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1 Composers Britney Thorns

2 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 1 st then married Anna after his cousin died. He had 20 children

3 Handel Lived from 1685-1759 Wrote Messiah and The Cuckoo and the Nightingale Born in Halle, Germany Father hated music 1 st teacher F.W. Zachau Quick temper No wife or children Moved to England

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 Daily Art

8 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

9 “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

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 Types of Composition

14 Fugue Started in the 1600s Subject/answer melodies Multiple voices and instruments Melodies had just slight variations Musician who wrote Fugue: Bach

15 Symphony 4 movements 1 st - Fast paced with a number of melodies 2 nd - very slow 3 rd - minute or waltz in ¾ time 4 th - VERY fast with short, short notes Main composer: Haydn, commonly called “Papa Haydn” and Father of the Symphony

16 Ragtime Played on the piano Steady “boom-chick” bass “ragged melody” Main composer: Scott Joplin the first American to write an Opera


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