History Classical music history has 6 major periods behind it I The Middle ages 4001400AD II The Renaissance 1400600AD III The Baroque era 16001750AD ID: 759761
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Slide1
Classical Music
By. Alyssa Jensen
Slide2History
Classical music history has 6 major periods behind it
.
I. The
Middle ages (400-1400AD
).
II
. The Renaissance (1400-600AD
).
III
. The Baroque era (1600-1750AD
).
IV. The Classical Period (1750-1820AD
).
V
. The Romantic period (1820-1920AD
).
VI
. The 20th
Century.
Slide3The Middle ages (400-1400AD). AndThe Renaissance (1400-600AD).
The Middle ages
only
one note at a time was
sung at a time
(monophonic
)
Chant
like,
Religious, Church music.
Gregorian
chant was the famous piece at the time.
The
Renaissance
-2
or more voices used (polyphony)
.
-written for specific instruments and entertaining ballroom dances
-Flute, piccolo and lute (guitar) were the most popular instruments.
“
The recorder, an early precursor to the flute and piccolo, and the Lute, an ancestor to the modern guitar, were two of the most popular instruments of the day” (Beck).
Slide4The Baroque era (1600-1750AD). AndThe Classical Period (1750-1820AD).
The Baroque era
-means extravagant or complex.
- age of wigs, decorative wigs and lace.
-Echoing within the music from each instrument/ harpsichord, clavichord
and
organ
-
Row, Row, Row your boat sung in a
round
The
Classical
Period
-
Strict rules with defined forms of music.
-symphony, sonata, and concertos are all forms of classical music.
- composers,
Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven.
-soft and loud/ cadences, (series of chords signaling end)
.
“The major
innovation
in instrumentation was the invention of the pianoforte, which literally means "soft-loud"(Beck).
Slide5The Romantic period (1820-1920AD). And The 20th century
The Romantic period
- begins to break away from classical rules.
-
more emotional, new ideas develop
- composers,
Brahms, Schumann, Wagner.
The
20th
Century
- no more rules! some stay within the rules but most break away, because why not!
-
composers experimented with forms and structure, a lot of imagination.
-
composers,
Stravinsky,
ravel.
Slide6Popularity NowWhy It’s Important
*Movies*
A
lot of the favorite classic movies contained scores of classical music following and breaking old classical music rules.
Star
wars,
Jurassic
park, and
Indiana
jones music are all composed by composer J
ohn Williams.
movies
that are still loved and watched over and over today
.
“John Williams writes music that is largely inspired by orchestral music from the late 1800's (Romantic period), commonly infused with the same expression and emotion employed by Romantic composers” (Margaret).
Slide7Intelligent Music
- people are interested in learning it, learning its complexities.
Without
classical music dating back from 1400AD there would be no music at all.
Religion/Beautiful
old
Victorian
ages
for brought upon
such simple
ideas for us to build more complexity and imagination toward it.