A Survey (Broad Overview) of Music History

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1 A Survey (Broad Overview) of Music History Cycle 1 Day A Time Period: Antiquity and the Middle Ages ( ) In all of history, most music is about 1. Love 2. Death 3. Religion Genre: Gregorian Chant must be 1. Monophonic- one voice part 2. Vocal 3. Religious/Sacred 4. Latin At church, at least 40,000 chants a year were memorized! Example: Mass for Christmas Day (monophonic and sacred)

2 Cycle 1 Day B Time Period: Antiquity and the Middle Ages ( ) Around the year 800 things changed Polyphony= many voices Example: Leonin and Perotin (polyphonic and sacred)

3 Cycle 1 Day C What is the difference between monophony and polyphony? Answer in a complete sentence. What genre of music came from Antiquity and the Middle Ages? Answer in a complete sentence.

4 Cycle 2 Day A Time Period: The Renaissance Rebirth ( ) Shift to humanism - composers take credit for their work Less sacred music Secular= Non-religious music More secular music Example: Josquin des Prez (polyphonic and secular)

5 Cycle 2 Day B Time Period: The Renaissance Rebirth ( ) Around 1600 Queen Elizabeth was alive and loved music, so music flourished Music is still very vocal This guy Thomas Morley started to write madrigals Genre: Madrigals must be 1. Secular 2. Vocal 3. Polyphonic Example: Thomas Morley- Long Live Fair Oriana written for the Queen

6 Cycle 2 Day C Time Period: The Renaissance Rebirth ( ) Also going on around 1600 Instrumental Music became popular Example: William Byrd- Harpsichord Piece

7 Cycle 3 Day A Time Period: The Baroque Period ( ) Genre: German Keyboard Music (Piano, Harpsichord, Organ) Example: The Well Tempered Clavier by Bach

8 Cycle 3 Day B Time Period: The Baroque Period ( ) Genre: Concerto must 1. Have a tutti = everyone 2. Have a repieno = stuffing / where the soloist plays 3. The Tutti and the Repieno alternate in a concerto Concertos are longer and more complicated than previous music Example: The Four Seasons Concerto by Vivaldi

9 Cycle 3 Day C Time Period: The Baroque Period ( ) What are two genres from the Baroque Period? Answer in a complete sentence. Who were two composers from the Baroque Period? Answer in a complete sentence.

10 Cycle 4 Day A Time Period: The Classical Period ( ) The Orchestra gets really important Haydn: Nickname The Musical Jokster Example: The Surprise Symphony by Haydn

11 Cycle 4 Day B Time Period: The Classical Period ( ) Example: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart practiced like CRAZY, he wrote complicated music, and he used more winds than Haydn

12 Cycle 4 Day C Time Period: The Classical Period ( ) Beethoven: Nickname The Master of Rhythm Genre: Sonata must 1. Have a primary (masculine) theme 2. Have a secondary (feminine) theme 3. No soloist Example: Waldstein Sonata by Beethoven Beethoven wrote for Orchestra and Piano He was between the Classical and Romantic periods Who were three famous composers from the Classical Time Period? Write your answer as a complete sentence.

13 Cycle 5 Day A Time Period: The Romantic Period ( ) Things (Characteristics) That Make Music, Literature, or Art Romantic: Terror, Violence, Sublime, Obsession, Terrible, Beautiful, Dramatic, Irrational Fear, Nature, Supernatural, Art with a Purpose, Over the top, DRAMA There are more dynamic changes and more tempo changes It is more wild and less predictable Example: Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven Nickname: Master of Rhythm

14 Cycle 5 Day B Time Period: The Romantic Period ( ) Schubert becomes Beethoven s contemporary and invents German Lieder Genre: German Lieder must 1. Be a poem set to music 2. Use piano and voice only Example: Wintereise by Schubert

15 Cycle 5 Day C Time Period: The Romantic Period ( ) There were 4 famous piano players born in Felix Mendelssohn 2. Robert Schumann 3. Fredirc Chopin 4. Franz Liszt They are called the Class of 1810 Example: Un Sospiro by Liszt

16 Cycle 6 Day A Ballet Example: Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky (1877) Premiered in Moscow, Russia Long arms, pointed toes, controlled music and dancing

17 Cycle 6 Day B Ballet Example: The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (1892) Premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia Long arms, pointed toes, controlled music and dancing

18 Cycle 6 Day C Ballet Example: The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky (1913) Premiered in Paris, France Only 30 minutes long Gritty, gross music and ugly dancing with flexed toes Huge riots broke out at the premiere

19 Cycle 7 Day A Rock Elvis Presley King of Rock and Roll (Mid 50 s) You Ain t Nothn But a Hound Dog Bob Dylan (Early 60 s) Blown In the Wind The Beatles (Mid 60 s) I Wanna Hold Your Hand

20 Cycle 7 Day B Rock The Rolling Stones (Mid 60 s) Satisfaction Chicago (All 1970 s) Make Me Smile

21 Cycle 7 Day C Rock The Eagles (Early 1970 s) Hotel California Michael Jackson King of Pop (All 1980 s) Thriller Music Video