THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1400-1600)
• Musical characteristics
• Vocal music
• Text-based/ Word painting
• Polyphonic
• Imitation
• Choral music=no accompaniment
• Step-wise, rarely skips or leaps
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
Josquin.jpg
JOSQUIN DES PREZ
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_P
ierluigi_da_Palestrina.png
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI
DA PALESTRINA
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TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orland_di
_Lassus.jpg
ORLANDO DI LASSUS
THE BAROQUE PERIOD (1600-1760)
• Musical characteristics
• Stays in major or minor
• Dance music
• Forward motion
• Uses more skips and leaps
• Ornamentation
• Soprano and bass lines important
• Basso continuo/ Figured Bass
• Cello and harpsichord
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Purcell_by_John_Closterman.jpg
HENRY PURCELL
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.j
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GEORGE FRIDERIC
HANDEL
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg
JOHANN
SEBASTIAN BACH
CLASSICAL ERA (1730-1820)
• Musical characteristics
• Contrast of mood
• More movement between major and minor keys
• Rhythm
• Texture
• Melody
• Dynamics and the piano
• The end of basso continuo
MUSICAL EXAMPLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-ecxHEPqI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music
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http://www.biography.com/people/wolfgang-mozart-9417115
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
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http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/ludwig%20van%20beethoven
Ludwig Van
Beethoven
ROMANTIC ERA (1815-1910)
• Musical characteristics
• Love of nature
• Emotion vs. rationality
• Artist as the creator
• Nationalism, Exoticism, and the Supernatural
• Leitmotif
• Poetry
• More chromaticism
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticismcharacteristics-of-romanticism.html
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http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Wagner/+images/40428355
http://snd.s
c/11x7wQE
Richard Wagner
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Example #1: http://snd.sc/ZAEYZd
a)Renaissance Era
Polyphonic
Imitation
Step-wise, rarely skips or leaps
All audio music used on this slide can be found at www.search.creativecommons.org
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Example #2: http://snd.sc/ZGq93g
a)Classical Era
Contrast of mood
Dynamics and the piano
The end of basso continuo
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Example #3: http://snd.sc/ZAFxCk
a)Baroque Era
Dance music
Ornamentation
Basso continuo/ Figured bass (cello and harpsichord)
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Example #4: http://snd.sc/ZAGACi
a)Romantic Era
Leitmotif
Poetry
More chromaticism