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- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...][[1756]] – [[December 5]][[1791]]) is considered one of the greatest [[composer]]s of [[Europea...
7: ...but at the time was the capital of a small independent [[Archbishopric]] within the [[Holy Roman Empir...
11: ... both the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Musically, he developed very rapidly and began to compose his own ...
13: ...ifficult passages he had never seen before. His older sister, [[Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart|Maria Anna...
15: ...ienna again in late 1767 and remained there until December 1768.
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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...witzerland]]. She later studied with [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] and [[Stefan Askenase]]. In [[1...
7: ...dimir Horowitz]]. Indeed, her early recordings (made at age 19) of such competition mainstays as the P...
17: ...[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two Pianos/[[Ravel]]: Ma Mere L'Oy...
20: ...r), Martha Argerich & the [[Orchestre Symphonique de Montr顬]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]: ... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...re. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character, and agility.
4: ==History and development==
6: ...e instrument body to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, wit...
8: ...oon" in ''Dioclesian'' (1690) referring to the wooden double reed, the word began to be used to refer ...
10: ...ich scholars date to the end of the 17th century, depicts the bassoon much as it appears in its curren... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.
4: ... varieties of [[wood]] or, in the case of some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[re...
11: ...orchestral writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over tim...
12: The Bass Clarinet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large ...
20: ...e of [[ebonite]]. The instrument uses a single wooden (sometimes "fiber" or plastic) [[reed (music)|re... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ... developed in France in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and has been known as t...
6: ...sic)|harmonic series]], facilitated by its small, deep [[mouthpiece]], giving it its characteristic "m...
12: ... needed to play and the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was ...
14: ...ype of horn, called the [[natural horn]] in the modern literature.
16: ...rmonic series, and there were then three valves added to it. Using these three valves, the player cou... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - 2006 (7939 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1970s]] [[1980s]] [[1990s]...
11: ...nday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It has been designated:
12: * The ''International Year of [[Deserts]] and [[Desertification]]''
14: ...Austrian composer ''Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''.
19: ...[[January 1]] - Deadline by which the small remainder of non-metric road distance signs in the [[Repub... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ... [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
15: ...an]] was announced at a meeting of the [[Acadé©e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]].
17: *[[1871]] - [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]].
23: ... announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
25: ...Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Port Arthur]], [[China]]. - National anthem (4891 bytes)
3: ...h other commonly sung [[patriotic songs]]. The oldest song purporting to be a national anthem is the ...
5: ...aditions, most notably [[Japan]] (which has the oldest anthem in the world, [[Kimigayo]]), [[Iran]], [...
11: ...orious during the [[Nazi]] era as "[[Deutschland, Deutschland ?lles]]."
13: ... the lyrics both for the Indian and for the Bangladeshi national anthems.
15: ...ome countries the national anthem is played to students each day at the start of school. In other cou... - Glockenspiel (1945 bytes)
3: The xylophone's bars are wooden, while the glockenspiel's are metal.
8: ... classic ''Strawberry Letter 23''. An even more modern use of the Glockenspiel is [[Radiohead]]'s song...
12: ...ame struck-bar principle as the glockenspiel include the [[marimba]] and the [[vibraphone]]. - Triangle (instrument) (2713 bytes)
2: ... is more often hooked over the hand so that one side can be damped by the fingers to vary the tone. Th...
4: ...e triangles have jingling rings along the lower side.
8: ...the middle of the [[18th century]]. [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Joseph Haydn]] and [[Ludwig van Bee...
10: ...sical music can be very demanding, and [[James Blades]] in the ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Music...
12: ...quietest notes. Composers sometimes call for a wooden beater to be used instead of a metal one, which ... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: .... Some of his most famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], ...
7: ...e distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and [[J...
13: ...te library, at which point the elder brother demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
17: ...; Bach was equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
19: ...essive accomplishment in his day, especially considering that he was the first in his family to finish... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
4: ...000 and 1900. The central norms of this tradition developed between 1550 and 1825 centering on what is...
8: Musical works are best understood in the context of their place in musical hi...
14: ... 1815-1910 a period which codified practice, expanded the role of music in cultural life and created i...
15: * [[Modernism (music) | Modern]], 1905-1975 a period which represented a crisi...
16: ..., which includes late Romantic, Modern and Post-Modern styles of composition. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the start of th...
9: ... political changes began that would lead to the modern [[nation state]]. France's absolutism would gen...
13: ...]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement.
17: * [[1703]]: [[Saint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russ...
19: ...eb]]'s death, the [[Mughal Empire]] enters a long decline. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...x|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[Americ...
6: ...ut with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ...al revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radica...
15: ...[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwes...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power... - Opera (25153 bytes)
7: ... the visual spectacle on the stage, which is considered an important part of the performance. Finally,...
9: ...arely reaching vocal maturity until the third decade, and sometimes not until middle age. Male singer...
11: Traditional opera consists of two modes of singing: [[recitative]], the dialogue and plo...
13: ...s such film scores can in some sense even be considered both the heirs and the competitors of [[grand ...
20: ...ical [[Greek tragedy|Greek drama]], part of the wider revival of antiquity characteristic of the [[Ren... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...][[1756]] – [[December 5]][[1791]]) is considered one of the greatest [[composer]]s of [[Europea...
7: ...but at the time was the capital of a small independent [[Archbishopric]] within the [[Holy Roman Empir...
11: ... both the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Musically, he developed very rapidly and began to compose his own ...
13: ...ifficult passages he had never seen before. His older sister, [[Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart|Maria Anna...
15: ...ienna again in late 1767 and remained there until December 1768.
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