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CRASH COURSE IN MUSIC HISTORY
Exam Prep 2015
6 PERIODS IN MUSIC HISTORY
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
RENISSANCE
BAROQUE
CLASSICAL
ROMANTIC
20TH CENTURY
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL FACTS
 800 to 1400
Longest period in music history
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Pope Gregory
Gregorian Chant -> Single Line, Monophonic
Nuemes was the standard notation
Instruments:
Vielle
Lute
Organ
tambor
Listening Activity:
Give 3 adjectives to describe the piece.
RENAISSANCE FACTS
1400 to 1600
Rebirth or Reconstruction
Humanism Movement
Music Style:
Smooth, Polyphonic, Imitative
Instruments:
Virginal
Clavichord
Most famous composer:
Josquin des Prez
Listening Activity:
Give 3 adjectives to describe the piece.
BAROQUE FACTS
1600 – 1750
Bizarre
Music Style:
Opulent, extravagant, over the top
Instruments:
Violin
Opera Emerged
L Orfeo
Most Important Composers:
Claudio Monteverdi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Listening Activity:
Give 3 adjectives to describe.
CLASSICAL FACTS
1750 – 1820
Music Style:
Simple, clean, elegant, form
Age of Enlightenment
Belief in science and reason
Rise of the Middle Class
Instruments:
Piano Forte
Most Important Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Listening Activity:
Give 3 adjectives to describe
ROMANTIC FACTS
1820 – 1900
Style:
Bold, focus on emotion
Important Events:
Industrial Revolution
Nationalism
Important Instruments:
Piano Forte
Important Composers:
Ludwig von Beethoven
Listening Activity:
Give 3 adjectives to describe.
TH
20
CENTURY FACTS
 1900 to PRESENT
Style:
Change, experimentation, technology
Lots of political change
World Wars
Communism
Cold War
Terrorism
Variety is the spice of life
Rise in technology
Expressionism VS Impressionism
Listening Activity:
Give 3 adjectives to describe.