Schnittke

Arts & media   |   Arts and art history   |   Summaries   |   08/27/2007   |   .doc   |   2 pages
Document abstract : «Schnittke was born in the Soviet Union in 1934 into a Russian Jewish family. The father was a German Jew from the Baltic area, and the mother was a Catholic from Germany. Given this, his first language was German. In 1945 for three years, he lived...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Technical aspects of A La Albeniz. How the public received him?. Contemporaries....»

The Rise of Choral Polyphony in Burgundy

Arts & media   |   Arts and art history   |   Summaries   |   04/24/2007   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was a flourishing of culture in the Netherlands with the rise of humanism and the patronage of the Dukes of Burgundy. With the advances in trade and commerce, there was also a general prosperity which...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Roots of polyphony. Effects of the new style. The main representatives. Guillaume Dufay. Gilles Binchois. Johannes Ockeghem. Antoine Busnois. Conclusion. Works cited....»

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