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Art of Music: Exerpt from "Alleluia Nativitas" by Perotin.

Art of Music: From "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5" by J.S. Bach.

Art of Music: From "Lament of the Nymph" by Claudio Moneverdi.

Art of Music: Exerpt from "Missa da Pacem" by Josquin des Prez.

Art of Music: Early organum: from "Musica enchiriadis" (c. 859)

Art of Music: From "Siegfried" (Act III) by Richard Wagner.

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Art of Music: Exerpt from "Alleluia Nativitas" by Perotin.

Art of Music: From "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5" by J.S. Bach.

Art of Music: From "Lament of the Nymph" by Claudio Moneverdi.

Art of Music: Exerpt from "Missa da Pacem" by Josquin des Prez.

Art of Music: Early organum: from "Musica enchiriadis" (c. 859)

Art of Music: From "Siegfried" (Act III) by Richard Wagner.

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Key People

Zarlino, Gioseffo

Gioseffo Zarlino

Italian composer

François-Joseph Fétis

Belgian music scholar

Sergey Taneyev.

Sergey Taneyev

Russian composer and pianist

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Austrian composer

Johann Joseph Fux

Austrian composer

Johannes Tinctoris

Belgian composer

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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz

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