Transcript music history presentation

Music History Eras
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Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th Century
Middle Ages 450-1450
• Historical
• Spread of Christianity
• European Culture Develops
• Islamic Cultural Influence
• Musical
• Music of the Church
• Musical Notation Begins
• Polyphony is Born
“Bring Out yer Dead”
Middle Ages
Composers of Note…
• Hildegard von Bingen
• Monoit d’Arras
• Guillaume de Machaut
Hildegard von Bingen
1098-1179
She was a nun.
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• She was a musician,
naturalist and
philosopher
• She experienced
“visions” since her
childhood
• Modern doctors have
diagnosed her visions
as migraines
• Playing: Ave Generosa
• Historical
Renaissance
1450-1600
• End of the Dark Ages
• Rebirth of classical learning
• The feudal system passes
away
• Musical
• Music becomes “popular”
• Music relies on 3rds
• Brass, Strings, Woodwinds
and Percussion are all
utilized.
Renaissance
Composers of Note
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Thomas Tallis
Josquin Des Prez
Claudio Monteverdi
William Byrd
Giovanni Gabrielli
Giovanni Gabrielli
1554-1612
• Worked for the
Church as an organist
• Wrote in
“PolyChoral” Style
• Very famous…other
composers studied
with him
• Playing: Canzona #2
Baroque
1600-1750
• Historical
• Science becomes
important
• The “New World” is
developed
• Musical
• Music expands in
notation & technique
• Opera becomes a
major form of music
Baroque
Composers of Note
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Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frederich Handel
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Pachelbel
Domenico Scarlatti
Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750
• German composer
and organist
• The “supreme”
composer of this era
• Was also a teacher,
and wrote “the Well
Tempered Clavier”
• Playing: Fugue in g
minor
Classical 1750-1825
• Historical
• The industrial
revolution
• Government as we
know it evolves
• Musical
• The piano becomes
popular
• The Symphony is
developed
• Instrumental music
comes to the front
• Beauty is important in
music…not just form
Classical
Composers of Note
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Antonin Dvorak
Sir Edward Elgar
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
• Composed over 600
works..died at 35
• Was a child prodigy
• Spent much of his
life poor & in debt
• Died of probably
Rheumatic Fever
• Playing: Horn
Concerto #3 Allegro
Romantic Era 1825-1900
• Historical
• European Nationalism
• American Civil War
• Western Expansion
• Musical
• Programmatic Music
• Expressive, Daring
Music
• Technological
Advances in
Instruments..Valves &
Keys
• Composers became
“rock stars”
Romantic
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Johannes Brahams
Frederic Chopin
Giacomo Puccini
Peter Tchaikovsky
Peter Tchaikovsky
1840-1893
• Prolific Russian Composer
• Dramatic “Heavy” music
• Was heavily criticized
during his life
• First Russian composer to
simulate European Music
• Died Sadly…possibly of
suicide
• Playing: Finale from
Symphony #4
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20th
Century/Contemporary
1900-Present
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Development of Technology
Global Communications
Decline of Totalitarianism
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Widening gap between art
and popular music
Advent of sound recording
Movie music becomes
important
20th Century Composers of
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1900-Present
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Aaron Copland
Percy Grainger
Paul Hindemith
Gustav Holst
Leonard Bernstein
Charles Ives
John Williams
Percy Grainger 1882-1961
• An avid collector of folk
music
• Australian born
• Moved to the U.S. to
avoid being drafted
• In 1941 toured with the
Gustavus Concert Band
• A Bit odd…would never
wash or iron clothes for
days…known as the
jogging pianist
• Playing: “The Gumsuckers
March”