1. ERAS OF MUSIC OVERVIEW RENAISSANCE – ROMANTIC (1400-1910)

2. 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

3. NAME THAT COMPOSER! JOSQUIN DES PREZ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Josquin.jpg

4. NAME THAT COMPOSER! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_P ierluigi_da_Palestrina.png GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA

5. NAME THAT COMPOSER! TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA

6. NAME THAT COMPOSER! ORLANDO DI LASSUS http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orland_di _Lassus.jpg

7. 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

8. NAME THAT COMPOSER! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Purcell_by_John_Closterman.jpg HENRY PURCELL

9. NAME THAT COMPOSER! GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.j pg

10. NAME THAT COMPOSER! JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg

11. 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

12. MUSICAL EXAMPLE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-ecxHEPqI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music

13. NAME THAT COMPOSER! http://www.biography.com/people/wolfgang-mozart-9417115 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

14. NAME THAT COMPOSER! http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/ludwig%20van%20beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven

15. 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/romanticism- characteristics-of-romanticism.html

16. NAME THAT COMPOSER! http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Wagner/+images/40428355 Richard Wagner http://snd.s c/11x7wQE

17. NAME THAT ERA! Example #1: http://snd.sc/ZAEYZdhttp://snd.sc/ZAEYZd a)Renaissance Era All audio music used on this slide can be found at www.search.creativecommons.orgwww.search.creativecommons.org Polyphonic Imitation Step-wise, rarely skips or leaps

18. NAME THAT ERA! Example #2: http://snd.sc/ZGq93ghttp://snd.sc/ZGq93g a)Classical Era Contrast of mood Dynamics and the piano The end of basso continuo

19. NAME THAT ERA! Example #3: http://snd.sc/ZAFxCkhttp://snd.sc/ZAFxCk a)Baroque Era Dance music Ornamentation Basso continuo/ Figured bass (cello and harpsichord)

20. NAME THAT ERA! Example #4: http://snd.sc/ZAGACihttp://snd.sc/ZAGACi a)Romantic Era Leitmotif More chromaticism Poetry