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Jan 28 2009, 07:42 PM |
Classical music is a genre that includes compositions from around 500 A.D. all the way up to the present day. Classical music is typically broken down into 6 different eras or time periods. Though there is some overlap, the generally accepted time periods are:
Classical Music Reference websites -ClassicalNet – “The Internet’s Premier Classical Music Source” -Classical Archives –The World Center for Classical Broadcasting – “The very finest in free online symphonic & orchestral streams” -ClassTab – An excellent resource for finding classical guitar tablature. Personal Recommendations Johann Sebastian Bach Ludwig van Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Georg Philip Telemann Some Guitarists / Instrumentalists of Note Andrés Segovia Christopher Parkening – website John Williams - website Julian Bream (guitar, lute) Narciso Yepes (guitar, lute) Ronn McFarlane (lute) – website Paul O’Dette (lute) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Composers by Classical Period Renaissance Dowland, John (1563-1626); England – wrote over 100 pieces for the lute (the ancestor of the modern guitar) Milano, Francesco Canova da (1497-1543); Italy Baroque Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); Germany Handel, George Frederic (1685-1759); Germany/England Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757); Italy Telemann, Georg Phillip (1681-1767); Germany. Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741); Italy Classical Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809); Austria Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); Austria Romantic Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); Germany Carcassi, Matteo (1792-1853); Italy Carulli, Ferdinando (1770-1841); Italy Chopin, Frédéric François (1810-1849); Poland Giuliani, Mauro (1781-1829); Italy Liszt, Franz (1811-1886); Hungary Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847); Germany Paganini, Niccolò (1782-1840); Italy Schubert, Franz Peter (1797-1828); Austria Schumann, Robert Alexander (1810-1856); Germany Sor, Fernando (1778-1839); Spain Tárrega, Francisco (1852-1909); Spain Late- / Post-Romantic Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909); Spain Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897); Germany Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893); Russia Wagner, Richard (1813-1883); Germany Impressionist Debussy, Achille-Claude (1860-1918); France Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937); France Modern Segovia, Andrés (1893-1987); Spain Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959); Brazil Contemporary Williams, John (1941- ); USA. This post has been edited by MattG: Jan 28 2009, 08:10 PM |
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