Timeline of Western Classical Music Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Baroque Baroque Renaissance Renaissance Classical Classical Romantic Romantic Modern 20 th Century Modern 20 th Century

Timeline of Western Classical Music Baroque Baroque Renaissance Renaissance Classical Classical Romantic Romantic Modern 20 th Century Modern 20 th Century

Medieval Period: Before 1450

Medieval Period – Before 1450 Hildegard von Bingen

Medieval Period – Before 1450 Gregorian Chant

Timeline of Western Classical Music Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Baroque Baroque Renaissance Renaissance Classical Classical Romantic Romantic Modern 20 th Century Modern 20 th Century

The Renaissance….

Renaissance Michael Pretorius: Organ music and choral music Byrd.mid ves[1].mid Madrigals Greensleeves

Timeline of Western Classical Music Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Baroque Baroque Renaissance Renaissance Classical Classical Romantic Romantic Modern 20 th Century Modern 20 th Century

The Baroque Period….

The Baroque Period Opera was established during the Baroque Period. Music became more complex and ornamental.  Johannes Sebastian Bach  Antonio Vivaldi  George Frideric Handel

The Baroque Period Johannes Sebastian Bach Recursion in Bach: The Fugue Read: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Recursion in Escher: Recursion in Gödel: the function, the App Brandenberg Concerto : The Well-tempered Clavier The Brandenberg Concertos

The Baroque Period Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons

The Baroque Period George Frideric Handel The Messiah

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The Classical Period….

The Classical Period Lighter and clearer sound; Fewer abrupt changes. Move from polyphony to focus on melody; Musicians and artists attempted to Emulate the ideals of Classical Antiquity, particularly Greece.  WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART  LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

The Classical Period WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Austrian

The Classical Period LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN German Beethoven, Symphony 7, Allegretto, movement 2

Timeline of Western Classical Music Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Baroque Baroque Renaissance Renaissance Classical Classical Romantic Romantic Modern 20 th Century Modern 20 th Century

The Romantic Period…. Literary inspiration … Liszt's Faust SymphonyFaust Symphony Longer pieces Increased focus on melody and theme Sometimes more surprising than classical music Easier to tell the individuality of composers Nationalism increased; musical forms (folk music) borrowed from nation and lent to nations. Industrial revolution – louder, stronger, more instruments.

The Romantic Period…. Chopin (Poland) Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saens, (France) Grieg (Norway) Dvorak (Chech) Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann (Germany) Rossini, Verdi (Italy) Mahler, Schubert, Strauss (Austria) Sebelius (Finland) Borodin, Mussgorsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov (Russia) Wagner (Germany)

Timeline of Western Classical Music Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Medieval (Middle Ages) Before 1450 Baroque Baroque Renaissance Renaissance Classical Classical Romantic Romantic Modern 20 th Century Modern 20 th Century

Igor Stravinsky Schoenberg John Cage & Marcel Duchamps (artist) Paul Hindemith Jaco Pastorious – referencing Stravinsky & Sam & Dave