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Title Composer Era of Music Instrumentation Distinguishing

History Characteristic

Music of the Seikilos epitaph Gabriel Garrido Ancient Greece Stringed Multiple voices,
Ancient World (Σεικίλου Σκόλιον) (100 A.D) Instrument, flute, string instrument
drum and deep
harmonies

Music of the Ordo Virtutuum Hildegard von High Middle Ages Multiple voices, Stringed instrument
Medieval Era (Order of the Bingen (800-1300) Lute, stringed used is not modern
Virtues) instruments and creates a very
melodic sound that
could come off as
irritating

Comtessa da Dia Beatriz de Dia High Middle Ages Flute, voice, and Her voice is very
(800-1300) what sounds like a big in range and is
stringed instrument one of the more
distinguishing parts

Alleluia nativitas Pérotin Late Middle Ages Multiple Voices Very church esque
(1300-1400) kind of song, also
reminds me of
music from the
video game Halo

Messe De Nostre Guillaume De Late Middle Ages Multiple voices, no Very different from
Dame Machnaut (1300-1400) instruments high middle age
music in the way
that it is more
complex/deep

Dies Irae Thomas of Celano High Middle Ages Multiple Voices Very spooky in tone
(800-1300)

Music of the Quam pulchra es John Dunstable Renaissance Era Multiple Voices More upbeat
Renaissance Era (1400- 1500) compared to middle
age music, very
melodic and
pleasant

Ave Maria Virgo Josquin Desprez Renaissance Era Multiple Voices A mix of both men
Serena (1400- 1500) and women,
pleasant to listen to

Ein feste Burg ist Martin Luther High Renaissance Multiple Voices Sounds very church
unser Gott (1520-1600) like with the
combination of men
and women

Madrigals Maddalena High Renaissance Multiple Voices Deeper in tone but

Casulano (1520-1600) still very church like

Ecco mormorar Claudio Monteverdi High Renaissance Multiple Voices Women have very
l'onde - La (1520-1600) soft and pleasant
Venexiana voices, men
compliment and
enhance their tones

Madrigaletti Op.13 Salomone Rossi High Renaissance Multiple voices, Stringed instrument
No.6 'Non e questo (1520-1600) String Instrument also enhances the
il ben mioi' women voices and
allows more
emphasis on how
their range is very
high

Gagliarda Carlo Gesualdo da High Renaissance String Instrument Unlike the other
Venosa (1520-1600) music we heard in
this era it is just a
string instrument
and no voice

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 Title Composer Era of Music Instrumentation Distinguishing
History Characteristic

Music of the Prelude in C Major Bach Baroque Era Harpsichord Has a lot of twang
Baroque Era (1700-1800) to the music but is
played on an
instrument that
looks like a piano

Tu se' morta Claudio Monteverdi 1607 Stringed instrument Mans voice sounds
and opera man very hallow and has
a type of echo and
sad tone

Da tempeste il Cecilia Bartoli Baroque Era Voice, harp(?), The womans voice
legno infranto (1700-1800) other stringed sounds like a bird
instrument

Acis and Galatea G.F. Handel Baroque Era Two voices, Man sings, then
(1700-1800) stringed instrument woman sings
almost like a
response to the
man.

Actus Tragicus Bach Baroque Era Multiple stringed All instruments

(1700-1800) instruments/wind piece the ears but
instruments in a pleasant way

Hallelujah Handels Messiah Baroque Era Multiple Very easy to

(1700-1800) instruments/voices recognize and one
of the all time
greats

Sonata in F Major G.P. Telemann Baroque Era Baroque Oboe, Upbeat and
(1700-1800) stringed wedding kind of
instruments music for this era

Concerto Grosso in Vivaldi Baroque Era Multiple stringed High paced and
D minor (1700-1800) instruments intest

Toccata and Fugue Bach Baroque Era Trost Organ Very creepy and
in D minor (1700-1800) spooky like

Amor dormiglione Barbara Strozzie Baroque Era Single Female Very beautiful in
(1700-1800) Voice, large tone and
stringed instrument complimented by
large instrument