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  2. Mannheim school - Wikipedia

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    Mannheim school refers to both the orchestral techniques pioneered by the court orchestra of the Elector Palatine in Mannheim in the latter half of the 18th century and the group of composers of the early classical period, who composed for the orchestra of Mannheim. The father of the school is considered to be the Bohemian composer Johann ...

  3. Protestant church music during and after the Reformation

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    Church music during the Reformation developed during the Protestant Reformation in two schools of thought, the regulative and normative principles of worship, based on reformers John Calvin and Martin Luther. They derived their concepts in response to the Catholic church music, which they found distracting and too ornate. Both principles also ...

  4. List of composers in the Mannheim school - Wikipedia

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    1700: 1773: 2 surviving operas and sacred works, including many oratorios. He is best known for his position as Kapellmeister of the Mannheim orchestra. Franz Xaver Richter [2] 1709: 1789: 80 extant symphonies, several concertos for soloist and orchestra, and 39 masses. He was the prime sacred music composer of his time. Franz Xaver Richter ...

  5. Prussian education system - Wikipedia

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    Herbst, Jurgen. "Nineteenth‐Century Schools between Community and State: The Cases of Prussia and the United States." History of Education Quarterly 42.3 (2002): 317–341. McClelland, Charles E. State, society, and university in Germany: 1700-1914 (1980) McClelland, Charles E. Berlin, the Mother of All Research Universities: 1860–1918 (2016)

  6. 1700 in music - Wikipedia

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    The year 1700 in music involved some significant events. Events. John Eccles is appointed Master of the King's Musick.

  7. Scottish education in the eighteenth century - Wikipedia

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    Wealth from the Agricultural Revolution led to a programme of extensive rebuilding of schools. From the 1790s urban schools were often rebuild in a more imposing classical style. Many poorer girls were taught in dame schools, informally set up by a widow or spinster to teach reading, sewing and cooking. Literacy rates were lower in the ...

  8. Education in the Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    Universities in northern Europe were more willing to accept the ideas of Enlightenment and were often greatly influenced by them. For instance, the historical ensemble of the University of Tartu in Estonia, that was erected around that time, is now included in the European Heritage Label list as an example of a university in the Age of Enlightenment.

  9. Music history of the United States during the colonial era

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    As music spread, the religious hymns were still just as popular. The first New England School, Shakers, and Quakers, which were all music and dance groups inspired by religion, rose to fame. In 1776, St. Cecilia Music Society opened in the Province of South Carolina and led to many more societies opening in the Northern United States.