Title: Evolution of Music: Part 1
1Evolution of Music Part 1
- by Dr. Jon K. Loessin
- Wharton County Junior College
2Georgian Chants
- The roots of the Georgian music can be found in
the third millennium BC. This is confirmed by
archaeological findings, such as three-hole pipe
made of swan shin bone. In the ancient period 7
hole-pipes, lyres, bag-pipes, banduras, drums
etc. were already in use. - Georgian sacred and secular music has a rich and
complex history, relatively little of which is
documented in any depth in English. Very
strikingly, Georgian music uses an ancient system
of polyphony, usually in three parts, and a
unique tuning system conceived outside of what
the western ear is used to. It makes a great use
of parallel motion and dissonance (and usually
ending in a unison pitch). Therefore, you are
hearing tone pairings that speak a different
musical vocabulary. - Populus Sion
3Gothic Era Music
- GothicA term often used to refer to the late
middle ages (a.d. 1100-1450) - Examples
- Organum Viderunt omnes (abt. 1160)
- Roman de Fauvel (abt.1250)
4Music of the Royal Courts The Renaissance Period
- 13th-16 centuries
- Composers include Giovanni Palestrina and William
Byrd
5The Baroque Period 17th Century
- --Birth of modern music for the era
- --Represented an awakening in musical composition
- --Sophistication and repetition of harmony
through an aesthetic emotional method - Composers include Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741),
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), and Georg
Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
6Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
MAJOR COMPOSITIONS The Brandenburg Concertos
Concertos for Violin
7George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
MAJOR COMPOSITIONS Messiah Arrival of the
Queen of Sheba Love in Bath Water Music
8The Classical Period 18th Century
- Composers included the great
- master composers like Wolfgang
- Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791
- Austria) and
- Ludwig von
- Beethoven (1770-1827
- Germany)
9Beethoven and Mozart
- Beethoven Compositions include
- Symphony No. 5 and Für Elise
- Mozarts works include Eine kleine Nachtmusik
and Turkish March
10The Romantic PeriodDominated the 19th Century
- Divided into the early romantic, romantic, and
late romantic periods, but dominated by the music
of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
11Other Romantic Period Composers
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- Frederik Chopin (1810-49)
- Johann Strauss II (1825-99)
- Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
- The 19th century also witnessed the Post-Romantic
(like Gustav Mahler), Modern Romantic (like
Sergei Rachmaninov) , and Expressionist composers
(like Maurice Ravel)
12Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
- Ravel became famous for what some say is the most
sensual and erotic musical composition of all
time Bolero - It is so synonymous with Ravel it is usually
referred to as Ravels Bolero