Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Music History
Quick Question
What makes Sacred music different from
Secular music?
Which was more likely to be notated?
What
What
Ballad
Ballads
.. A
.. B
. A
. B
.C
.D
.C
.D
Graduale
Graduale
Before After
_____ _____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
Renaissance
Renaissance means rebirth- in this case,
Renaissance Music
Most Renaissance music is polyphonic
Instrumental Music
There was a growth in instrumental music,
Palestrinas music
shows pitch and
rhythm.
He was Italian and
wrote mostly religious
works.
He is considered one
of the great masters
of Renaissance
music.
He wrote motets,
madrigals, and
masses.
v=_rAwHgopVkQ
Baroque Activitation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CTVraVgzC9U
Organ Bach
Before After
_____ _____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
Baroque
1600-1750
Baroque refers to highly decorated music
and art.
Unity repeating rhythms and melodic
patterns
Sudden dynamic and tempo changes
Music was ornamented and improvised.
Baroque Music
Orchestras begin to form
Opera develops
Was written for and heard only by kings
Some Questions
What two things could drastically change
Fugue
The subject is stated by the first voice.
The other voices then enter imitating the
Classical Activation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wKhH2hRa-WQ
Mozart Clip
Classical Period
The Classical period began around 1750
music.
Music was written for everyone.
Common people began attending
concerts.
Emotions were controlled in the music.
There were not extremes in tempo,
dynamics, etc. like in the Baroque period.
Some Questions
Was the music simpler or more complex in
Classical Music
A symphony usually has 3 or 4
normally have?
Did the orchestras grow in size or shrink
v=quxTnEEETbo
Romantic Activation
Fantasia/Fantasia
Apprentice
Think Pair Share what do you think
are characteristics of Romantic period
music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=xHEMkbyXFxs
Romantic Period
The Romantic period began around 1830
Romantic Music
time periods?
What is program
music?
The Nutcracker
By Tchaikovsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=h1j5IxOPXdY
Creating Music!!!
Program
Modern Activiation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ce4TCth0gGM&feature=PlayList&p=0C
7DE3935191D7D6&playnext=1&playnext_
from=PL&index=1
John Cage Piano Sonata X for prepared
piano
Modern Period
1900 Present
Neoclassical
Serialism
Answer these!
What type of music used techniques from
Minimalism
Electronic
Composer:
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Uses tape loops
Found sounds, recorded then modified
with computer.
Synthesized sounds: original sounds are
artificially created.
create effects?
Modern Review
A time of musical experimentation
Electronic music becomes a main focus
Atonality Music without a tonal center
Broken into Currents
1.
2.
3.
4.
Neoclassical
Serialism
Minimalism
Electronic
v=UHzcNlVwP3E