20TH
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music
Periods in Music
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Periods in Music
Medieval (c. 500–1400):
It was an era of Western music,
including liturgical music (also
known as sacred) used for the
church, and secular music, non-
religious music.
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Periods in Music
Medieval music includes solely
vocal music, such as
Gregorian chant and choral
music (music for a group of
singers, solely instrumental
music, and music that uses both
voices and instruments (typically
Gregorian chant form of
monophonic, unaccompanied
sacred song in Latin (and
occasionally Greek) of the
Roman Catholic Church.
It is characterized by its
single melodic line without
harmony, and it's known
for its role in Catholic
liturgy, particularly during
Mass
Renaissance (c. 1400–
1600):
A period of exploration and
rediscovery, with a focus on
humanism and a flourishing of
polyphony. Music became
more varied and complex,
“Renaissance refers to the
period of the rebirth of culture
and learning after the many
centuries of the Dark Ages.
Composers, Giovanni Pierlugi
da Palestrina, Orlande de
Lassus, Thomas Tallis, William
Byrd and Tomas Luis de
Baroque Period:
(1600-1750)
It was an era of experiment
and refinement, bold
imagination, search and
accomplishment, problem
and solution.
It is a style of art,
architecture, and music
that flourished in Europe
from the early 17th
century to the mid-18th
century
Like other periods, Baroque
period worked on
experimentation using
materials and means of
achievements unique from
others.
New Genres:
The Baroque period saw the rise of
new musical forms like opera,
oratorio, cantata, sonata, and
concerto. J.S. Bach, George Frideric
Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi are
among the most prominent
composers of the Baroque era.
The Magic Flute , is an opera in two acts by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by
Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a Singspiel, a popular
form that included both singing and spoken
dialogue.[a] The work premiered on 30 September
1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus
-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months
before Mozart's death. It was Mozart's last opera. It
was an outstanding success from its first
performances, and remains a staple of the
opera repertory.[2]
Another
characteristic is
the use of
“terraced
dynamics” which
means an abrupt
shift of volume
from loud to soft.
Dynamics in music refers to how loud
or soft is the music
In the Baroque musical era, the
dynamics performed in a piece
of music used “Terraced
Dynamics” This means that in
the music, a section would be
played at certain volume level,
then the next section at
another volume, without any
graduations or subtle
changes in between.
Classical Period: (1750-1820)
The term “classical” in
connection with history of music
refers to the period which
extends roughly to the death of
Bach in 1750 to the death of
Beethoven in 1827 or to the
The era is called the
“Enlightenment” because high
value for the power of reason
began. Because of this, the social
and the religious became less
important. Music focused on
simplicity and clarity of harmony,
The rhythm during this period
was flexibleTexture is
basically homophonic. The
best-known composers from
this period are Joseph Haydn,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Ludwig van Beethoven, and
Their interest in expressing
emotions led to the use of
crescendo and decrescendo.
Romantic Period: (1820-
1910)
The outstanding
characteristics of
Romanticism is its intense
subjectivity: the interest in
strangeness, stories, folklore,
Romantic Period: (1820-
1910)
Curiosity led composers to
discover new sounds
different from the existing
melody, harmony, and
Romantic Period: (1820-
1910)
Famous Romantic
composers include
Tchaikovsky, Brahms,
Mahler, and Verdi – to name
