PERIODS OF WESTERN ART MUSIC

PERIODS OF WESTERN ART MUSIC

EARLY Medieval Renaissance Baroque (5001400) (14001600) (16001760) COMMON PRACTICE Baroque Classical Romantic (16001760) (17301820) (18151910) MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY

20th century
Contemporary 21st century

(19002000)
(1975present) (2000present)

MEDIEVAL ERA OF MUSIC

Mediaeval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends sometime in the early fifteenth century.

Characteristics of Medieval Music

1. Religious 2. Music written for the masses 3. Are sung with extra voices 4. Sacred and Secular 5. Used primitive instruments

Genres of Medieval Music

Gregorian Chant

Organum

Canon

Ars Nova

Madrigal

RENAISSANCE ERA
This period pause the way to ride of cities and Universities, and the development of culture and interests of people to classical and antiquity. Music forms of the sacred renaissance are sung by accompaniment.

THE BAROQUE ERA OF MUSIC

This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAROQUE MUSIC

1. Strange, unusual and weird 2. Placing new emphases on melody. 3. Music with an accompaniment to voice 4. Music used with operas

Johann Sebastian Bach

His father and grandfather are organist At the age of nine his parents died he started working to support himself At 18, he became an organist for different churches

His works are:

Organ Music Orchestral Music Secular Vocal Works

Sacred Vocal Works (Brandenburg Concertos)

George Frideric Handel

1. English Composer, German by birth 2. At the age of 9, he took up formal lessons in music 3. He died at the age of 74 on April 6, 1759 and buried at Westminster Abbey

The Messiah by Handel

His best composition He composed the Messiah in London within 24 days on 1741 He conducted his work in Dublin on April 14, 1742

THE CLASSICAL ERA OF MUSIC

The Classical period falls between the Baroque and the Romantic periods. The period is sometimes referred to as the era of Viennese Classic or Classicism

Characteristics of Classical Music

1. Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and is less complex. 2.It is mainly homophonic 3.Melodies tended to be shorter than those of Baroque music 4.Variety of keys, melodies, rhythms and dynamics along with frequent changes of mood and timbre.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1. Born on January 27, 1756 2. Austrian classical composer 3. Mozart's arrival in Vienna in 1780 brought an acceleration in the development of the Classical style. 4. Mozart died on December 5, 1791 at the age of 35

His works are:

41 symphonies 27 piano concertos 23 string quartets 7 major operas numerous works for voice and other instruments.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1. A German classicist and romanticist composer 2. Born on December 16, 1770 at Bonn Germany 3. He was 8 years old when he had his first public performance as a pianist. 4. He was recognized as the composer of the Millennium 5. he became completely deaf around 1819. 6. He died on March 26, 1827

His works are:

Symphony no. 9 in D minor Piano sonata no 14 in C sharp Moonlight Concertos including 5 for piano, 1 for violin and 1 triple concerto 32 piano sonatas 1 opera (fidelio in 1805) Choral music including missa Solemnis

ROMANTIC PERIOD OF MUSIC

Romantic music is a term describing a style of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century. It was related to and in Germany dominated Romanticism, the artistic and literary movement that arose in the second half of the 18th century in Europe.

Characteristics of Romantic Music

1. An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement in music. 2. A freedom in form and design; a more intense personal expression of emotion in which fantasy, imagination and a quest for adventure 3.Emphasis on lyrical, songlike melodies 4. Greater technical virtuosity for instruments like piano, fluteand violin.

Romantic Composers including: