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Aaron Copland

United States, Contemporary Period

Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, NewYork on 1900, and died in 1990. He was a

talented composer, pianist, conductor, andteacher.


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Aaron Copland


Coplands family were not musical at all. Hparents had never even been to a concert

After several attempts at learning musicincluding a correspondence course, Coplan

eventually went to Europe to study music


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Aaron Copland


He was very helpful to other young composers, often promoting their music along wit

his own. Because Copland had a habit ofcomposing at night with the help of his

noisy piano, he had to move several times


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Giovanni Palestrina

Italy, Renaissance

Palestrina was one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. This is the same

time period that Columbus, Shakespeareand Leonardo da Vinci lived in. The printin

press was newly invented as well.


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Giovanni Palestrina

Italy, Renaissance

Palestrina wrote most of his music for thchurch, and is very well-known for his

masses. Palestrina was also a master of plyphony, in which two or more melodic lin

are played at the same time.


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Giovanni Palestrina

Italy, Renaissance

The decade of the 1570s was difficult fohim personally; he lost his brother, two o

his sons, and his wife in three separate oubreaks of the plague. He considered be

coming a priest at this time, but didnt


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Giovanni Palestrina

Italy, Renaissance

Palestrina married again later in his life twealthy widow. He was financially inde-

pendent for the first time in his life, anconcentrated on composing music until h

death in 1594.


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Antonio Vivaldi

Italy, Baroque

Vivaldi lived from 1678 - 1741. His nickname was the "Red Priest" because of hi

red hair. Vivaldi was trained for music abecame a Priest, until he had to leave th

priesthood due to ill health.


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Antonio Vivaldi

Italy, Baroque

One of his most famous works is The FoSeasons. His music is often played on T

commercials and movies, including SupermReturns, The Shaggy Dog, Flubber, and 8

other movies!


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Antonio Vivaldi

Italy, Baroque

His personality was one of contrasts -quickly changing from irritated to very

calm. His music reflected this trait. It alshowed contrasts in dynamics, harmony a

varied rhythms.


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Friedrich Kuhlau

Germany, Classical Period

Kuhlau was born 1786 and died in 1832. Hfather, grandfather, and uncle all playe

the oboe in military bands. He had twobrothers and two sisters. His family wa

quite poor and moved often.


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Friedrich Kuhlau


When he was seven, Friedrich slipped on in the street and injured his right eye,

causing him to loose that eye. During hilong recovery indoors, he spent much of h

time at the piano, learning to master it


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Friedrich Kuhlau


When asked if the accident that causehim to loose his eye was not a great misfo

tune, he answered: "No, that was good,otherwise I would not have been a

musician."


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Friedrich Kuhlau


He wrote many sonatinas and sonatas fothe piano, and are still very popular for p

ano students to learn. He was good frienwith Beethoven, and they admired each

others work.


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Felix Mendelssohn

Germany, Romantic Period

Mendelssohn started playing the piano at

the age of four and was composing at eighby which time he had memorized all the Be

thoven symphonies and could play them othe piano.


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Felix Mendelssohn


Mendelssohn formed the Bach Admiratio

Society, and performed music by Bach asmuch as possible. It is because of him th

Bachs music was brought out of obscuritand became the well-known music it is toda


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Felix Mendelssohn


One of Mendelssohns most famous pieces

the Wedding March from A MidsummerNight's Dream. It was written when he w

only 17 years old! It has been played atmany wedding the world over.


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Antonin Dvorak

Bohemia, Romantic Period

Dvorak found a job as a church organist, b

what he really wanted to do was compose; he entered his compositions in a govern-

ment-sponsored contest and won!


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Antonin Dvorak

Bohemia, Romantic Period

Dvorak was a Nationalistic composer. Th

means he used folk tunes and dance rhythfrom his native country in his music, and

wrote about local legends, history, andlandscapes


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Maurice Ravel

France, Impressionistic Period

Ravel lived from 18751937. He is probab

best known for his orchestral work, Bolrwhich he considered trivial and once de-

scribed as "a piece for orchestra withoumusic."


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Maurice Ravel


Ravel wanted to be a pilot in the French Arm

during WWI. He thought his small size anlight weight would be an advantage, but he w

rejected because of his frail health. He instead drove a truck for the Army.


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Maurice Ravel


Ravel wrote an opera called L'enfant et le

sortilges (The Child and the Enchant-ments), in which the naughty child is pun

ished when furniture and animals assumepersonalities of their own.


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Franz Liszt

Hungary, Romantic Period

Franz lived from 1811- 1886. He receive

his first music lessons from his father whhe was six years old. He quickly displayed

incredible talent, easily sight-reading thmost difficult music he could find.


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Franz Liszt


He attended a concert by the virtuoso viol

ist Paganini and became suddenly determinto become as great a virtuoso on the pian

as Paganini was on the violin. He was ofteheard practicing for over 5 hours a day.


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Franz Liszt


Liszt was a great showman and very dra-

matic. When he came on the stage, he slowpeeled off his white gloves, and threw the

to the audience. Women used to fight thgloves, often ripping them to pieces.


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Franz Liszt


The composer Chopin influenced Liszt, an

encouraged him to be a serious composerLiszt eventually composed over 1000 work

for the piano. Chopin and Liszt started oas friends, but became serious competito


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Georg Phillip Telemann

Germany, Baroque

Telleman lived from 1681- 1767. He cam

from a long line of ministers, so everyonexpected him to become one too. As a chi

however, he showed enormous musical talemastering the violin, recorder, and keyboa


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Germany, Baroque

Telemann went to the university, to study la

His roommate found out that Telemann wascomposer, and arranged to have one of his

pieces performed. Telemann was soon writinmusic for the biggest church in town.


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Germany, BaroqueDuring his life, Telemann was famous. He wa

considered Germanys greatest living composeHe was friends with most of his fellow compos

ers, and was godfather to one of Johann Seba

tian Bachs sons; Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach


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Germany, Baroque

Much of Telemanns music was written fo

church use. However, he also wrote forpublic concerts. He helped popularize th

French style orchestral suite, whichincluded dance music.


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Muzio Clementi

Italy, Classical Period

Clementi lived from 17521832. When h

was 9 years old he was appointed as theorganist at his church. He was composin

music by the time he was 12 years old.


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Muzio Clementi


Clementi was in a famous piano duel wit

Mozart that was arranged with the EmperBoth men played their own compositions, i

provised, and sight read. There was no clewinner of the duel - in ended being a draw


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Muzio Clementi


Clementi had a great influence in how pian

was taught. The pieces and technical stuies he wrote are still used today by teache

all over the world. Beethoven used much Clementis music with his own students.


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Muzio Clementi


Clementi was a successful businessman. H

established a firm to publish music and bupianos. He traveled all over Europe sellin

his pianos, and convinced Beethoven to lehim publish his music.


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Richard and Roger Sherman


Richard and Rogers father bet them tha

they couldnt write a song that kids woulbe willing to spend their lunch money on.

Out of this challenge came one of thegreatest team of song-writers in history


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The Sherman Brothers composed Its a

Small World in 1964. Since then, "SmaWorld" has become the most translated a

performed song on earth.


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The Sherman Brothers have composed th

music for The Jungle Book, The AristocatThe Parent Trap, Charlotte's Web, The

Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, anMary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Ban


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Feed the Birds, which the Sherman Brothe

wrote for Mary Poppins, was Walt Disneyfavorite song. He would often ask them t

play it and they knew he was referring tthat song.


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Jeff Moss


Jeff Moss, one of the creators of Sesam

Street, lived from 19421998. He helpecreate such beloved Muppet characters a

Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch,and Guy Smiley.


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Jeff Moss


Moss also wrote many of Sesame Street'

hit songs, such as "I Love Trash," "Skin," a"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." John

Cash, Julie Andrews, The Boston Pops, anmany other stars have performed his mus


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Jeff Moss


Moss started composing as a youngster. H

studied Western classical music at NewYork's Browning High School and went on

Princeton University, where he studied ancomposed music and wrote books.

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