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Our Study of Music’s
History
Medieval to Present Day
Musical Time Periods
Musical time periods are not very exact, or defined.
They were developed by people who lived long after that
time period.
They developed the time periods according to the changes
in music and society throughout history.
Musical Time Periods
Medieval
500-1430
Renaissance
1430-1600
Baroque
1600-1750
Classical
1750-1820
Romantic
1820-1910
Twentieth Century
1910-2000
Twenty-First Century
2000-Present
Medieval
What do you think life was like in Medieval times?
What did people do during their day?
Were there social classes? If so, describe them.
What do you think music’s role was in society during
Medieval times?
What kind of music was popular?
Medieval Times
Use your laptops and visit:
http://www.medieval-life.net/
Answer the questions on your worksheet about Medieval
Times.
Medieval Times
Much of the music composed during this time period was
sacred.
Sacred means that it is religious music.
The monks wrote most of this sacred music in the form of
chants.
Viderunt Omnes
Viderunt Omnes
Written by Perotin “The Great”
He was a French composer of sacred music.
He lived from 1160 to 1240 AD.
He attended the School of Notre Dame and studied
“organum.”
“Organum” involved one voice in even rhythm, with
ornamentals in other voices.
Renaissance
Printing press discovered in 1440 by Johannes Gutenburg.
Nicolai Copernicus discovered where Earth was located
within the solar system in the 16th century.
Martin Luther led the Protestant Reform.
Michelangelo and Shakespeare used their talents to
support the humanist spirit that came with this reform.
Renaissance
Giovanni Palestrina (1525-1594)
Lived in Rome
Worked as a choir director and organist at Sistine Chapel and
St. Peter’s
He wrote 100+ mass settings and 200+ motets
Going along with the Protestant Reform, his compositions
strove to get rid of the “worldly excess” from the music of
earlier times.
Each voice part resembles a chant-like melody.
Giovanni Palestrina, Gloria
Renaissance
The English Madrigal (1600s)- poets and composers
worked together to create these works.
Some of the most famous madrigal composers:
William Byrd
Thomas Morley
Thomas Weelkes
John Dowland
Thomas Morley
Now is the Month of Maying
Renaissance Instrumentation
Lute
Renaissance Instrumentation
The Dulcian
-What
instrument
does it remind
you of?
Renaissance Instrumentation
The Harpsichord
Renaissance Instrumentation
The Recorder
Just like in present day,
recorders came in all
shapes and sizes.
Renaissance Instrumentation
Using your laptops, visit:
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
Pick an instrument from their list.
Describe the instrument, how it’s built, how it’s played and
other information about it.
Does that instrument remind you of any instrument we have
today? How so?