Intro to Music History

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Intro to Music History
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6 Periods of Music History

• (Ancient) Doesnt really count
• Medieval
• Renaissance
• Baroque
• Classical
• Romantic
• Modern

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Ancient Period

• This term refers to the music of the Ancient
  civilizations (Greece, Rome, Babylon,
  Mesopotamia, et cetera.
• Very little is known about the music of these
  civilizations, but it is certain that music
  played a part in their lives.
• How can historians know anything about music from
  these cultures?

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Medieval Period

• 800 1300 C.E.
• Music was very simple.
• Gregorian Chant
• Monophony vs. Polyphony
• Beginnings of Notation all handwritten

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Medieval Notation
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Renaissance

• Renaissance Period 1300-1600 C.E.
• All music can be broken down into two main
  divisions Sacred and Secular
• Sacred having to do with religion
• Secular having nothing to do with religion

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Renaissance

• Each division had different types of music.
• How did musicians make a living?
• Famous Composers William Byrd, Giovanni di
  Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Josquin Desprez.

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Baroque

• Baroque Period -1600-1700 C.E.
• Music Theory had advanced a lot since ancient
  times
• Major Composers J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and
  G.F. Handel

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Bachs own Handwriting
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Baroque Notation Printing
While the notation style is still not the same as
todays, the printing press made music much more
readable than ever before.
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Classical

• Classical Period 1700-1800 C.E.
• Music Theory and instruments were mostly formed
  by now to our modern standards.
• Major Composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and
  Joseph Haydn

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Romantic

• Romantic Period 1800-1900 C.E.
• Musicians making a living on their own now.
• Major Composers Ludwig von Beethoven, Franz
  Schubert, Peter Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms

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Modern

• Modern Period 1900 C.E. Present
• Classical music led to the development of popular
  music. Jazz, Blues, Rock, Hip-Hop
• In the 1900s popular music became the dominant
  style of music.

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Modern Classical Music

• Classical music still exists in todays music
  world
• It is not as popular with younger generations as
  pop music is.
• Modern classical is very different than the music
  it came from.
• Three different ways that classical music still
  exists. Pop classical, Retrospective classical,
  and new classical.

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Modern Classical

• Classical Music in the 20th century has many
  different styles.
• Neo-classicism, atonality, serial music,
  electronic music, et cetera.
• Important Composers Copland, Stravinsky,
  Schönberg.

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References

• Pictures
• Chant Manuscript - www.adoremus.org
• William Byrd www.rhapsody.com
• Giovanni Plestrina www.naxos.com
• Claudio Monteverdi www.8notes.com
• Josquin Desprez www.answers.com
• J.S. Bach - weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/511/cu1.htm
• G.F. Händel www.wikipedia.com
• Bach Manuscript www.jsbach.net
• Sacred Music Magazine Spring 2006

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References

• Pictures
• W.A. Mozart www.pianoparadise.com
• F.J. Haydn - www.malaspina.org
• L.V. Beethoven - www.cl.cam.ac.uk
• J. Brahms - facstaff.uww.edu
• F. Schubert www.musicwithease.com
• P.I. Tchaikovsky - www.geocities.com/gtchao/PeterT
  chaikovsky.jpeg
• A. Copland - www.safka-bareis.com
• I. Stravinsky www.malaspina.org
• A. Schönberg - www.milkenarchive.org