1. CRASH COURSE IN MUSIC HISTORY Exam Prep 2015

2. 6 PERIODS IN MUSIC HISTORY ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL RENISSANCE BAROQUE CLASSICAL ROMANTIC 20 TH CENTURY

3. ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL FACTS  800 to 1400  Longest period in music history  ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH  Pope Gregory  Gregorian Chant -> Single Line, Monophonic  Nuemes was the standard notation  Instruments:  Vielle  Lute  Organ  tambor  Listening Activity:  Give 3 adjectives to describe the piece.

4. RENAISSANCE FACTS  1400 to 1600  Rebirth or Reconstruction  Humanism Movement  Music Style:  Smooth, Polyphonic, Imitative  Instruments:  Virginal  Clavichord  Most famous composer:  Josquin des Prez  Listening Activity:  Give 3 adjectives to describe the piece.

5. BAROQUE FACTS  1600 – 1750  Bizarre  Music Style:  Opulent, extravagant, over the top  Instruments:  Violin  Opera Emerged  L Orfeo  Most Important Composers:  Claudio Monteverdi  Johann Sebastian Bach  Listening Activity:  Give 3 adjectives to describe.

6. CLASSICAL FACTS  1750 – 1820  Music Style:  Simple, clean, elegant, form  Age of Enlightenment  Belief in science and reason  Rise of the Middle Class  Instruments:  Piano Forte  Most Important Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Listening Activity:  Give 3 adjectives to describe

7. ROMANTIC FACTS  1820 – 1900  Style:  Bold, focus on emotion  Important Events:  Industrial Revolution  Nationalism  Important Instruments:  Piano Forte  Important Composers:  Ludwig von Beethoven  Listening Activity:  Give 3 adjectives to describe.

8. 20 TH CENTURY FACTS  1900 to PRESENT  Style:  Change, experimentation, technology  Lots of political change  World Wars  Communism  Cold War  Terrorism  Variety is the spice of life  Rise in technology  Expressionism VS Impressionism  Listening Activity:  Give 3 adjectives to describe.