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Here is a listing that spans
important folks in the evolution of the tonality that we enjoy today.
Early
theorists. Antiquity to 1600.
| Werkmeister, Andreas |
cycle of 3rds 1698,
transition between modal and major / minor tonality. |
| Zarlino |
music theorist of the
16th century. |
Medieval and renaissance masters. Antiquity
to 1600.
| Gabrieli |
A. Ricercari / the
glory of Gabrielli |
| Tallis |
Lamentations of
Jeremiah |
Baroque era.
1600 to 1750.
| Gabrieli |
proccessionals and
ceremonial music |
Classical
era. 1750 to 1820.
| L. Von Beethoven |
Symphonies 5, 9 /
quartets 8, 14 / piano concertos 4, 5 / Fedelio / Missa Solemnis / sonata 21, 23 |
| F. J. Hadyn |
The Creation, quartet
opus 76 # 3 / Symphonies 94, 101 |
| W. A. Mozart |
Piano concerto # 20, 23
/ Cossi Fan Tutte / quartet # 17 / Requiem / Symphont # 38, 41 |
| Rossini |
Barber of Seville /
William Tell Overture |
Romanticism.
1820 to 1920.
| Bizet |
L'Arlesienne: suites 1
& 2 |
| Borodin |
In The Steppes Of
central Asia |
| Brahms |
Academic Festival
Overture / Symphony # 1 |
| Chopin |
Concerto for Piano # 2,
solo piano works |
| Elgar |
Pomp and Circumstance
Marches 1 & 4 |
| Glinka |
Russlan and
Ludmilla / overture |
| Indy |
Symphony on a French
Mountain Aire |
| Liszt |
Hungarian Rhapsodies |
Twentieth
Century Music. 1920 to present.
| Hindemith |
Symphonic Metamorphosis
of themes by Weber |
| Ives |
Three Places in New
England |
| Webern |
Symphony Op. 21, String
Quartet Op. 28 |
| Wolpe |
Quartet for trumpet,
saxophone |
Did I leave any out? Want to suggest
an American or European legend who you think needs to be on this list? What's your idea?
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is terrifying ..." Ludwig van Beethoven
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