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Music Throughout History
- 1. MUSIC THROUGHOUT HISTORY MAR Y CUMMINGS
- 2. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PERIODS OF MUSIC! • Renaissance: 1420-1600 • Baroque: 1600-1750 • Classical: 1750-1820 • Romantic: 1820-1900 • Modern: 1900-present
- 3. Renaissance: 1420-1600 MUSIC: Dance Music Instrumental Music Polyphonic texture Polyphony means that 2 or more independent lines play at the same time Sacred Music- Church Music
- 4. Renaissance: NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Josquin des Prez Giovannie Da Palestrina William Byrd Thomas Morley Michael Praetorius William Byrd: Ave Maria
- 5. Baroque: 1600-1750 MUSIC: Operas have become a source of entertainment Oratorios: Music for orchestra and voices that tells a sacred story Concerto: A piece for soloists and orchestra with 3 contrasting movements Harpsichord was introduced; considered to be in the keyed instrument family; played by plucking the strings to produce a vibration which produces sound Formalized dances become very popular
- 6. Baroque NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Johann Sebastian Bach Antonio Vivaldi Donenico Scarlatti George Fredric Handel Johann Sebastian Bach
- 7. CLASSICAL: 1750-1820 MUSIC: • Symphonies become VERY popular! • Symphony: An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra that includes 4 movements • Sonatas: A piece for an instrumental soloist with a pianist accompaniment • Minuet is a very popular dance and type of music in this time period. • Minuet: A slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time. (Usually conducted in 1) • Gavotte was another popular dance, usually in 4/4 time • String quartets become increasingly written and played • Piano becomes the main instrument for composers
- 8. CLASSICAL NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: • Franz Joseph Haydn • Wolfgang A. Mozart • Franz Schubert • Antonio Vivaldi Fun Fact About the Classical Era: Mozart was the most notable Classical Era composer. They considered it to be the end of the Classical Music time period when Mozart died! Mozart Mozart Piano Sonata
- 9. *MUSIC: *Operas and program music make a comeback! * Program Music: The music that goes along with an opera or play *People became fascinated with romances from Mid Evil times which lead to a high interest in developing these types of pieces *Poetry and stories of heroes were very popular and were starting to be included into operas and plays *Dynamics became wider; meaning that the composers made the instrumentalists play much, much softer and much, much louder! Tempos were also much more extreme *
- 10. *NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: * *Felix Mendelssohn *Robert Schumann *Frederic Chopin *Franz Liszt *Johannes Brahms Chopin Nocturne
- 11. 20TH CENTURY/MODERN: 1900-PRESENT MUSIC: All sounds have become possible in music! There used to be restrictions on the types of things that can be included and now composers have total freedom in their works. This time period starts mixing elements from multiple cultures to make new and never seen before compositions With all the advances in technology, composers are able to use different types of instruments Complex rhythms are 20th century composers’ forte Jazz, blues, folk, rock-n-roll, country are all types of music that are considered part of this musical era
- 12. 20TH CENTURY/MODERN: NOTABLE MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS: Scott Joplin Arnold Schoenbery Igor Stravinsky Serge Prokofiev Duke Ellington George Gershwin Dancing from The Rite of Spring Fun fact about this time period: Igor Stravinsky premiered a piece called “The Rite of Spring” and the dancing and the notes were so unusual that it caused a RIOT from the audience!
- 13. • Now that we have learned about all the different time periods we should now be able to share a few facts we remember from each time period! Let’s turn and talk to your partner and share what you remember from each of the time periods!