write an Opera