Renaissance Research "Conservatory Project" Assignment: More On Architecture And Classical Music Composers, Performers, and Theorists

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Think about the complex ways that architecture can influence classical music composers, performers, theorists, and listeners.

For example, which classical musician(s) might you associate with the picture above, and which classical musician(s) might you associate with the picture below.

Can you identify these two famous Western architectural masterpieces? (The first is from the second half of the 19th c. and the second is from the mid-twentieth century. Both are in Europe.)

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Photo credits: Wikipedia Commons. With thanks.

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Hints:

http://www.chnu.cv.ua/materials/interof/unesco/070712/
residence_eng.pdf

Paul Griffiths "SPRING MUSIC/CARNEGIE HALL; Embracing the Contemporary" March 5, 2000

Do you know which famous Western music theorist students at the Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are required to study?

Can you identify any of the designs of cars or flags in the images?












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