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Music Periods |
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Piano and Forte, in appropriate costumes, introduce each Period. Visual images help children remember historical events. If they learn one key date in each period, they will develop a framework for organizing other historical data. |
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Music written primarily for
the church or court. |
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Key Date: 1620;
Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock |
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Music written for rich upper classes and aristocracy; Age of Reason. Forte sternly enforces the rules
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.Key Date: July 4, 1776;
Independence Day |
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Forte Posing as George Washington |
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Music written for the rising middle class. Emotion more important than reason.
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Key date: 1860-1865; Civil War
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Forte Posing as Abraham Lincoln
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Music written for everyone. New form, harmony, rhythm. Composers breaking the "rules" and expressing themselves in new ways.
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Key Date: 1903;
Wright Brothers First Sustained Flight |
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